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Speech in Commons Chamber - Wed 09 Sep 2020
Detention of Uyghur Muslims in Xinjiang

"I thank the hon. Lady and agree with everything she said. Her remarks are testament to how much cross-party agreement there now is about what is happening to the Uyghur people at the hands of the Chinese Government. I would certainly welcome an opportunity to work closely with her and …..."
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Wed 09 Sep 2020
Detention of Uyghur Muslims in Xinjiang

"My hon. Friend makes an important point. We can be in no doubt as to the ambitions that the Chinese Government have: President Xi Jinping made clear in his 2050 vision statement the sort of dominance that his country wishes to achieve. If the current actions of the Chinese Government …..."
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Wed 09 Sep 2020
Detention of Uyghur Muslims in Xinjiang

"The points that my hon. Friend highlights go to the fact that many of us now think that the tests for what constitutes genocide are being met by the Chinese Government. It is truly depressing that because of the growing dominance of the Chinese Government and the way in which …..."
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Wed 09 Sep 2020
Detention of Uyghur Muslims in Xinjiang

"The hon. Gentleman makes a powerful point. The scale of what is happening in China defies belief. The videos that we have now seen and that are being pursued by commercial television news channels such as ITV lay out starkly the reality of what is happening, and we cannot turn …..."
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Wed 09 Sep 2020
Detention of Uyghur Muslims in Xinjiang

"That is exactly why I have laid out—with some clarity, I hope—the case today for Magnitsky-style sanctions, for action against companies that are benefiting from the forced labour in the camps and for approaches that can be pursued in the arena of international law—difficult though that is, given the position …..."
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Wed 09 Sep 2020
Detention of Uyghur Muslims in Xinjiang

"Will the Minister give way?..."
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Wed 09 Sep 2020
Detention of Uyghur Muslims in Xinjiang

"I thank the Minister for giving way. I just want to say that there is intense interest across the House on the issue of Magnitsky-style sanctions . Can he perhaps give us an indication of timings of when we might expect the Government to develop their position on sanctions, so …..."
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Written Question
Ethnic Groups: Coronavirus
Monday 15th June 2020

Asked by: Shabana Mahmood (Labour - Birmingham Ladywood)

Question to the Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office:

To ask the Minister for Women and Equalities, with reference to the report published by Public Health England on 2 June 2020 entitled COVID-19: review of disparities in risks and outcomes, what cross-departmental steps the Government plans to take to reduce the disproportionate effect of the covid-19 outbreak on black, Asian and minority ethnic communities.

Answered by Kemi Badenoch - Leader of HM Official Opposition

As Minister for Equalities, I will be working with the Race Disparity Unit and the Department for Health and Social Care to carry forward work to identify and fill the gaps in PHE’s review; and work across government to take appropriate steps to mitigate disparities identified. The terms of reference for this work, which include quarterly updates to the Prime Minister and Secretary of State for Health and Social Care on progress, were published on GOV.UK on 4 June.

Written Question
China: Uighurs
Wednesday 29th January 2020

Asked by: Shabana Mahmood (Labour - Birmingham Ladywood)

Question to the Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office:

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what recent discussions he has had with his Chinese counterpart on the alleged detention of Uighur Muslims.

Answered by Heather Wheeler

We regularly raise our concerns about the human rights situation in Xinjiang with the Chinese authorities at senior levels, and most recently our British Ambassador to China raised our concerns with Vice Foreign Minister Qin Gang on 24 December 2019. We also regularly discuss the situation in Xinjiang with likeminded partners including at the UN. We have issued or joined a number of statements registering our concern in recent months: on 29 October 2019 at UN Third Committee, the UK read out a joint statement signed by 22 others drawing attention to the human rights violations and abuses in Xinjiang and called on China to uphold its obligations to respect human rights. On 24 September 2019, during the UN General Assembly the Minister of State for the Commonwealth, UN and South Asia called on China to allow UN observers immediate and unfettered access to the region. On 17 September 2019, at the 42nd session of the UN Human Rights Council, the UK again called for UN experts to be granted unfettered access to Xinjiang and raised our concerns on arbitrary detention.

Written Question
Armenia: Genocide
Tuesday 3rd September 2019

Asked by: Shabana Mahmood (Labour - Birmingham Ladywood)

Question to the Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office:

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, whether the Government plans to recognise the Ottoman Empire's killing of 1.5 million Armenians between 1915 and 1917 as genocide.

Answered by Christopher Pincher

​It is the policy of the British Government that recognition of genocide is a matter for judicial decision, rather than for governments or non-judicial bodies. While the terrible suffering cannot be forgotten and we must remember and honour the victims of the past, we continue to believe the United Kingdom's priority today should be to promote reconciliation between the peoples and Governments of Turkey and Armenia and to find a way for these two countries to face their joint history together.