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753453

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date	18/07/2017
answering body	Foreign and Commonwealth Office
answering dept id	16
answering dept short name	Foreign and Commonwealth Office
answering dept sort name	Foreign and Commonwealth Office
hansard heading	China: Ethnic Groups and Religious Freedom
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what progress has been made on the issue of restrictions on religious freedoms and discrimination against ethnic minorities in China since the Government raised the matter at the UN Human Rights Council in March 2017.
tabling member constituency	Bristol East
tabling member printed	Kerry McCarthy
uin	5926
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/09/2017 answer text <p>​We remain concerned about restrictions on freedom of religion or belief, and on the rights of ethnic minorities in China. We issued a further item IV statement at the 35th UN Human Rights Council in June reiterating these concerns. We also raised these matters directly with the Chinese authorities at the UK-China Human Rights Dialogue in Beijing on 27 June.</p> answering member constituency Cities of London and Westminster answering member printed Mark Field question first answered 05/09/2017 13:15:12 answering member 1405 label Biography information for Mark Field
tabling member	1491 label Biography information for Kerry McCarthy

753454

registered interest
date	18/07/2017
answering body	Foreign and Commonwealth Office
answering dept id	16
answering dept short name	Foreign and Commonwealth Office
answering dept sort name	Foreign and Commonwealth Office
hansard heading	China: Falun Gong
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what recent discussions he has had with the Chinese Government on the (a) treatment of Falun Gong practitioners in China and (b) use of executed prisoners' organs.
tabling member constituency	Bristol East
tabling member printed	Kerry McCarthy
uin	5927
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/09/2017 answer text <p>​We remain concerned by restrictions placed on freedom of religion or belief in China, including on practitioners of Falun Gong.</p><p>At the UK/China Human Rights dialogue on 27 June we discussed our concerns about restrictions placed on Falun Gong practitioners with the Chinese authorities. Furthermore, at the UN's Human Rights Council in Geneva in June 2017, the UK issued a statement which highlighted our concerns about restrictions placed on religious freedoms in China.</p><p>We continue to be concerned about reports of involuntary organ removal in China and have repeatedly raised this issue with the Chinese authorities.</p> answering member constituency Cities of London and Westminster answering member printed Mark Field question first answered 05/09/2017 13:19:59 answering member 1405 label Biography information for Mark Field
tabling member	1491 label Biography information for Kerry McCarthy

753463

registered interest
date	18/07/2017
answering body	Foreign and Commonwealth Office
answering dept id	16
answering dept short name	Foreign and Commonwealth Office
answering dept sort name	Foreign and Commonwealth Office
hansard heading	Sri Lanka: Foreign Relations
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, when he last met his Sri Lankan counterpart; and the subjects that were discussed at that meeting.
tabling member constituency	Coventry South
tabling member printed	Mr Jim Cunningham
uin	5799
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/09/2017 answer text <p>I have not yet met my Sri Lankan counterpart but I look forward to doing so in the near future and I am hoping to visit Sri Lanka within the next month. My predecessor, now Minister of State for Housing and Planning, met the then Foreign Minister during bilateral discussions at the United Nations Human Rights Council in Geneva on 28 February 2017. Their talks focused on Sri Lanka's co-sponsorship of Resolution 34/1 and how Sri Lanka could deliver on its international commitments on human rights and reconciliation.</p> answering member constituency Cities of London and Westminster answering member printed Mark Field question first answered 05/09/2017 15:32:05 answering member 1405 label Biography information for Mark Field
tabling member	308 label Biography information for Mr Jim Cunningham