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Bill Documents
30 Jan 2024 - Briefing papers
Economic Activity of Public Bodies (Overseas Matters) Bill: HL Bill 38
Economic Activity of Public Bodies (Overseas Matters) Bill 2022-23

Found: Economic Activity of Public Bodies (Overseas Matters) Bill: HL Bill 38


Westminster Hall
International Human Rights Abuses: UK Response - Wed 24 Jan 2024
Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office

Mentions:
1: Sarah Owen (Lab - Luton North) We have imposed sanctions on Russia and China to address their abuses of human rights, and our Government - Speech Link
2: Patrick Grady (SNP - Glasgow North) concerns about its treatment of Tibet, its persecution of Buddhists, the interference with the leadership - Speech Link
3: Patrick Grady (SNP - Glasgow North) They have given themselves powers to impose Magnitsky sanctions on individuals who commit gross human - Speech Link
4: David Rutley (Con - Macclesfield) We raise the reputational and diplomatic cost to China of its human rights violations regularly on the - Speech Link


Westminster Hall
Universal Declaration of Human Rights and UN Convention on Genocide - Thu 07 Dec 2023
Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office

Mentions:
1: Tony Lloyd (Lab - Rochdale) Its level of aspiration is extraordinary: prohibition of discrimination on the basis of race, colour, - Speech Link
2: Jim Shannon (DUP - Strangford) as the US and the EU.When dealing with states such as China and Russia, sanctions can have a significant - Speech Link
3: Fleur Anderson (Lab - Putney) world falls short of its bold ambitions, as we have seen over these 75 years. - Speech Link
4: Patrick Grady (SNP - Glasgow North) are dependent on labour and produce from China. - Speech Link


Select Committee
Tenth Report - Countries at crossroads: UK engagement in Central Asia

Report Nov. 10 2023

Committee: Foreign Affairs Committee (Department: Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office)

Found: There is strong circumstantial evidence that the sanctions imposed on Russia after it began its renewed


Westminster Hall
Freedom of Religion and Belief - Tue 19 Sep 2023
Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office

Mentions:
1: Kevin Foster (CON - Torbay) inspiration from how China oppresses its citizens. - Speech Link
2: Patrick Grady (SNP - Glasgow North) to severe repercussions, including the appalling treatment of the Uyghur Muslims that many argue is - Speech Link
3: Stephen Doughty (LAB - Cardiff South and Penarth) She was right to highlight not only the situation of the Uyghur Muslims in China, which we often hear - Speech Link
4: Stephen Doughty (LAB - Cardiff South and Penarth) treatment of Uyghurs in Xinjiang and of the Rohingya in Myanmar are high-profile cases, but we have - Speech Link


Departmental Publication (Transparency)
Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office

Jul. 13 2023

Source Page: Human Rights and Democracy Report 2022
Document: Human Rights and Democracy: the 2022 Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office report (PDF)

Found: In China , Christians, Muslims, Buddhists, Falun Gong practitioners and others remained at risk of


Commons Chamber
Economic Activity of Public Bodies (Overseas Matters) Bill
2nd reading - Mon 03 Jul 2023
Department for Levelling Up, Housing & Communities

Mentions:
1: Chris Stephens (SNP - Glasgow South West) the basis of the treatment of Uyghur Muslims. - Speech Link
2: Margaret Hodge (LAB - Barking) and that the same level of attack is not meted out to Myanmar, for example, or to China for its treatment - Speech Link
3: Kit Malthouse (CON - North West Hampshire) Whether we are talking about the Uyghur Muslims in China, the fate of Hong Kong Chinese or, indeed, those - Speech Link
4: Richard Burgon (LAB - Leeds East) its war crimes in Yemen, boycotts in Colombia over its past treatment of trade unionists, and commercial - Speech Link
5: Alex Norris (LAB - Nottingham North) of Uyghur Muslims, the law will be on its side. - Speech Link


Commons Chamber
Procurement Bill [Lords]
Report stage - Tue 13 Jun 2023
Cabinet Office

Mentions:
1: Kirsty Blackman (SNP - Aberdeen North) , for example with the Uyghur Muslims? - Speech Link
2: Bob Seely (CON - Isle of Wight) We would have to put on the mother of all sanctions. - Speech Link
3: Tim Loughton (CON - East Worthing and Shoreham) by those of us who have continued grave concerns about the influence of China and its insidious involvement - Speech Link
4: Nigel Mills (CON - Amber Valley) Lords, the Government’s response was that it would impose an unreasonable burden on contracting authorities - Speech Link
5: Marie Rimmer (LAB - St Helens South and Whiston) The tribunals heard reliable evidence of Uyghur Muslims being subjected to comprehensive blood testing - Speech Link


Commons Chamber
Rohingya Refugees in Bangladesh - Tue 02 May 2023
Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office

Mentions:
1: Rushanara Ali (LAB - Bethnal Green and Bow) In a number of countries—China in relation to the Uyghur Muslim population, for example—ethnic cleansing - Speech Link
2: Iain Duncan Smith (CON - Chingford and Woodford Green) is doing in other countries and not just among the Uyghur Muslims. - Speech Link
3: Paul Bristow (CON - Peterborough) Muslims on its border, and of course that is what the Bangladesh Government have done, but that area - Speech Link
4: Anne-Marie Trevelyan (CON - Berwick-upon-Tweed) This resolution was the first of its kind in over 74 years. - Speech Link
5: Anne-Marie Trevelyan (CON - Berwick-upon-Tweed) We do not ever discuss in anticipation where we might impose sanctions, as that might reduce their effectiveness - Speech Link


Departmental Publication (Transparency)
Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office

Dec. 09 2022

Source Page: Human Rights and Democracy Report 2021
Document: Human rights and democracy: the 2021 Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office report (PDF)

Found: Uyghur Muslims continue to face horrific persecution in China.