To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what discussions have been held with the United States Government about joint efforts to promote and monitor observance of human rights in Vietnam and the implications for Her Majesty's Government's policy on repatriation of the boat people in Hong Kong.

We remain in close touch with the United States Government about the situation in Vietnam, and welcome the recent Vietnamese reaffirmation that no Vietnamese migrant returning to Vietnam will be persecuted. The Vietnamese have also agreed to continue to facilitate the monitoring of conditions of all returnees to Vietnam by the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees.