Human Rights And The Eu-India Summit

EDM number 543 in 1999-00, proposed by Paul Marsden on 16/03/2000.

That this House recognises that the EU is India's biggest trade partner; notes that political dialogue has lagged behind trade talks; welcomes the opportunity for political talks to reach beyond economic concerns to address human rights issues at the first ever EU-India summit in Lisbon on 28th June; and calls upon the Government to raise the concerns about increasing religious persecution in India through the Common Foreign and Security Policy Forum, in order that these issues are raised at the summit.

This motion has been signed by a total of 41 MPs.