Parliamentary search - Democratic People’s Republic of Korea (Human Rights)

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Parliamentary proceeding

Reference

447 c507-44WH

Session

2005-06

Department

Department of Trade and Industry

Chamber / Committee

Westminster Hall

Proceeding contributions

Ian McCartney | 447 c507-9WH (Link to this contribution) I should declare an interest. Mr. Benton, you employ my wife and, for the purpose of today’s debate,...

Jeremy Browne | 447 c509WH (Link to this contribution) The Minister may not have to hand a list of those 21 countries, but are the British Government able ...

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Ian McCartney | 447 c509-10WH (Link to this contribution) Yes, I will set out what we have been doing and what we intend to do in my speech. The establishment...

John Bercow | 447 c512WH (Link to this contribution) Given that quite the most egregious human rights abuses are perpetrated by this bestial regime, and ...

Ian McCartney | 447 c512-3WH (Link to this contribution) That is a fair question. The establishment this week of the United Nations Human Rights Council mean...

Geoffrey Clifton-Brown | 447 c513WH (Link to this contribution) In preparation for this debate, either the Minister or his officials doubtless had discussions with ...

Ian McCartney | 447 c513-4WH (Link to this contribution) I do not think that people understand just how closed a society North Korea is. The regime is not ju...

Greg Hands | 447 c510WH (Link to this contribution) I agree with the Minister about the various resolutions and the importance of the Human Rights Counc...

Ian McCartney | 447 c510-2WH (Link to this contribution) I shall come to that. The hon. Gentleman will be pleased to hear that the issue has made me rather b...

Geoffrey Clifton-Brown | 447 c512WH (Link to this contribution) Is the Minister to have any discussions with the South Koreans? Times Online reports that South Kore...

Ian McCartney | 447 c512WH (Link to this contribution) I shall be visiting South Korea in the coming weeks as part of my regional engagement. Meanwhile, I ...

John Bercow | 447 c514WH (Link to this contribution) I am listening with great interest and respect to the Minister. The Prime Minister told me on the Fl...

David Drew | 447 c519WH (Link to this contribution) It is ““Strewd””. Don’t start me on that.

Ian McCartney | 447 c520WH (Link to this contribution) We have to be frank. We have to build a personal relationship. We have an excellent relationship wit...

Greg Hands | 447 c519WH (Link to this contribution) Okay. The hon. Gentleman makes a strong point about the attitude of the Chinese. I would be interest...

Greg Hands | 447 c520-1WH (Link to this contribution) I thank the Minister for that intervention and those reassurances, which will be helpful in all disc...

Greg Hands | 447 c514-5WH;447 c515WH (Link to this contribution) I welcome the opportunity to take part in the debate. I can say from my own knowledge that the DPRK ...

Ian McCartney | 447 c514WH (Link to this contribution) I will answer that this way. The ccan introduce a whole range of different intervention tools, which...

Ian McCartney | 447 c517WH;447 c518WH (Link to this contribution) Do they have a congestion charge?

Greg Hands | 447 c517-8WH;447 c518WH (Link to this contribution) The Minister makes a fair point. I think it is the last country in the world that would need a conge...

Ian McCartney | 447 c515WH (Link to this contribution) We need to be clear that we have in this country and other countries some of the brightest and brave...

Greg Hands | 447 c515-7WH (Link to this contribution) I agree with the Minister on that point. I do not doubt the motives and ability of our staff on the ...

David Drew | 447 c519WH (Link to this contribution) I hope to make some more of this point later, but China regularly repatriates people to North Korea....

Greg Hands | 447 c519WH (Link to this contribution) I entirely agree with the hon. Gentleman. Is his constituency pronounced ““Strowd”” or ““Strewd””?

John Bercow | 447 c518-9WH (Link to this contribution) My hon. Friend said that he did not see pregnant women in the streets during his visit. Is it not pa...

Greg Hands | 447 c519WH (Link to this contribution) I thank my hon. Friend for that intervention. That is certainly so. Ironically, despite the fact tha...

Geoffrey Clifton-Brown | 447 c532WH (Link to this contribution) I am delighted to serve under your chairmanship, Mr. Benton, and I welcome the Minister. I hope that...

Jeremy Browne | 447 c532WH (Link to this contribution) Secretary-General of the United Nations may be an appropriate role for him in due course.

Geoffrey Clifton-Brown | 447 c532-3WH (Link to this contribution) In due course, I am sure—though other candidates are emerging by the day. I also pay tribute to my n...

