Chinese Government Sanctions on UK Citizens Debate

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Department: Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office

Chinese Government Sanctions on UK Citizens

Suzanne Webb Excerpts
Tuesday 13th April 2021

(3 years ago)

Commons Chamber
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Suzanne Webb Portrait Suzanne Webb (Stourbridge) (Con) [V]
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Does my hon. Friend agree with me that we should be focusing not only on sanctions, but on the measures that stop businesses in the UK profiting from forced labour in Xinjiang?

Nigel Adams Portrait Nigel Adams
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My hon. Friend is spot-on, and I agree with her. That is why on 12 January we announced a series of measures to help ensure UK businesses and the public sector are not complicit in human rights violations in Xinjiang. These measures target in a forensic way those profiting from forced labour or those that would financially support it, whether deliberately or otherwise.