Adjournment debate on Thursday, 1 February 2007, in the House of Commons, led by Mike Gapes. The answering member was Ian McCartney.

East Asia

Westminster Hall adjournment debate on China and East Asia.

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Type: Parliamentary proceeding
Reference: 456 c147-92WH
Session: 2006-07
Department: Department of Trade and Industry
Chamber / Committee: Westminster Hall
Related items: Deposited Paper DEP 07/876
Monday, 26 March 2007
Deposited papers
House of Commons; Deposited Paper DEP 07/875
Monday, 26 March 2007
Deposited papers
House of Commons; Deposited Paper DEP 07/877
Monday, 26 March 2007
Deposited papers
House of Commons; East Asia. Government response to the Foreign Affairs Select Committee seventh report of session 2005-06 (HC 860).
Sunday, 1 October 2006
Command papers
House of Commons; East Asia. Foreign Affairs Select Committee seventh report in 2 volumes with proceedings, evidence (HC 860 i-v not printed separately) and appendices.
Wednesday, 19 July 2006
Parliamentary committees
House of Commons
Proceeding contributions: Speaker | 456 c192WH;456 (Not in Bound Volume) (Link to this contribution) Order.; Ian McCartney | 456 c184-5WH (Link to this contribution) I am very happy to do that. When I was working on the Commonwealth games, I came to the Select Commi...; Mike Gapes | 456 c184WH (Link to this contribution) I welcome the Minister’s remarks. When we were in Shanghai, we saw the potential of that site and di...; Geoffrey Clifton-Brown | 456 c182WH (Link to this contribution) Although I fully accept that we do not want to see dumping in the EU, does the Minister agree that a...; Ian McCartney | 456 c182-4WH (Link to this contribution) On textiles and shoes, we have been the leading opponent to attempts by other countries in the EU to...; Geoffrey Clifton-Brown | 456 c185WH (Link to this contribution) Britain has taken a lead in clean-coal technology. The Minister mentioned the admirable efforts that...; Geoffrey Clifton-Brown | 456 c187WH (Link to this contribution) I am sure that a big multilateral company with that size of contract was well able to summon the res...; Ian McCartney | 456 c185-7WH (Link to this contribution) Yes, and not just to those building coal-fired power stations. On every visit I make, I meet with Mi...; Ian McCartney | 456 c190-1WH (Link to this contribution) Hon. Members can rest assured that I will write to everyone who has been here; that is a policy that...; John Stanley | 456 c191WH (Link to this contribution) indicated assent.; Lord Horam | 456 c189WH (Link to this contribution) I am very interested in this point, as the Minister knows, and he is talking total sense, but is the...; Ian McCartney | 456 c187-9WH (Link to this contribution) That is not true. I will take the hon. Gentleman to a pile of small to medium-sized enterprises that...; Mark Hunter | 456 c190WH (Link to this contribution) It has come as a relief, after listening in detail to the Minister’s comprehensive response to the d...; Ian McCartney | 456 c189-90WH (Link to this contribution) Yes. An example is the extractive industries transparency initiative. The Chinese are already showin...; Ian McCartney | 456 c149WH (Link to this contribution) I gave him an instruction to do that.; Mike Gapes | 456 c147-9WH (Link to this contribution) I am pleased that we have secured this debate. The Foreign Affairs Committee report was published in...; Ian McCartney | 456 c149WH (Link to this contribution) That was a joke.; Mike Gapes | 456 c149WH (Link to this contribution) It is good to see that we have political control over UKTI.; Geoffrey Clifton-Brown | 456 c149WH (Link to this contribution) I am grateful to the hon. Gentleman for quoting that answer. Will he also confirm that the expo will...; Mike Gapes | 456 c149WH (Link to this contribution) I want to raise, too, an issue on which we had some doubts. One of the matters raised with us when w...; Mike Gapes | 456 c149-51WH (Link to this contribution) Yes, I can certainly confirm that. It was the basis of our concern last year. A number of European G...; Tony Baldry | 456 c164WH (Link to this contribution) It is not for me to challenge the Chair, Mr. Benton, but may I draw your attention to the report? I ...; Speaker | 456 c164WH (Link to this contribution) Order. May I point out to the hon. Gentleman the fact that the report is specifically concerned