HC Deb 22 March 2004 vol 419 cc558-9W
Mr. Trend

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs when his Department last made a statement to the House on the sovereignty of Tibet. [162724]

Mr. Rammell

Successive British Governments have regarded Tibet as autonomous while recognising the special position of the Chinese authorities there. The then Minister of State at the Foreign and Commonwealth Office, the late Derek Fatchett, stated our position during a debate in the House on 19 March 1999,Official Report, column 1463.