§ Mr. PickthallTo ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what steps he is taking to influence the Government of the Sudan to prevent the persecution of Christians and Animists in southern Sudan. [41634]
§ Mr. HanleyWe continue to express our concerns about the human rights situation in Sudan to the Sudanese Government, bilaterally, with EU partners, and through the United Nations. My right hon. and learned Friend the Foreign Secretary raised the subject with the Sudanese ambassador on 13 September, as I did on 2 August.