Beijing Winter Olympic Games 2022 Debate
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Baroness Bakewell of Hardington Mandeville
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Beijing Winter Olympic Games 2022
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Baroness Bakewell of Hardington Mandeville (LD) [V]
My Lords, the Winter Olympics is a wonderful spectacle that we all enjoy watching. However, are we prepared to countenance sending Team GB to a country with such an appalling record on human rights, with Hong Kong in addition to the plight of the Uighurs? Are the Government waiting for a third devastating infringement of human rights before they decide to ignore China’s threats of retaliation before withdrawing ministerial attendance?
Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon (Con)
My Lords, we have been very much on the front foot and leading the charge. I have been engaged quite extensively, as the noble Baroness will know, at the Human Rights Council and within the UN framework in raising egregious abuses of human rights, particularly against the Uighurs in Xinjiang. I have already answered on the question of attendance in my original response.