§ Mr. CorbynTo ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what representations have been made to the governments of Iran, Iraq, Syria and Turkey concerning the treatment of Kurdish people; how often prisons and refugee camps for Kurdish people have been visited by representatives of Her Majesty's Government since January; and what meetings have been held with Kurdish organisations.
§ Mr. WaldegraveThe question of human rights and particularly the Kurds has recently been raised with the Turkish Government, who claimed that efforts to solve remaining problems would continue. Members of Her Majesty's embassy in Ankara have visited all three refugee camps since January. Her Majesty's embassy maintains contacts with representatives of a wide political spectrum in Turkey.
We regularly make clear to the Iraqi Government our concerns about Iraq's human rights record. We have no diplomatic relations with Iran or Syria and have made no direct representations to them, but we continue to make our views on human rights known to those Governments by our statements at international meetings.