Written question asked by David Amess (Conservative) on Tuesday, 15 November 2005, in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Thursday, 17 November 2005. It was answered by Ian Pearson (Labour) on Wednesday, 23 November 2005 on behalf of the Foreign and Commonwealth Office.

China

Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what representations he has made to the Government of China about the cases of (a) Mao Hengfeng and (b) Chen Guangcheng; and if he will make a statement.

Answer: We regularly raise individual human rights cases with the Chinese Government. The EU has raised the cases of Mao Heng-Feng and Chen Guang-Cheng with the Chinese Government several times. Mao Heng-Feng's case was included on the list of individual cases handed to the Chinese at the October 2005 round of the EU/China Human Rights Dialogue. The EU, under the UK's presidency, raised the case of Chen Guang-Cheng with the Chinese Government in October and November 2005.

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