the bbc‘s sameer hashmi spoke to the uk's minister of state for trade and exports baroness rona fairheadn was willing to accept more immigrants from india. when our prime minister came, her first visit as a prime minister was to india back in 2016. the question of visas were raised in terms of accessibility, speed of getting them, the government has listened and has responded. for example, ifi was to look at student visas, over 50,000 were issued last year. 97 of that, of the applicants were approved. work visas, more work visas to indian people for the uk than anywhere else. but if you look at the indian government's stands and they have been vocal about this issue. if there is to be a trade deal between britain and india, they wa nt deal between britain and india, they want it to be easier. i think that is an unfair categorisation. there have been many tweaks. were continuing to look at how we can have a productive relationship with india. how soon, given the situation around brexit and the exit, how soon do you think britain will be able to get free trade deals with asia? as long as o