China: Surveillance

(asked on 24th September 2019) - View Source

Question to the Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office:

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, if he will make an assessment of the extent of the involvement of UK companies in the development of (a) visual identification and (b) suspect profiling systems used by the Chinese Government in Xinjiang.


Answered by
Heather Wheeler Portrait
Heather Wheeler
This question was answered on 30th September 2019

We are aware of reports of links between companies in the UK and those operating in Xinjiang. We continue to encourage all British businesses to undertake appropriate levels of due diligence before deciding to do business or invest in foreign companies.

The United Nations Guiding Principles on Business and Human Rights guide the approach that UK companies should take to respect human rights wherever they operate including adopting appropriate due diligence policies to identify, prevent and mitigate human rights risks, and commit to monitoring and evaluating implementation.

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