Written questions, answers and statements

China: Prisoners

Show full question

Question for Foreign and Commonwealth Office

UIN 963, tabled on 16 October 2019

Question

Lyn Brown
Labour
West Ham
Commons

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, with reference to the Answer of 1 October 2019 to Question HL17757 on China: Prisoners, when his Department held its most recent consultation relating to organ harvesting in the People’s Republic of China with (a) the World Health Organisation and (b) other international organisations.

Answer

Mrs Heather Wheeler
Conservative
South Derbyshire
Commons

Answered on

21 October 2019

The World Health Organisation (WHO) and other international organisations act independently of the British Government, and as such we cannot disclose, nor oblige them to disclose, the details of their work. Our most recent consultation with the WHO relating to organ harvesting in China took place on 15 May.

We consult and share assessments with a wide range of human rights and international organisations on the basis of confidentiality. In order to maintain working relationships with these organisations, we do not publish details of discussions between them and the Foreign and Commonwealth Office.

Answered by

Foreign and Commonwealth Office