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Baroness Chapman of Darlington (Lab)

Speaking in the House of Lords on 25 February 2026

Debate

Imran Khan: Imprisonment

Contribution

I am not able to answer that question today. That, obviously, would be a question that the Home Office would want to consider according to our immigration policy. But I just remind noble Lords, in case anybody gets the idea that Pakistan is the only country in respect of which we have concerns about the rule of law and democracy, and that we do close business with, that there are many places, sadly, where former leaders find themselves imprisoned. We do not condone it, but we have a relationship with Peru, for example, for many important reasons to do with security and the environment. We are not in a situation where we conduct international relations only with countries that adhere completely to our values and that are run in the way we would like to see ours run.

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