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Whole Day Download the Hansard Tuesday Volume 684 24 November 2020 No. 140 HOUSE OF COMMONS OFFICIAL REPORT PARLIAMENTARY DEBATES (HANSARD) Tuesday 24 November 2020 © Parliamentary Copyright House of Commons 2020 This publication may be reproduced under the terms of the Open Parliament licence, which is published at www.parliament.uk/site-information/copyright/. 671 24 NOVEMBER 2020 672 rights set out in the universal declaration of human House of Commons rights and in international human rights treaties to which we are a state party. Tuesday 24 November 2020 Mahboob Ahmad Khan The House met at half-past Eleven o’clock Margaret Ferrier (Rutherglen and Hamilton West) (Ind): Whether the Government have made representations to the Government of Pakistan on the killing of PRAYERS Mr Mahboob Ahmad Khan in Peshawar on 8 November 2020; and if he will make a statement. [909150] [MR SPEAKER in the Chair] The Minister for Asia (Nigel Adams): We strongly Virtual participation in proceedings commenced (Order, condemn the murder of Mr Mahboob Khan, another 4 June). recent and apparently religiously motivated killing of [NB: [V] denotes a Member participating virtually.] an Ahmadi Muslim in Pakistan. On 8 November, my ministerial colleague Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon, the Minister for South Asia and the Commonwealth, publicly condemned the murder of Mr Khan. On 16 November, Oral Answers to Questions he raised concerns about killings of Ahmadi Muslims in Pakistan, including Mr Khan’s murder, with Pakistan’s human rights Minister. FOREIGN, COMMONWEALTH AND Margaret Ferrier [V]: I thank the Minister for his DEVELOPMENT OFFICE response. Given that four Ahmadi Muslims have been murdered on the grounds of faith in the past four months, the latest being 31-year-old Dr Tahir Ahmad The Secretary of State was asked— murdered at home in Punjab just last Friday, what further representations can his Department make to the Deportation: Human Rights Compliance Government of Pakistan on ending their state-sponsored persecution of Ahmadi Muslims in Pakistan, which is Richard Burgon (Leeds East) (Lab): What recent steps rooted in federal laws that explicitly target Ahmadi he has taken with the Home Secretary to ensure UK Muslims? Government compliance with international human rights law in the handling of deportation cases. [909149] Nigel Adams: I thank the hon. Lady for her question. She may be aware that we had a very robust Adjournment The Minister for Asia (Nigel Adams): Deportations, debate highlighting this issue last night. We remain removals and returns are a Home Office lead. The Home deeply concerned by reports of discrimination and violence Office is responsible for ensuring that action is in compliance against any religious communities in Pakistan, including with the relevant legal frameworks. The Foreign Secretary the Ahmadiyya Muslim community. We raise regularly and the Home Office meet regularly to discuss international at senior level with Pakistan our concerns about the business, and Foreign, Commonwealth and Development mistreatment of Ahmadiyyas and other religious Office Ministers periodically discuss FCDO support for communities.On 3 November,FCDO officials in Islamabad return flights to specific countries with Home Office met representatives of the Ahmadiyya community in colleagues, most recently the resumption of flights to Rabwah to engage with their concerns, as well as raising Nigeria and Ghana following a pause due to the covid-19 the matter with Pakistani authorities. pandemic. The UK’s international legal obligations, including under international human rights law, underpin UK-US Co-operation all those exchanges. Neil Gray (Airdrie and Shotts) (SNP): What recent Richard Burgon [V]: The Julian Assange case is just discussions he has had with President-elect Joe Biden’s one of many recent cases that have led to greater public transition team on future co-operation between the UK discussion of the issue of extradition between the US and the US. [909187] and the UK in recent years. There are concerns across the House about our country’s extradition treaty with The Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth the USA. One is that the US can request extradition in and Development Affairs and First Secretary of State circumstances Britain cannot, something the Prime Minister (Dominic Raab): We send our warmest congratulations labelled “unbalanced” earlier this year. Another is that to President-elect Joe Biden and Vice President-elect provisions within the treaty are not properly upheld—for Kamala Harris on winning the election. Whether it is example, the treaty bans extradition for political offences. on trade, security or defence, we do more together than What is the Minister doing to ensure that the ban on any other two countries and we see huge opportunities extradition for political offences is always upheld? in the months