14th November 2003

Dear ....

Many thanks for your letter. I was glad to hear from you and appreciate your very real and deep concerns about persecution of Falun Dafa practitioners in China.

This is a concern which I and the Labour Party as a whole share, and we have raised it on numerous occasions in the Dail. I enclose some Parliamentary Questions which we have put to the Minister for Foreign Affairs on this topic in recent times, along with the Minister’s replies.

I will continue to press on this important matter. It is a cause of regret to hear of any group of people being victimised because of their belief systems.

Warmest personal regards

Yours sincerely