Detention of Uyghur Muslims in Xinjiang

Debate between Shabana Mahmood and Zarah Sultana

Wednesday 9th September 2020 Commons Chamber

[Zarah Sultana (Coventry South) (Lab)]

Over the summer, a coalition of human rights organisations reported that many of the world’s biggest fashion brands are complicit in human rights violations perpetrated against the Uyghur people in Xinjiang, including the use of forced labour. Does my hon. Friend agree that multinational corporations have an urgent responsibility to ensure that their supply chains are free from such gross abuses of human rights?

[Shabana Mahmood]

My hon. Friend makes a very important point. I will come on to talk about forced labour, the supply chain and actions that we might take against the Chinese Government and companies.