§ Mr. AltonTo ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs (1) if he will place in the Library the information provided by the International Planned Parenthood Federation to his Department on the activities of the Chinese Family Planning Association; [27296]
(2) what information he has on the amounts donated to China from the core funds of the United Nations Population Fund—UNFPA—and the International Planned Parenthood Federation for each of the last 16 available years; [27238]
(3) what facilities or arrangements exist for Parliament to monitor the expenditure of funds by the International Planned Parenthood Federation and—UNFPA granted by Her Majesty's Government to the core funds of the International Planned Parenthood Federation and the UNFPA; [27295]
(4) if he will list the results of his policy of funding the Chinese population control programme via the core funds of the UNFPA and the International Planned Parenthood Federation; and if he will make a statement; [27241]
(5) what is his estimate of the number of ultra-sound machines now operating in China; what assistance has been given by the UNFPA, IPPF and the Chinese Family Planning Association in respect of supplying, operating or training operators of such machines; and what information he has on the purposes to which such machines are being put. [27233]
§ Mr. Baldry[holding answers 8 June 1995]: My right hon. and noble Friend the Minister for Overseas Development will write to the hon. Member and copies of the letter will be placed in the Libraries of the House.
§ Mr. AltonTo ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs (1) what information he has on the situation in the villages of Feng Jia Zhuang and Long Tian Gou in Hebei province, following the Chinese Government's push to enforce population control laws there; and what representations Her Majesty's ambassador to China has made regarding the situation in these villages; [27227]
(2) what information he has on the situation of Chinese Roman Catholics who conscientiously object to Chinese population control policies; and what assurance he has received from the Chinese Government that conscientious objection will be respected; [27228]
(3) if his Department has obtained a copy of the law of the People's Republic of China on maternal and infant health care adopted in October 1994; and if he will raise the law at the United Nations as liable to breach the United Nations guaranteed human rights to found a family freely and decide the number and spacing of children; [27229]
(4) what information he has on eugenic practices in China's population control policy; and if he will make a statement; [27230]
504W(5) what information he has on the Chinese Government's announcement in February 1995 of tougher goals for population growth rates and the measures to be taken to achieve such goals; and if he will make a statement; [27231]
(6) what information he has on Chinese Government proposals to offer incentives to those complying with population control legislation and to reward local officials who successfully lower regional birth rates; and if he will make a statement; [27232]
(7) what information he has on the reasons for the disproportionate proportion of boys born in China compared with the world's natural birth ratio; and if he will make a statement; [27234]
(8) if he will make a statement on the special report in the April edition of the "Catholic World Report" on the new eugenics law and population control programme in China, a copy of which has been sent to him. [27237]
§ Mr. Baldry[holding answers 8 June 1995]: My right hon. and noble Friend the Minister for Overseas Development will write to the hon. Member, and copies of the letter will be placed in the Libraries of the House.