§ Mr. Tony LloydTo ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs when he will make a statement on initiatives taken by the Government and their European Community partners in the current session of the United Nations human rights commission.
§ Mr. SainsburyI outlined our priorities at the Commission on Human Rights on 13 February. Mr. Gerard Collins, Minister for Foreign Affairs of Ireland, made a statement on behalf of the EC on 2 February. Copies of these statements are being placed in the Library of the House.
§ Mr. Tony LloydTo ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs whether Her Majesty's Government intend to use the opportunity of the current session of the United Nations human rights commission to condemn human rights abuses in China.
§ Mr. SainsburyTogether with our European partners, we raised our concerns about human rights in China in the opening week of the commission's current session. We intend to do so again under the item of the agenda which concerns situations in specific countries.