with...; Tony Baldry | 456 c163-4WH (Link to this contribution) Excellent. The Minister always makes a fearful dragon, as I am sure those in the parliamentary Labou...; Ian McCartney | 456 c163WH (Link to this contribution) I would be happy to come as the dragon, but I am less sure about being the drummer.; Tony Baldry | 456 c161-3WH (Link to this contribution) We have heard several thoughtful speeches on the Committee’s interesting report. For reasons that I ...; Tony Baldry | 456 c165-7WH (Link to this contribution) I will of course bear your remarks in mind, Mr. Benton, but I make this observation, which needs to ...; Mike Gapes | 456 c165WH (Link to this contribution) Further to that point of order, Mr. Benton. As the Chairman of the Committee and the person who mana...; Speaker | 456 c165WH (Link to this contribution) I give the hon. Gentleman an absolute assurance that it is not my intention to make things difficult...; Speaker | 456 c164WH (Link to this contribution) I am unsure whether the hon. Gentleman has a copy, but may I read out a letter from the Chairman of ...; Ian McCartney | 456 c164-5WH (Link to this contribution) On a point of order, Mr. Benton. I am not sure how the guidance was drawn up. The Select Committee r...; Mike Gapes | 456 c151WH (Link to this contribution) The hon. Gentleman is absolutely right. In fact, a third of China’s oil now comes from Africa. It is...; Tony Baldry | 456 c151WH (Link to this contribution) The hon. Gentleman is making an excellent speech. Returning to his point about oil, is there not ano...; Mike Gapes | 456 c151-2WH (Link to this contribution) I am grateful for that intervention as it saves me from making the same point. I agree entirely—ther...; Lord Horam | 456 c151WH (Link to this contribution) Following on from that point, there is great concern about the impact of China’s policies in Africa—...; John Stanley | 456 c156-8WH (Link to this contribution) That is the classic diplomatic argument, and I accept that there is a place for private discussions....; Greg Pope | 456 c158-61WH (Link to this contribution) I am grateful for the opportunity to make some brief remarks, and am pleased to follow my hon. Frien...; Geoffrey Clifton-Brown | 456 c152WH (Link to this contribution) To reinforce what the hon. Gentleman has said, does he agree that that applies not just to Africa? F...; Mike Gapes | 456 c152-3WH (Link to this contribution) The response from the Chinese on those matters is interesting. They say that they are behaving as ot...; John Stanley | 456 c153-6WH (Link to this contribution) I wish to tell the House that I undertook a visit to the Republic of Korea, funded by the Korean Nat...; Tony Baldry | 456 c156WH (Link to this contribution) Is there not a bit of a conundrum here for all those of us who want to thicken and deepen relationsh...; Tony Baldry | 456 c168WH (Link to this contribution) The hon. Lady either deliberately or—I am quite sure—accidentally misunderstands my point. I shall t...; Baroness Stuart of Edgbaston | 456 c168WH (Link to this contribution) I am glad to follow the hon. Member for Banbury (Tony Baldry). Those six-monthly visits to Hong Kong...; Mark Hunter | 456 c170-3WH (Link to this contribution) May I say what a pleasure it is to contribute to this important debate under your chairmanship, Mr. ...; Baroness Stuart of Edgbaston | 456 c168-70WH (Link to this contribution) I just do not accept that argument. One can do both, and what is more, one must find a way of doing ...; Ian McCartney | 456 c177-80WH (Link to this contribution) For the record, I declare an interest, in that my wife works for you, Mr. Benton, and has, I believe...; Geoffrey Clifton-Brown | 456 c173-7WH (Link to this contribution) I congratulate the hon. Member for Ilford, South (Mike Gapes) and his Committee on a comprehensive r...; Tony Baldry | 456 c180WH (Link to this contribution) The Minister might like to know that one of the comments that parliamentary colleagues from all part...; Ian McCartney | 456 c180-2WH (Link to this contribution) That is why we should do that in a practical way rather than merely criticising. It is difficult whe...
Subjects: Climate change China Human rights Pollution Pollution control Politics and government Trade Trade agreements Tibet Trade missions East Asia
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East Asia

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