HC Deb 28 March 1991 vol 188 c499W
Mr. Vaz

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs if he will make a statement of the Government's relations with the Fijian Government.

Mr. Lennox-Boyd

We have good relations with the Government of Fiji.

Mr. Vaz

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs how many representations he has made to the Government of Fiji regarding the treatment of trade unionists and other opposition groups in that country.

Mr. Lennox-Boyd

Foreign Office Ministers have, on several occasions, made the Fiji Government aware of our concern about human rights issues and raised specific cases with Fiji Ministers.

Mr. Vaz

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what diplomatic steps have been taken to ask the interim Government of Fiji to withdraw the constitution promulgated on 25 July 1990.

Mr. Lennox-Boyd

None.

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