Addressing Harriet Harman (Leader of the House) in the Commons today
(4th June), Michael Fabricant reminded the House of the events 20 years
ago in Tiananmen Square in Beijing and called for a debate on human
rights in modern day China. This has now been agreed.

Here is the question and the answer as recorded by Hansard:-

Michael Fabricant (Lichfield) (Con): Whatever the turbulence in this
place, 20 years ago in Tiananmen Square, according to the Chinese Red
Cross, it was far worse when 2.500 young people had their lives snuffed
out. Even this morning, journalists trying to enter Tiananmen Square
were manhandled by the Chinese police. May we have a debate about human
rights in China and how we can encourage the Chinese, who wish to become
a modern country and a part of our modern society, to revise their
internal policing and freedom policies?

Ms Harman: Given that there are major human rights concerns that go
beyond the roughly 30 people who, 20 years after the tragic events in
Tiananmen Square, still remain in detention, it might be appropriate for
a topical debate in the near future. Given the major human rights issues
also arising in Burma, we might be able to combine the two and debate
them together.