HC Deb 15 March 2000 vol 346 c222W
Mr. Ben Chapman

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what plans he has to encourage further parliamentary exchanges with China. [114159]

Mr. Battle

We support and encourage parliamentary exchanges with China as part of our overall strategy of engaging China on a wide range of issues and in a variety of fora.

In particular we welcome the forthcoming visit to China by my hon. Friend the Member for Wirral, South (Mr. Chapman) and fellow members of the All-Party China Group. We also welcome the proposed visit of the All-Party Tibet Group to Tibet.

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