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Westminster Hall
Human Rights: Consular Services - Tue 16 Apr 2024
Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office

Mentions:
1: Jim Shannon (DUP - Strangford) Retaining consulates in China is vital for cases such as this, but that really only works if we can see - Speech Link
2: David Rutley (Con - Macclesfield) Detainees’ welfare and human rights are our top priorities. - Speech Link
3: Iain Duncan Smith (Con - Chingford and Woodford Green) They reversed that only a few years ago, to claim them if they were born in China as Chinese nationals - Speech Link
4: David Rutley (Con - Macclesfield) I thank the families of detainees who help to support their loved ones. - Speech Link

Departmental Publication (News and Communications)
Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office

Mar. 20 2024

Source Page: UN Human Rights Council 55: Item 4 General Debate
Document: UN Human Rights Council 55: Item 4 General Debate (webpage)

Found: And Russia’s forces deporting Ukrainian children and torturing civilian detainees.

Lords Chamber
Foreign Affairs - Tue 05 Mar 2024
Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office

Mentions:
1: Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon (Con - Life peer) My noble friend also raised the case of British parliamentarians sanctioned by China, some of whom are - Speech Link
2: Lord Young of Old Windsor (XB - Life peer) One country that has certainly got this message is China. - Speech Link
3: Lord Bruce of Bennachie (LD - Life peer) Both Russia and China are actively trying to isolate the free world from Africa. - Speech Link
4: Baroness Fall (Con - Life peer) live, kinetic even, and China is in the waiting room. - Speech Link
5: Baroness Mobarik (Con - Life peer) Also needed is the immediate exchange of Israeli hostages and non-Hamas Palestinian detainees, and the - Speech Link

Non-Departmental Publication (Transparency)
Independent Chief Inspector of Borders and Immigration

Feb. 29 2024

Source Page: Independent Chief Inspector of Borders and Immigration, Annual Report 2022 to 2023
Document: Independent Chief Inspector of Borders and Immigration, Annual Report 2022 to 2023 (PDF)

Found: Office’s glacial pace of implementation of our recommendations, the acute vulnerability of immigration detainees

Departmental Publication (Transparency)
HM Treasury

Feb. 27 2024

Source Page: Supplementary Estimates 2023-24
Document: Supplementary Estimates 2023-24 (web) (PDF)

Found: Accommodation (ASRA) - Transfer to Department for Health and Social Care (DHSC) - Healthcare funding for Detainees

Departmental Publication (Transparency)
HM Treasury

Feb. 27 2024

Source Page: Supplementary Estimates 2023-24
Document: Supplementary Estimates 2023-24 (print) (PDF)

Found: Accommodation (ASRA) - Transfer to Department for Health and Social Care (DHSC) - Healthcare funding for Detainees

Non-Departmental Publication (Policy paper)
National security and intelligence

Feb. 22 2024

Source Page: Government Response to ISC International Partnerships Report
Document: Government Response to the Intelligence and Security Committee Report 'International Partnerships' (PDF)

Found: The UK intelligence community has 2 "The Principles" relating to the detention and interviewing of detainees

Departmental Publication (Policy paper)
Cabinet Office

Feb. 22 2024

Source Page: Government Response to ISC International Partnerships Report
Document: Government Response to the Intelligence and Security Committee Report 'International Partnerships' (PDF)

Found: The UK intelligence community has 2 "The Principles" relating to the detention and interviewing of detainees

Lords Chamber
Death of Alexei Navalny - Mon 19 Feb 2024
Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office

Mentions:
1: Lord Collins of Highbury (Lab - Life peer) steps we are taking to close the sanction-busting oil practices, particularly through routes such as China - Speech Link
2: Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon (Con - Life peer) I assure noble Lords that we are very seized of that, and the cases of other detainees, and are working - Speech Link
3: Lord Watson of Wyre Forest (Lab - Life peer) It is not just Russia that we fear; the Government have had to warn China about the intimidation of UK - Speech Link

Select Committee
Second Report - Safety of Rwanda (Asylum and Immigration) Bill

Report Feb. 12 2024

Committee: Human Rights (Joint Committee)

Found: In this regard, we note that, following November 2023 reports that China had forcibly repatriated North