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Lord Goldsmith of Richmond Park (Con)

Speaking in the House of Lords on 25 February 2026

Debate

Imran Khan: Imprisonment

Contribution

I think anyone who is paying attention understands that Imran Khan has been denied access to lawyers and to his family, including his two sons, who are my nephews. He has been denied access even to doctors. We understand that he has spent much of his time in prison in solitary confinement, and his health is deteriorating rapidly. Does the Minister agree that now is the time for us to reconsider our aid contributions to Pakistan—Pakistan is often at the top of the list of recipients of UK aid—until that country’s Government demonstrate a clear, unambiguous commitment to the Commonwealth Charter that it signed up to, which commits it to an independent judiciary and the rule of law?

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