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China

Volume 480: debated on Wednesday 8 October 2008

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Harry Cohen

To ask the Prime Minister (1) what meetings he plans to have with Chinese government officials while in China attending the Olympic closing ceremony; and whether he will meet Hu Jintao and Wen Jibao; (220554)

(2) whether he discussed progress in talks between the envoys of the Dalai Lama and the Chinese government with the Chinese President at the G8 summit in Japan.

Mr. Drew

To ask the Prime Minister what meetings he (a) held and (b) attended when in Beijing to attend the Olympic closing ceremony with the Chinese government; and whether he discussed (i) human rights and (ii) animal welfare with that government. (225422)

The Prime Minister

I refer my hon. Friends to the answer I gave on 14 July 2008, Official Report, column 20W.

In addition, I refer my hon. Friends to the press briefing I gave en route to Beijing on 21 August 2008. A transcript is available on the No. 10 website:

http://www.number10.gov.uk/Page16647

and a copy has been placed in the Library of the House.