Updated Feb 12, 2021 | 15:57 IST Punjab-origin British Labour Party MP Tanmanjeet Singh Dhesi on Thursday pushed for a debate in the UK Parliament on the safety of the farmer protesters and on press freedom in India. Activists of various parties block the Jammu-Pathankot highway during a nationwide shutdown called by thousands of Indian farmers protesting new agriculture laws in Jammu, India, Saturday, Feb. 6, 2021.  London: Amid the farmers protest against the Central government's three new farm laws, the British government has asserted that the agricultural reform is a domestic policy issue for India but the United Kingdom will keep a close eye on the agitation.