HC Deb 05 February 1992 vol 203 cc192-3W
30. Mr. O'Hara

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs when he next plans to meet representatives of the Government of Saudi Arabia to discuss human rights issues.

Mr. Douglas Hogg

Ministers and officials, including members of our embassy in Riyadh, discuss human rights issues with the Saudi Arabian authorities regularly. I have no plans to meet a representative of the Saudi Arabian Government in the near future.

Mr. O'Hara

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what representation he has made or plans to make to the Government of Saudi Arabia about infringements of human rights and religious freedom in that country.

Mr. Douglas Hogg

Ministers and officials, including members of our embassy in Riyadh, regularly discuss human rights issues, including freedom of religion, with the Saudi Arabian authorities. I have no plans to meet a representative of the Saudi Arabian Government in the near future.