Democratic People’s Republic of Korea (Human Rights)

My hon. Friend said that he did not see pregnant women in the streets during his visit. Is it not part of the hypocrisy of the regime that although it has ratified the United Nations women’s convention, it does not adhere in any sense to the letter or the spirit of it? Is it not the case that women who are in detention, including pregnant and elderly women, are forced to work from early in the morning until late at night in the rice fields and in prison factories?