Question to the Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office:
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, if he will hold discussions with his Chinese counterpart on ending the practice of organ harvesting of prisoners on death row in China.
We continue to monitor and review evidence relating to reports of forced organ harvesting in China and maintain a dialogue with leading Non- Governmental Organisations (NGOs) and international partners on the issue. The Government's position remains that, if true, the practice of systematic, state-sponsored organ harvesting would constitute a serious violation of human rights.
The UK Government regularly raises the human rights situation in China directly with the Chinese authorities at the highest levels. Most recently, the Foreign Secretary did so in a meeting with his Chinese counterpart on 20 September.