Question to the Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office:

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what assessment he has made of the implications for his policies of the charges brought against a New York City policy officer for reportedly spying on Tibetan immigrants for the Chinese Government.

It would not be appropriate to comment on this ongoing case. With regards to the implications for UK policy, it is the longstanding policy of successive British Governments not to comment on intelligence matters.