Mentions:
1: Baroness Kennedy of Shaws (Lab - Life peer) survivors of atrocity violence, from Yazidi women in Syria and the Uighur communities in exile from China - Speech Link
2: Lord Polak (Con - Life peer) I have spoken about the situation of the Uighurs. - Speech Link
3: Lord Bourne of Aberystwyth (Con - Life peer) It has also provided the ability to highlight atrocities in the People’s Republic of China, northern - Speech Link
4: Lord Collins of Highbury (Lab - Life peer) has serious questions to answer about the treatment of the Uighurs. - Speech Link
5: Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon (Con - Life peer) China was also raised. - Speech Link
Mentions:
1: Lord Collins of Highbury (Lab - Life peer) a breach of the Sino-British joint declaration, adding that the United Kingdom decided in 2021 that China - Speech Link
2: Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon (Con - Life peer) I can confirm for the noble Lord that, after a series of breaches by China, including the imposition - Speech Link
3: Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon (Con - Life peer) We work closely with the United States on China. - Speech Link
4: Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon (Con - Life peer) We will continue to review the appalling situation in Xinjiang—in particular that of the Uighurs, which - Speech Link
Asked by: Lord Bishop of St Albans (Bishops - Bishops)
Question to the Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office:
To ask His Majesty's Government what representations they have made to the government of China regarding the treatment of Uighurs and other Turkic people in Xinjiang.
Answered by Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon - Minister of State (Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office)
The UK continues to lead international efforts to hold China to account for its human rights violations. In March 2021, we imposed sanctions on four individuals and one entity for their involvement in the egregious violations taking place in Xinjiang, acting with 29 other countries. Sanctions are just one tool at our disposal. At the UN, we were the first country to lead a joint statement on human rights violations in Xinjiang in 2019 and last year we led another joint statement, which had a record number of signatories. We have taken action to tackle forced labour in supply chains, for example, guidance to UK businesses and enhanced export controls. Bilaterally, we continue to raise China's human rights violations with the Chinese authorities at the highest levels - the Foreign Secretary raised the situation in Xinjiang during his first call with China's Foreign Minister in December last year.
Mentions:
1: Baroness Anelay of St Johns (Con - Life peer) Russia and China often block human rights-related motions in the United Nations. - Speech Link
2: Lord Alton of Liverpool (XB - Life peer) 2015, does this mean it will now accept determinations made by other competent courts in the case of Uighurs - Speech Link
3: Baroness Swinburne (Con - Life peer) We have called out China for its treatment of Uighurs and democracy activists in Hong Kong, and we will - Speech Link
Mentions:
1: Lord Howell of Guildford (Con - Life peer) strategic game of the world.As for the heavy hand in Hong Kong and the appalling persecution of the Uighurs - Speech Link
2: Lord Swire (Con - Life peer) the Uighurs in Xinjiang or indeed in Tibet—matters it refers to as internal matters and on which it - Speech Link
3: Lord Coaker (Lab - Life peer) What about the Uighurs? We should never be frightened of calling out those sorts of outrages. - Speech Link
4: Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon (Con - Life peer) However, what is important, for example in the situation with the Uighurs, is that we need to broaden - Speech Link
Mentions:
1: Lord Fox (LD - Life peer) He added that:“Such action from China will not be tolerated”. - Speech Link
2: Lord Alton of Liverpool (XB - Life peer) that as a very minor issue in comparison with what has happened in Xinjiang, where there are 1 million Uighurs - Speech Link
3: Baroness Bottomley of Nettlestone (Con - Life peer) China is our fourth largest trading nation. - Speech Link
4: Baroness Neville-Rolfe (Con - Life peer) China is a permanent member of the UN Security Council. - Speech Link
Mentions:
1: Baroness Fall (Con - Life peer) My Lords, we witnessed Putin in China last weekend, a guest of honour at the Chinese celebrations to - Speech Link
2: Baroness Goldie (Con - Life peer) For example, we have called out China’s activity in the South China seas and called out the deeply concerning - Speech Link
Mentions:
1: Baroness Smith of Basildon (LAB - Life peer) We know that the threats are not limited to China. - Speech Link
2: Lord Newby (LDEM - Life peer) From the genocide against the Uighurs to Hong Kong, and from Taiwan to interference in our democracy, - Speech Link
3: Lord True (CON - Life peer) The noble Baroness also said that we must have a serious response to China. - Speech Link
4: Lord Alton of Liverpool (CB - Life peer) sanctioned by the Chinese Communist Party for, among other things, speaking out against the treatment of the Uighurs - Speech Link
Written Evidence Apr. 16 2024
Inquiry: International relations within the multilateral systemFound: MUL0004 - International relations within the multilateral system China Strategic Risks Institute Written
Mentions:
1: Lord True (CON - Life peer) China is a permanent member of the United Nations Security Council, the world’s second-largest economy - Speech Link
2: Lord True (CON - Life peer) If you look at the text, you will see that implicitly China and India committed to support a just and - Speech Link
3: Lord Berkeley of Knighton (CB - Life peer) My final point is on China. Was mention made of the persecution of the Uighurs? - Speech Link