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Lord Howell of Guildford: ...freedoms, including the treatment of Christians in Pakistan with Pakistan's former Minister for Minorities Mr. Shahbaz Bhatti in January this year. My noble friend the right honourable Lady Warsi also raised these issues with the Speaker of the Pakistan Parliament on 17 January 2011. Following Mr Bhatti's murder, my right honourable friend the Prime Minister wrote to express his...
Lord Howell of Guildford: ...intolerance and evidence of it. These subjects were raised not just during these talks. They are raised constantly by our High Commission, by visitors and by Ministers. My noble friend Lady Warsi certainly raised them when she last visited. These are issues that are very much our concern, and we keep raising them.
Lord Howell of Guildford: My Lords, between 11 and 13 January my right honourable and noble friend Lady Warsi visited Pakistan, where she called on Prime Minister Gilani and Foreign Minister Rabbani Khar. She expressed the UK view that a strong, stable, constitutional democracy was in the interests of Pakistan. We are following the political situation in Pakistan closely. We want Pakistan to enjoy credible elections...
Lord Howell of Guildford: ...on the Ahmaddiyya, we meet regularly with representatives of the Ahmaddiyya community to listen to their concerns. Most recently Mr Burt, whom I have already mentioned, and my noble friend Lady Warsi met representatives of minority religious groups to discuss freedom in Pakistan. About a month ago, my right honourable friend the Foreign Secretary publicly condemned the Lahore attacks on...
Lord Howell of Guildford: ...with the United Nations, European Union and Organisation for Security and Co-operation in Europe. The visit to Uzbekistan by the Minister without Portfolio, my right honourable friend Baroness Warsi in April 2012, which included a call on the Bukhara representative of the Muslim Board of Uzbekistan, presented opportunities for detailed discussion on freedom of religion issues. We also...
Lord Howell of Guildford: My noble friend Lady Warsi raised China's population policy earlier this year in a meeting with Madame Uyunqing, vice-chair of the Standing Committee of the National People's Congress. We believe that it is important that family planning and its implementation meet international human rights standards. We do not dispute China's right or need to implement family planning policies but we do...
Lord Howell of Guildford: ...which outlaws the practice of sex-selective abortion. Our ambassador in Beijing has not raised the issue of female infanticide with the Chinese Government in 2011. However my noble friend Baroness Warsi raised China's one child policy earlier this year in a meeting with Madame Uyunqimg, vice-chair of the Standing Committee of the National People's Congress. We believe that it is important...
Lord Howell of Guildford: As I saw when I visited the Vatican in February, as part of the Ministerial delegation led by the Minister without Portfolio at the Cabinet Office, my right honourable friend Baroness Warsi, the United Kingdom's relations with the Holy See are strong and substantive. The visit in February signified a further step forward in our dialogue and co-operation across a broad range of international...
Lord Howell of Guildford: ...force not work in an age of street empowerment, as former President Yanukovych found out all too rapidly, but it will ruin Russia even while it certainly will hurt us as well. My noble friend Lady Warsi rightly referred to that. However, our leverage is far greater in the medium term than many people realise. The financial screws can bring down the weak Russian financial system, while the...
Lord Howell of Guildford: ...fortunate that we are going to have the opportunity of hearing two maiden speeches in this debate, to which I am greatly looking forward. The first is going to come from my noble friend Lady Warsi who, despite her youth—I hope that does not sound too old from an older man—is hugely experienced in community relations and particularly in the position of women in the war theatres and...