To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs if she will make representations to the Maldives authorities about the policing of peaceful protests; and if she will make a statement. (103572)

I refer my hon. Friend to the answers my right hon. Friend the Member for Makerfield(Mr. McCartney), the Minister for Trade, gave to the hon. Member for South-West Devon (Mr. Streeter) on 21 November 2006, Official Report, columns 61-62W.