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<p>I raised the introduction of a sharia penal code with His Majesty The Sultan, as
well as the Crown Prince, Foreign Minister, the Grand Mufti and other senior ministers
during my visit to Brunei on 19 April. The Minister of State for Foreign and Commonwealth
Affairs, my right hon. Friend the Member for East Devon (Mr Swire), raised our concerns
with Second Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade, Pehin Lim, on 12 June and again
with Brunei's High Commissioner to London on 14 July. The Parliamentary Under-Secretary
of State at the Ministry of Justice, my hon. Friend the Member for North West Cambridgeshire
(Mr Vara) also discussed the introduction of a sharia penal code with the Bruneian
Attorney General at the Commonwealth Law Ministers' meeting on 6 May. The Secretary
of State for Health, my right hon. Friend the Member for South West Surrey (Mr Hunt),
raised concerns with his opposite number at a Commonwealth Health Ministers’ meeting
on 18 May.</p><p> </p>
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