KASHMIR

Early day motion 533, tabled 12 October 2016 by Roger Godsiff (Labour). Signed by 18 members.

That this House expresses concern about the upsurge in violence which has recently occurred in India-occupied Kashmir; urges the Indian authorities to restrain their military forces from using disproportionate force against the civilian population, and to allow non-governmental organisations into the Kashmir valley in order to monitor the situation and to carry out humanitarian relief work; believes that the views of the people of Kashmir are paramount in determining how they are governed and who shall govern them; and calls on the governments of India and Pakistan to recognise that the kingdom of Kashmir belongs to the people of Kashmir and only they can determine their future.

Signatures by party: Scottish National Party 12, Labour 5, DUP 1.