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Lord Sikka (Lab)

Speaking in the House of Lords on 25 February 2026

Debate

Imran Khan: Imprisonment

Contribution

My Lords, successive Governments show selective outrage at repression by authoritarian states such as China, Iran, Russia and North Korea, but offer very soft criticism when identical acts are committed by trade and defence partners. The Government have the tools: they can exert pressure on the army generals controlling Pakistan by ending aid and imposing trade sanctions, but they have not. Can the Minister refer me to any moral principle guiding the Government’s foreign policy?

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