Q Asked by Lord Blencathra
Asked on: 13 February 2020
Foreign and Commonwealth Office
Taiwan: Coronavirus / HL1632
To ask Her Majesty’s Government what representations they have made to the World Health Organisation about sharing its information on coronavirus with the government of Taiwan separately from the information that that organisation has shared with the government of China.
A Answered by: Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon
Answered on: 26 February 2020
Alongside a number of like-minded countries, the UK has raised, at the highest levels of the World Health Organisation (WHO), the importance of all states and territories having access to the most up to date information about COVID-19. This is consistent with the UK’s longstanding position that Taiwan should be able to meaningfully participate in international organisations such as the WHO, where statehood is not a prerequisite and it can contribute to the global good.