HC Deb 17 November 1997 vol 301 c11W
Ms Jenny Jones

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs if he will make a statement on the report by the United Nations Human Rights Committee's inquiry of 30 July into breaches of human rights in India. [15932]

Mr. Fatchett

Parties to the International Covenant of Civil and Political Rights are obliged to report to the Human Rights Committee every five years. The inquiry to which my hon. Friend refers is the Committee's routine examination of India's latest periodic report. We welcome the Indian Government's constructive responses to the points of concern raised by the Committee.