Xinjiang Internment Camps: Shoot-to-Kill Policy Debate

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Department: Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office

Xinjiang Internment Camps: Shoot-to-Kill Policy

Robin Millar Excerpts
Tuesday 24th May 2022

(2 years, 5 months ago)

Commons Chamber
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Amanda Milling Portrait Amanda Milling
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I understand the strength of feeling in the House today, but as hon. Members are aware, the long-standing policy of successive British Governments is that any judgment about genocide is a matter for a competent national or international court.

Robin Millar Portrait Robin Millar (Aberconwy) (Con)
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We have seen the careful, deliberate administration of the abuse and persecution of minorities before; we know what it means and where it leads. I appreciate the Minister’s difficulty today. She has said on several occasions that these matters are being kept under review, so on the publication of the report of the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights on the conclusion of her visit, will the Minister commit to the review of which she speaks?

Amanda Milling Portrait Amanda Milling
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As I said earlier, it is important that the high commissioner makes this visit and that the Chinese authorities grant her full and unfettered access so that the review can be a thorough assessment of the facts on the ground. We are following her visit very closely.