Written question asked by Michael Trend (Conservative) on Wednesday, 17 March 2004, in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Monday, 22 March 2004. It was answered by Bill Rammell (Labour) on Monday, 22 March 2004 on behalf of the Foreign and Commonwealth Office.

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Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, when his Department last made a statement to the House on the sovereignty of Tibet. - Inc ref to 19 March 1999, 327 c1463.

Answer: Mr. Trend: To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs when his Department last made a statement to the House on the sovereignty of Tibet. [162724] Mr. Rammell: Successive British Governments have regarded Tibet as autonomous while recognising the special position of the Chinese authorities there. The then Minister of State at the Foreign and Commonwealth Office, the late Derek Fatchett, stated our position during a debate in the House on 19 March 1999, Official Report, column 1463.

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