PAKISTAN - INDIA AGREEMENT

Early day motion 341, tabled 22 February 1999 by Gerald Kaufman (Labour). Signed by 56 members.

That this House congratulates the Prime Ministers of Pakistan and India on their agreement in Lahore on ballistic missile flights; expresses the hope that these contacts at the highest level will continue and that they will result in further agreements on subjects of such vital importance, including confidence-building measures to ease the confrontations over Jammu and Kashmir; and looks forward to the day when these two great countries will reach agreement on reductions of armaments which will enable them to co-operate on measures to reduce poverty and enhance economic and social progress in South Asia.

Signatures by party: Labour 43, Liberal Democrat 9, Labour/Co-operative 2, Scottish National Party 1, UUP 1.