Oral Question·Foreign and Commonwealth Office
“What steps he is taking to promote human rights in discussions with his counterparts in other countries.”
Tabled: 21 December 2017Answered: 9 January 2018
Asked by
Dr Rupa Huq
Labour — Ealing Central and Acton
Answering Minister
the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs
Answer from Hansard
Shabana Mahmood
I notice that in all his references to letters, the shadow Lord Chancellor did not refer to the letter from the previous sentencing Minister, now the shadow Transport Secretary, who welcomed those guidelines. He knows full well that that was a reference to the guidelines around race, ethnicity and cultural background.