12 January 2008
Tibet issues raised at British Parliament
(Hansard) The subject of Tibet was raised in the Houses of Parliament in London following questions to Meg Munn, the Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs. In response to a question by Norman Baker, a Liberal Democrat MP, Ms Munn said: "We encourage the Chinese Government to fulfil their human rights obligations across China, including in Tibet. We will raise our concerns on Tibet at the next round of the UK-China human rights dialogue in Beijing later this month". Responding to a question from Sir Malcolm Rifkind, a Conservative MP, Ms Munn said: "We take seriously the issues in Tibet and we raise these matters continually at the regular dialogues. This will be the 16th round of dialogues between the UK and China on Tibet, and on this occasion the delegations will make a visit to Tibet to study the situation on the ground."