ahead. Nigel Adams: As the hon. Member may already know, Neil Gray [V]: As President-elect Biden embarks on changes were made under the previous Government to building his internationally focused team, including Antony make the system more balanced. I can tell him that the Blinken as Secretary of State who said that Joe Biden FCDO is committed to upholding the full range of would bring aid back to the centre of foreign policy, 673 Oral Answers 24 NOVEMBER 2020 Oral Answers 674 does the Foreign Secretary regret that the UK Government’s Saudis into doing the right thing. Of course, the Houthis disgraceful plans to change the law to cut aid spending need to move. Actually, the most important thing is a below 0.7% not only sends the wrong message to the concerted regional push for a political end to this wretched rest of the world, but gets the relationship with the new conflict. Administration they did not want to see off to a bad start? Hong Kong Opposition Lawmakers Dominic Raab: Actually, we consistently showed that we are a leading, if not one of the leading countries, on Geraint Davies (Swansea West) (Lab/Co-op): What aid. That will continue. We also—this will matter to the steps the Government plan to take in response to the United States—indicated the increase in defence spending, disqualification of four pro-independence opposition which shows what a dependable ally we are. All the lawmakers in Hong Kong. [909152] soundings that we have had—that I have had—with the incoming leadership show that there are huge opportunities The Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth on climate change and covid to strengthen the relationship and Development Affairs and First Secretary of State even further. (Dominic Raab): Beijing’s imposition of new rules to disqualify elected legislators constitutes a clear breach Lisa Nandy (Wigan) (Lab): I echo the Secretary of of the UK-China joint declaration. This is only the State’scongratulations to President Biden and, in particular, third time we have judged a breach, and the second in to the Vice President-elect on this historic election. six months. China has once again broken its promises However, the spectacle of democracy under attack in and undermined Hong Kong’s high degree of autonomy. the United States has sent shockwaves around the globe. Even after the transition announcement yesterday, the Geraint Davies [V]: As the Foreign Secretary said, the President has continued to say that he will Chinese Government have breached the Sino-British “never concede to fake ballots”. joint declaration twice in the past six months, so when will he implement the Magnitsky sanctions against the Ron Klain says that the President has “set back” the Chief Executive of Hong Kong, Carrie Lam? What democratic norms of the United States. Does the Foreign steps is he taking to tighten capital flows into China via Secretary now regret emboldening those who attack Hong Kong from the City of London? democracy by refusing to assert that all votes should be counted and that processes need to play out, or will he stand with me and the incoming White House chief of Dominic Raab: I thank the hon. Gentleman for his staff in defence of free and fair elections? interest. He will know that we have already made a new offer to British nationals overseas,suspended our extradition treaty with Hong Kong and extended our arms embargo Dominic Raab: First, I warmly join the hon. Lady in on mainland China to Hong Kong. On the Magnitsky paying tribute to and welcoming the historic election of sanctions, this is not just something that we can decide Vice President-elect Kamala Harris. Frankly, the stuff at our fiat. We need the evidence to back it up. We are that the hon. Lady said about emboldening critics of looking at and assessing that, working with our international the US elections could not be further from the truth. partners. On 18 November, I led and issued a statement What we have said consistently—[Interruption.] She with our Five Eyes Foreign Ministers condemning the might want to listen to the answer to her question. latest China move in relation to legislators. That was What we have said consistently is that the US has the hot on the heels in October of 39 countries joining the checks and balances in place to produce a definitive UK in the UN Third Committee with a statement on result. It has. Wewarmly welcome the new Administration. Hong Kong as well as Xinjiang. We look forward to working with them. Climate Change: International Co-operation Lisa Nandy: Global alliances are based on shared values: democracy, the rule of law and human rights. Human rights will be a key pillar for the Biden Simon Fell (Barrow and Furness) (Con): What recent Administration. They rightly recognise that Yemen is progress the Government have made through international the world’s worst humanitarian catastrophe, sustained co-operation on tackling climate change.
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