Jeremy Browne | 447 c531-2WH;447 c530-2WH (Link to this contribution) I am grateful to the Minister for making that intervention and indicating to the House that progress...

Geoffrey Clifton-Brown | 447 c535-7WH (Link to this contribution) Again, that is a very helpful intervention, although perhaps not absolutely centred on the debate th...

Ian McCartney | 447 c534WH (Link to this contribution) I will be reporting appropriately to the House and to the Select Committee. There will be two stages...

Geoffrey Clifton-Brown | 447 c533-4WH (Link to this contribution) I will give way to the Minister in a second, but I will just make one other comment that he might li...

Ian McCartney | 447 c534WH (Link to this contribution) The reason why the periodic review is so fundamentally different is that no one will be excluded. A ...

Geoffrey Clifton-Brown | 447 c534WH (Link to this contribution) I am grateful for that intervention; it was helpful. The Minister is rapidly gaining a reputation fo...

John Bercow | 447 c526-7WH (Link to this contribution) Will the hon. Gentleman agree, and underline, that the rights of Christians should properly concern ...

David Drew | 447 c527WH (Link to this contribution) The hon. Gentleman is absolutely right. As a Christian, I make no apology for taking up the cause of...

Linda Riordan | 447 c523WH (Link to this contribution) By encouraging the six-party talks, which have fallen apart. In those talks, agreements were made be...

David Drew | 447 c523-6WH (Link to this contribution) I am delighted to take part in this debate. I shall try to keep my remarks brief, partly because I n...

Ian McCartney | 447 c530WH (Link to this contribution) It is encouraging that on each occasion when we have returned to the United Nations, more countries ...

Jeremy Browne | 447 c529-30WH (Link to this contribution) I am grateful to the Minister, because that was precisely the basis on which I was going to touch br...

Ian McCartney | 447 c529WH (Link to this contribution) I just want to say that I raised that issue because the North Koreans continually use the nuclear is...

Jeremy Browne | 447 c528-9WH (Link to this contribution) Indeed. That was the point that I was making. In most countries that have respect for their own citi...

John Bercow | 447 c528WH (Link to this contribution) When I was first taking an interest in politics in my early teens, I asked my father, whom I fear th...

Jeremy Browne | 447 c527-8WH (Link to this contribution) I am grateful to you for calling me to speak, Mr. Benton. I wish to observe a normal dictum that I h...

Ian McCartney | 447 c537WH (Link to this contribution) The purpose of asking Professor Muntarbhorn was not just to give myself or officials the privilege o...

Geoffrey Clifton-Brown | 447 c537-8WH (Link to this contribution) I regard that as extremely helpful. It will be an important meeting that I much look forward to atte...

Ian McCartney | 447 c539-40WH (Link to this contribution) The reason why progress has not been greater is that the North Koreans have withdrawn, but it is a p...

Geoffrey Clifton-Brown | 447 c540WH (Link to this contribution) I am sure that the Minister, like me, would welcome a strong condemnation by China of the potential ...

Ian McCartney | 447 c538-9WH (Link to this contribution) With the leave of the House, Mr. Benton. I was both encouraged and perplexed by what I have heard fr...

Greg Hands | 447 c539WH (Link to this contribution) I think the Minister is saying that relations with the Chinese have been particularly effective, or ...

Ian McCartney | 447 c541-4WH (Link to this contribution) I do not have a full list on me; I apologise. I will provide that information to the hon. Gentleman....

Greg Hands | 447 c541WH (Link to this contribution) Which NGOs does the Minister think are currently operating in North Korea?

Ian McCartney | 447 c540-1WH (Link to this contribution) I have made it absolutely clear that we have done that, and will continue to do so. It is important ...

Linda Riordan | 447 c522WH (Link to this contribution) I, too, welcome the debate. For far too many people the DPRK is a far-off country of which they know...

Ian McCartney | 447 c522WH (Link to this contribution) On a point of information, it is the regime that has isolated itself from the international communit...

Linda Riordan | 447 c522WH (Link to this contribution) I thank my right hon. Friend for those comments, and hope that we shall continue to give that engage...

Jeremy Browne | 447 c522WH (Link to this contribution) Will the hon. Lady reassure hon. Members that she is not drawing some moral equivalence between the ...

Linda Riordan | 447 c522-3WH (Link to this contribution) That is certainly not the case. The comments by the hon. Member for Hammersmith and Fulham (Mr. Hand...

John Bercow | 447 c523WH (Link to this contribution) Let me put it like this: I understand the hon. Lady’s aversion to war; I respect her long-standing s...

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