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Commons Chamber
Prisoners of Conscience - Thu 01 May 2025
Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office

Mentions:
1: James MacCleary (LD - Lewes) In China, the Government’s policies in Xinjiang have led to the mass detention of Uyghur Muslims in “ - Speech Link
2: Andrew Rosindell (Con - Romford) We cannot impose British values on every country of different traditions and religions, but nevertheless - Speech Link
3: Catherine West (Lab - Hornsey and Friern Barnet) UK is determined to use its extensive diplomatic network to champion freedom of religion or belief on - Speech Link


Westminster Hall
Uyghur and Turkic Muslims: Forced Labour in China - Wed 06 Nov 2024
Department for Business and Trade

Mentions:
1: Blair McDougall (Lab - East Renfrewshire) people all over the world.That human rights have never been respected by the People’s Republic of China - Speech Link
2: Jim Shannon (DUP - Strangford) of the Uyghur people. - Speech Link
3: Marie Rimmer (Lab - St Helens South and Whiston) The reported abuse of Uyghur and Turkic Muslims is a significant breach of the values of our country - Speech Link
4: Blair McDougall (Lab - East Renfrewshire) Members for speaking up on behalf of the dignity and humanity of Uyghurs and other Muslims in this situation - Speech Link


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) Gentleman on his work on behalf of the people of West Papua.Coming back to the situation in China, we - 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) The UK is leading the world on its human rights policies on freedom of religion or belief and preventing - 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) the treatment of Uyghur Muslims and certain branches of Christianity, not least the locking up of Catholic - Speech Link
5: Andrew Mitchell (Con - Sutton Coldfield) unity on both sides of Westminster Hall. - Speech Link


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

Mentions:
1: Fiona Bruce (CON - Congleton) on the issue of religion or belief. - Speech Link
2: Kevin Foster (CON - Torbay) its engagement with China. - Speech Link
3: Patrick Grady (SNP - Glasgow North) to severe repercussions, including the appalling treatment of the Uyghur Muslims that many argue is - Speech Link
4: 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
5: Anne-Marie Trevelyan (CON - Berwick-upon-Tweed) At the most recent session of the council, which began last week, we called on Sri Lanka to respect its - Speech Link


Commons Chamber
Economic Activity of Public Bodies (Overseas Matters) Bill
2nd reading - Mon 03 Jul 2023
Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government

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: Alex Burghart (CON - Brentwood and Ongar) or none of them, depending on whether the corporation’s balance of income was derived mainly from its - Speech Link
2: Florence Eshalomi (LAB - Vauxhall) Member has tabled on the issue of China and national security. - Speech Link
3: Bob Seely (CON - Isle of Wight) on China”.So this is not a case of, “Gosh, is this happening?” - Speech Link
4: Bob Seely (CON - Isle of Wight) We would have to put on the mother of all sanctions. - Speech Link


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

Mentions:
1: Mohammad Yasin (LAB - Bedford) China, as one of the few countries with influence on the Myanmar junta, has been seeking to broker a - Speech Link
2: Rushanara Ali (LAB - Bethnal Green and Bow) On top of all of that—on top of seeing members of their families brutally killed, women being raped and - 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) on its population, and many of the attacks bear the same hallmarks of atrocities committed against the - Speech Link


Westminster Hall
International Human Rights Day - Thu 08 Dec 2022
Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office

Mentions:
1: Fiona Bruce (CON - Congleton) of the Uyghur Muslims, the House made the determination that the atrocities against them constituted - Speech Link
2: Patrick Grady (IND - Glasgow North) Several of us have been to see Save the Children today, its Christmas jumper day, on which it is raising - Speech Link
3: Bambos Charalambous (LAB - Enfield, Southgate) Alaa is a prisoner of conscience and had until very recently been on hunger strike for over 200 days. - Speech Link
4: Anne-Marie Trevelyan (CON - Berwick-upon-Tweed) I do not disagree.In China, there are continuing reports of human rights violations against Uyghur Muslims - Speech Link


Westminster Hall
Persecution of Christians - Thu 17 Nov 2022
Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office

Mentions:
1: Jim Shannon (DUP - Strangford) , those of other faiths and those of no faith who suffer on the grounds of their faith or belief. - Speech Link
2: Patrick Grady (IND - Glasgow North) of many religious minorities—not least the Uyghur Muslims—face persecution on a daily basis, but I want - Speech Link
3: Patricia Gibson (SNP - North Ayrshire and Arran) a number of their citizens based on their faith—also tend to impose and sanction other breaches of human - Speech Link
4: Andrew Mitchell (CON - Sutton Coldfield) We condemn attacks on places of worship. - Speech Link