Extract from International Trade questions: Trade Deals: Human Rights Clauses - Feb 25
Friday, 26 February 2021 08:48
Imran Hussain (Bradford East) (Lab): Grave human rights abuses,
including torture, rape, extra-judicial killings, and arbitrary
detention continue to be committed against Kashmiris in
Indian-occupied Kashmir. Will the Minister ensure that any trade
deal signed with the Indian Government includes firm commitments to
ending those human rights abuses and holding a free and fair
plebiscite, as agreed by the United Nations, that allows the sons
and daughters of Kashmir to fulfil their birthright...Request free trial
(Bradford East) (Lab): Grave human rights
abuses, including torture, rape, extra-judicial killings, and
arbitrary detention continue to be committed against Kashmiris in
Indian-occupied Kashmir. Will the Minister ensure that any trade
deal signed with the Indian Government includes firm commitments to
ending those human rights abuses and holding a free and fair
plebiscite, as agreed by the United Nations, that allows the sons
and daughters of Kashmir to fulfil their birthright to
self-determination?
The Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for International
Trade (
): I do not doubt the hon. Gentleman’s
passion for this issue, but where is the passion for jobs, where is
the passion for exports, and where is the passion for investment?
That is what this Government are getting on with. Perhaps it is
because they cannot make up their minds on the Opposition Benches:
they are against deals with democracies such as Israel as well, and yet they have
cosied up to regimes such as Venezuela. Although this question was
about future trade deals, we will get on and deliver jobs and
prosperity for the British people.
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