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Proceeding contribution from Denis MacShane (Independent (affiliation)) in the House of Commons on Monday, 27 June 2011. It occurred during Ministerial statement on European Council.


European Council

Did the Prime Minister have a chance, in the many bilateral conversations he will have had at the European Council, to discuss the Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao's visit to Europe at the moment—currently in London? Why will not the Prime Minister mention the name of Liu Xiaobo, the Nobel peace laureate who is in the Chinese gulag? Mrs Thatcher also raised the position of Sakharov in public and said, ““Get him out of the gulag.”” Will the Prime Minister take the opportunity now to say, ““Liu Xiaobo should be out, not in prison””?


Secondary information

Type
Proceeding contribution
Reference
530 c624 
Session
2010-12
Chamber / Committee
House of Commons chamber
Subjects
Armed conflict Banks EU enlargement Economic and monetary union EU economic policy EU grants and loans Greece Politics and government Public sector debt Small businesses Regulation Croatia European Council Syria Middle East EU immigration Libya European financial stabilisation mechanism
Link
View this Proceeding contribution on www.publications.parliament.uk