HL Deb 24 June 2002 vol 636 c119WA
Lord Alton of Liverpool

asked Her Majesty's Government:

Further to the Written Answer by the Baroness Amos on 29 May (WA 149), how many Chinese state family planning officials have been prosecuted in the past five years for abuses connected with family planning programmes. [HL4710]

Baroness Amos

We have asked the Chinese for these details.

Lord Alton of Liverpool

asked Her Majesty's Government:

Further to the Written Answer by the Baroness Amos on 29 May (WA 149), when they expect the Chinese State Family Planning Commission to have ended the system of birth targets and quotas. [HL4711]

Baroness Amos

In a meeting with my right honourable friend the Secretary of State for International Development on 20 May, the Chinese State Family Planning Commission Minister, Zhang Weiqin, confirmed that birth targets and quotas had been suspended in the 32 counties where the UNFPA model was used. The Government's aim was to expand this to the other 2,800 counties on a step-by-step basis, as and when they could.