§ Mr. CohenTo ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what contracts his Department has put out to tender for the supply of security services at its buildings; how many of them cover the protection of classified information held on the premises; and if he will make a statement.
§ Mr. GoodladThe Foreign and Commonwealth Office puts out to tender contracts for security services at its premises overseas, but these do not directly concern the
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§ Mr. GoodladWe have not received any representations about this issue. We regularly raise human rights, including population policy issues, with the Chinese authorities, urging them to adhere to internationally approved standards of behaviour. We co-sponsored a resolution on China, with our European partners, at this year's session of the United Nations Commission on Human Rights, which specifically drew attention to reports of forced abortion. But it was stopped by a no-action motion introduced by the Chinese.