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Colombia: Trade Unions

Volume 700: debated on Monday 21 April 2008

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Baroness Miller of Chilthorne Domer

asked Her Majesty’s Government:

Further to the Written Answer on 3 March by the Minister of State for the Foreign and Commonwealth Office, Dr Kim Howells MP (Official Report, Commons, 2143W), what was the outcome of the meeting with delegates from the Colombian trade unions. [HL2896]

The Minister of State, Foreign and Commonwealth Office
(Lord Malloch-Brown)

On 4 March, my honourable friend the Minister of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, Kim Howells, met senior members of Colombian trade unions during their visit to the UK. The Minister reaffirmed the UK’s support for Colombia and our commitment to working with all sectors of Colombian society to improve the human rights situation. He also expressed the UK’s continuing support for trade unionists in Colombia and our intention to continue our ongoing work with Colombian trade unions and the Trades Union Congress to bring an end to the unacceptable situation that they face.