HC Deb 18 March 1998 vol 308 c611W
Ann Clwyd

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what information he has sought and obtained from the Chinese Government about the fate of the Panchen Lama. [35044]

Mr. Fatchett

Concerns for the whereabouts and welfare of Gedhun Choekyi Nyima, the Dalai Lama's choice of Panchen Lama, have been raised at successive rounds of EU/China human rights talks, and by my right hon. Friend the Foreign Secretary when he visited China in January. The Chinese Government have replied that the child is living with his family and going to school.