Select Committee
Formal Minutes 2023–2024 (to 25 April 2024)
Formal Minutes Apr. 25 2024
Committee: Justice Committee
(Department: Ministry of Justice)
Found: transport for me and a family member,
total value £1,800
Destination of visit: Islamabad, Pakistan and Kashmir
Select Committee
Formal Minutes 2023–2024 (to 25 January 2024)
Formal Minutes Apr. 25 2024
Committee: Justice Committee
(Department: Ministry of Justice)
Found: transport for me and a family member,
total value £1,800
Destination of visit: Islamabad, Pakistan and Kashmir
MP Financial Interest
James Daly (Conservative - Bury North)
Original Source (15th April 2024)
8. Miscellaneous
Chair of Conservative Friends of Kashmir.
Date interest arose: 2 March 2020
(Registered 11 March 2020)
MP Financial Interest
Tahir Ali (Labour - Birmingham, Hall Green)
Original Source (15th April 2024)
4. Visits outside the UK
Name of donor: Ministry of Foreign Affairs Pakistan
Address of donor: Constitution Ave, G-5/1 G-5, Islamabad, Islamabad Capital Territory, Pakistan
Estimate of the probable value (or amount of any donation): Hotel accommodation and transport for me and a family member, value £1,800
Destination of visit: Pakistan (Islamabad and Kashmir)
Dates of visit: 23 September 2023 to 1 October 2023
Purpose of visit: Visit to Kashmir and NGO's providing humanitarian aid.
(Registered 24 October 2023)
MP Financial Interest
Andrew Gwynne (Labour - Denton and Reddish)
Original Source (15th April 2024)
4. Visits outside the UK
Name of donor: (1) Government of Pakistan (2) Government of Azad Jammu and Kashmir
Address of donor: (1) Foreign Office Building, Constitution Avenue,G-5, Islamabad (2) Near Bank Square, Lower Chatter, Muzaffarabad 13100
Estimate of the probable value (or amount of any donation): (1) Flights, value £1,360 (2) accommodation and meals, value £640
Destination of visit: Pakistan (and Azad Kashmir)
Dates of visit: 22 September 2023 to 30 September 2023
Purpose of visit: To attend high level meetings with government officials to discuss ways of bringing peace and stability to the region and to visit health, development and refugee projects with a delegation of British Parliamentarians and Community Leaders.
(Registered 23 October 2023)
MP Financial Interest
Naz Shah (Labour - Bradford West)
Original Source (15th April 2024)
4. Visits outside the UK
Name of donor: (1) Azad Government of the State of Jammu & Kashmir Services & General and Administration Department (2) Jawad Sohrabs
Address of donor: (1) 6 New Secretariat, Muzaffarabad, Azad Kashmir (2) private
Estimate of the probable value (or amount of any donation): (1) Return flights and airport transfers for me and a family member and accommodation for me, a family member and a member of staff, value £2,300 (2) Accommodation for myself and two members of staff in Islamabad, value £750
Destination of visit: Pakistan (Islamabad, Mirpur, Muzaffarabad and other locations in Azad Jammu and Kashmir)
Dates of visit: 19 September 2023 to 28 September 2023
Purpose of visit: Part of a delegation invited by the Government of Azad Jammu and Kashmir.
(Registered 27 October 2023; updated 3 November 2023)
MP Financial Interest
Sam Tarry (Labour - Ilford South)
Original Source (15th April 2024)
4. Visits outside the UK
Name of donor: (1) Government of Pakistan (2) Moniba Khan (3) Government of Azad Jammu & Kashmir (4) Amjad Syed
Address of donor: (1) Parliament House, Constitution Ave, D-Chowk Red Zone, Islamabad, Islamabad Capital Territory, Pakistan (2) private (3) 8FV8+G3C, New Civil Secretariat, Chatter, Muzaffarabad, Azad Jammu and Kashmir (4) private
Estimate of the probable value (or amount of any donation): (1) Return flight for me (£2,103.81) plus accommodation for me and two members of staff in Islamabad (approx. £600), value £2,703.81 (2) own flight as a member of staff (value is approximate), value £750 (3) domestic transport in Pakistan and accommodation and hospitality in Kashmir for me and two members of staff, value £700 (4) £600 towards the cost of a return flight to Islamabad for a member of staff accepted on 6 November 2023
Destination of visit: Pakistan (Islamabad and Azad Jammu and Kashmir)
Dates of visit: 25 September 2023 to 29 September 2023
Purpose of visit: Official visit to regions of Pakistan to learn about the culture, heritage, and ongoing political and human rights situations in the area.
(Registered 9 November 2023; updated 13 November 2023)
Written Question
Wednesday 27th March 2024
Asked by:
Marquess of Lothian (Conservative - Life peer)
Question
to the Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office:
To ask His Majesty's Government whether the Prime Minister discussed the security situation in Jammu and Kashmir with the Prime Minister of India before or since the Prime Minister of India’s visit there on 7 March, including when he expects the regional polls ordered by the Supreme Court of India to take place.
Answered by Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon
- Minister of State (Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office)
The Prime Minister spoke with Prime Minister Modi on 12 March. Although the situation in Jammu and Kashmir was not discussed, the UK's long-standing position remains that it is for India and Pakistan to find a lasting political resolution on Kashmir, taking into account the wishes of Kashmiri people. Elections in Indian administered Jammu and Kashmir are a matter for the Government of India.
Lords Chamber
Genocide (Prevention and Response) Bill [HL]
2nd reading
- Fri 22 Mar 2024
Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office
Mentions:
1: Lord Hussain (LD - Life peer) calling for the world to take note of genocide in the making in India, and he particularly mentions Kashmir - Speech Link