London (PTI): UK-India bilateral relations have undergone a "complete transformation" in recent times and it should be a "model" for good bilateral ties, Britain's shadow home secretary Dominic Grieve has said.

"There has been complete transformation in the relations between India and the UK in recent times and I plan to visit India in the near future and there is lot to discuss," Grieve said, speaking at the Conservative Party's annual conference jointly hosted by Conservatives Friends of India and the Indian High Commissioner to UK, Shiv Shankar Mukherjee.

The shadow home secretary paid tribute to the Indian community in Britain which he said has integrated very well socially and economically in the country. "The UK-India relationship is not only for mutual benefit but it should be a model for good bilateral relationship," he said.

High Commissioner Mukherjee, concurring with Grieve said the relationship is "full of substance."

"The canvass is very broad and the relationship has taken a quantum jump during the last few years," Mukerjee said.

The reception was attended among others by seven shadow ministers including Damien Green (Immigration), Baroness Pauline Neville Jones (Security), David Laddingley (Foreign Minister) Hugh Roberta, (Sports and Culture), Baroness Sandeep Varma (Health) and Shailesh Vara, MP, Deputy leader in the House of Commons and Co-Chair of the Conservatives Friends of India.