Question to the Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office:

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what representations his Department has made to the Chinese Government on the disappearance and current situation of the Chinese lawyer, Gao Zhisheng, who went missing in August 2017.

We are concerned by the case of Gao Zhisheng, who disappeared in August 2017. My officials met Mr Gao Zhisheng's daughter, Grace Gao, and representatives of a UK NGO in October 2017 to discuss his case.

Gao Zhisheng was featured in a case list that we delivered to the Chinese Government ahead of the UK/China Human Rights Dialogue in June 2017. We regularly continue to seek further information on his situation.