§ Mr. Matthew TaylorTo ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs how many times Ministers and officials of his Department have held meetings with members and officials of the United States Government to discuss the death penalty since 1 November 1998; and if he will list the(a) dates, (b) locations and (c) names of the US members and officials, and their respective departments, at each meeting. [93958]
§ Mr. Robin CookForeign Office Ministers and officials discuss frequently the death penalty with their US counterparts. At Ministerial level, Baroness Symons most recently raised HMG's opposition to the use of the death penalty in the United States with Harold Koh, Assistant Secretary for Democracy, Human Rights and Labour, US State Department, during her visit to Washington on 25 March.