HC Deb 01 June 1998 vol 313 c149W
Mr. Hoyle

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs if he will make a statement on the resolution by the European Parliament calling for a United Nations commission of inquiry into Tibet. [43164]

Mr. Fatchett

During our Presidency of the European Union the issue of Tibet has featured prominently in the EU' s human rights dialogue with China. A delegation of EU Ambassadors to Beijing visited Tibet in May in order to make an assessment of the situation there. Our EU partners are considering their report.