Why could not we have behaved in the way that we did during the Crisis in Bangladesh, which did so much good for us and for both India and Pakistan?

When the Bangladesh Crisis arose the number rose to nine, and the latest figure of which I am aware is 12.

Mr. Hanley: We have made no formal representations to the Government of Bangladesh about the elections, but our high commissioner has been in close contact with the leaders of the main political parties throughout the current political Crisis in Bangladesh.

In our last debate in the House on Bangladesh, we could not have envisaged the current deep political divisions that have helped to deepen the Crisis in Bangladesh.

While they wanted to discuss the current political Crisis in Bangladesh, which I will come to shortly, their immediate concern was for the safety of llias Ali, a former member of the Bangladeshi Parliament and a key activist in the main Opposition party, the Bangladesh Nationalist party.