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Westminster Hall
Human Rights: Consular Services - Tue 16 Apr 2024
Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office

Mentions:
1: Jim Shannon (DUP - Strangford) Retaining consulates in China is vital for cases such as this, but that really only works if we can see - Speech Link
2: David Rutley (Con - Macclesfield) Detainees’ welfare and human rights are our top priorities. - Speech Link
3: Iain Duncan Smith (Con - Chingford and Woodford Green) They reversed that only a few years ago, to claim them if they were born in China as Chinese nationals - Speech Link
4: David Rutley (Con - Macclesfield) I thank the families of detainees who help to support their loved ones. - Speech Link


Lords Chamber
Foreign Affairs - Tue 05 Mar 2024
Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office

Mentions:
1: Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon (Con - Life peer) My noble friend also raised the case of British parliamentarians sanctioned by China, some of whom are - Speech Link
2: Lord Young of Old Windsor (XB - Life peer) One country that has certainly got this message is China. - Speech Link
3: Lord Bruce of Bennachie (LD - Life peer) Both Russia and China are actively trying to isolate the free world from Africa. - Speech Link
4: Baroness Fall (Con - Life peer) live, kinetic even, and China is in the waiting room. - Speech Link
5: Baroness Mobarik (Con - Life peer) Also needed is the immediate exchange of Israeli hostages and non-Hamas Palestinian detainees, and the - Speech Link


Lords Chamber
Death of Alexei Navalny - Mon 19 Feb 2024
Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office

Mentions:
1: Lord Collins of Highbury (Lab - Life peer) steps we are taking to close the sanction-busting oil practices, particularly through routes such as China - Speech Link
2: Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon (Con - Life peer) I assure noble Lords that we are very seized of that, and the cases of other detainees, and are working - Speech Link
3: Lord Watson of Wyre Forest (Lab - Life peer) It is not just Russia that we fear; the Government have had to warn China about the intimidation of UK - Speech Link


Commons Chamber
Iran: Freedom and Democracy - Thu 01 Feb 2024
Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office

Mentions:
1: Bob Blackman (Con - Harrow East) Iran is the country responsible for the second highest number of executions each year, behind only China - Speech Link
2: Bob Blackman (Con - Harrow East) media.Perhaps even more troublingly, Iran celebrates the greatest number of female executions, beating even China - Speech Link
3: Wayne David (Lab - Caerphilly) the end of the demonstrations: there have been many allegations of torture and appalling treatment of detainees - Speech Link


Westminster Hall
Afghanistan: UK Government Policy - Wed 10 Jan 2024
Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office

Mentions:
1: Tobias Ellwood (Con - Bournemouth East) Meanwhile, China is eyeing up Afghanistan’s rich mineral resources and could easily turn the country - Speech Link
2: Andrew Mitchell (Con - Sutton Coldfield) officials speak regularly to the Taliban, including to secure the release of four British national detainees - Speech Link


Lords Chamber
North Korea - Thu 14 Dec 2023
Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office

Mentions:
1: Baroness Cox (XB - Life peer) Detainees are re-educated through forced labour, ideological instruction and punitive brutality for the - Speech Link
2: Baroness Smith of Newnham (LD - Life peer) China has a mutual defence agreement with North Korea. - Speech Link


Westminster Hall
Sri Lankan Tamils and Human Rights - Tue 05 Dec 2023
Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office

Mentions:
1: Ed Davey (LD - Kingston and Surbiton) Yes, that has trade advantages for China, and many other countries use that port, but it is no doubt - Speech Link
2: Leo Docherty (Con - Aldershot) Those steps include the release of some disputed lands and the release of long-term detainees. - Speech Link


Westminster Hall
British Nationals Detained Overseas - Tue 05 Sep 2023
Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office

Mentions:
1: Marie Rimmer (LAB - St Helens South and Whiston) Leaving aside our Government’s failure to properly hold China to account for reneging on the Sino-British - Speech Link
2: Chris Bryant (LAB - Rhondda) Members present but because of the complete reneging on our agreement with China on Hong Kong. - Speech Link
3: Leo Docherty (CON - Aldershot) detained, and our support can include seeking consular access and providing relevant information to detainees - Speech Link


Commons Chamber
Oral Answers to Questions - Tue 18 Jul 2023
Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office

Mentions:
1: David Lammy (LAB - Tottenham) consequences of more than a decade of Conservative division, inconsistency and complacency towards China - Speech Link
2: Anne-Marie Trevelyan (CON - Berwick-upon-Tweed) refresh, published in March, set out very clearly the Prime Minister’s strong and robust position on China - Speech Link
3: Anne-Marie Trevelyan (CON - Berwick-upon-Tweed) domestic laws adhere to international standards on free and fair trials and that their treatment of detainees - Speech Link
4: David Rutley (CON - Macclesfield) The best interests of detainees are at the heart of our consular work, and we support and work with families - Speech Link


Lords Chamber
Iran - Thu 06 Jul 2023
Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office

Mentions:
1: Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon (CON - Life peer) I gave evidence to that inquiry on detainees—or hostage taking, as it was termed by the Foreign Affairs - Speech Link
2: Baroness Bennett of Manor Castle (GRN - Life peer) Lady Northover, about the rapprochement between Iran and Saudi Arabia, which is reportedly mediated by China - Speech Link