China: EU Arms Trade Embargo

Part of the debate – in the House of Lords at 2:59 pm on 12 January 2004.

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Photo of Lord Alton of Liverpool Lord Alton of Liverpool Crossbench 2:59, 12 January 2004

My Lords, while welcoming the connection that the Minister has made between the arms trade and human rights, can she tell us when Her Majesty's Government last raised specific issues concerning political and religious violations of human rights with the Government of China, in particular the suppression of the Falung Gong, the suppression of the underground House Church Movement in China, the occupation of Tibet, the suppression of political liberties and in particular the continuation of the one-child policy in China, a policy which makes it the only country in the world where it is illegal to have a brother or a sister and where women are forcibly sterilised when they do not accept the domestic laws?