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Volume 454: debated on Monday 11 December 2006

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what recent discussions she has had with the Government of India about (a) the status of and (b) human rights abuses against the Dalit community. (105051)

My right hon. Friend the Foreign Secretary has had no recent discussions with the Government of India about the status of, or human rights abuses against the Dalit community. However, officials at our high commission in New Delhi have had discussions on a range of issues relating to minorities, including Dalits and Dalit rights, with the National Minorities Commission, most recently in June.