Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs written question – answered at on 13 March 2006.
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs for what reasons no reference was made to the Chinese One Child Policy in his Department's Human Rights Annual Report 2006; and if he will make a statement.
The Government highlights their concerns about human rights in China in the Foreign and Commonwealth Office's Annual Human Rights Report. We do not question China's right or need to implement family planning policies, but remain concerned about reports of enforced sterilisation and abortion. We have yet to decide what subjects we will cover in the 2006 Report. However, we will consider including material assessing the reform and operation of China's population policies, and reports of enforced sterilisation and abortion in Linyi City, Shandong Province recently highlighted by Chinese lawyer, Chen Guangcheng.
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