§ Lord Braine of Wheatleyasked Her Majesty's Government:
Whether the British representative on the Executive Board of the United Nations Population Fund supported its decision to renew its population control programme in China. [HL1164]
§ The Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State, Foreign and Commonwealth Office (Baroness Symons of Vernham Dean)The purpose of the United Nations Population Fund's new programme of assistance to China is to make quality, client-orientated reproductive health services available to Chinese men and women in 32 countries on a voluntary basis, in accordance with the standards of reproductive health care upheld at the 1994 International Conference on Population and Development. The UK supports this programme strongly.