HC Deb 29 June 1998 vol 315 c70W
Mrs. Gillan

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs if he will make a statement on the human rights situation in the Democratic Republic of the Congo. [47330]

Mr. Tony Lloyd

We continue to have concerns over the human rights situation in the Democratic Republic of the Congo. As head of an EU Ministerial Troika, I met President Kabila on 4 June. I welcomed President Kabila's assurances that his Government wish to promote and protect human rights, but made clear the extent of concern within the EU over a number of specific human rights issues.