Question to the Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office:

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, pursuant to the Answer of 16 June 2015 to Question 1570, what commitments he has received from his Chinese counterpart in response to his concerns on the treatment of Muslims in Xinjiang province.

At the UK-China Human Rights dialogue in April this year, we had a thorough discussion of this issue.

As a member of the UN Human Rights Council, China is bound to respect the international commitments to which it is a party, including those related to freedom of religion or belief. Freedom of religion or belief is also guaranteed under the Chinese constitution.