PARLIAMENTARY WRITTEN QUESTION
China: Falun Gong (18 July 2017)

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what recent discussions he has had with the Chinese Government on the (a) treatment of Falun Gong practitioners in China and (b) use of executed prisoners' organs.

Asked by:
Kerry McCarthy (Labour)

​We remain concerned by restrictions placed on freedom of religion or belief in China, including on practitioners of Falun Gong.

At the UK/China Human Rights dialogue on 27 June we discussed our concerns about restrictions placed on Falun Gong practitioners with the Chinese authorities. Furthermore, at the UN's Human Rights Council in Geneva in June 2017, the UK issued a statement which highlighted our concerns about restrictions placed on religious freedoms in China.

We continue to be concerned about reports of involuntary organ removal in China and have repeatedly raised this issue with the Chinese authorities.

Answered by:
Mark Field (Conservative)
5 September 2017