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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


Scottish Parliament Debate - Main Chamber
Universal Declaration of Human Rights (75th Anniversary) - Tue 12 Dec 2023

Mentions:
1: Stewart, Kaukab (SNP - Glasgow Kelvin) Political Rights, which was adopted in 1966, has been enshrined in law and is used to protect the rights of detainees - Speech Link
2: Findlay, Russell (Con - West Scotland) In China, the Chinese Communist Party commits genocide against the Uyghurs and other minority groups.In - Speech Link


Departmental Publication (Statistics)
Home Office

Nov. 23 2023

Source Page: Detention summary: previous data tables
Document: Detention summary tables, year ending June 2023 (ODS)

Found: From July 2017, data on detention of immigration detainees in prisons is included in the immigration


Commons Chamber
Oral Answers to Questions - Tue 18 Jul 2023
Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office

Mentions:
1: David Lammy (LAB - Tottenham) consequences of more than a decade of Conservative division, inconsistency and complacency towards China - Speech Link
2: Anne-Marie Trevelyan (CON - Berwick-upon-Tweed) refresh, published in March, set out very clearly the Prime Minister’s strong and robust position on China - Speech Link
3: Anne-Marie Trevelyan (CON - Berwick-upon-Tweed) domestic laws adhere to international standards on free and fair trials and that their treatment of detainees - Speech Link
4: David Rutley (CON - Macclesfield) The best interests of detainees are at the heart of our consular work, and we support and work with families - Speech Link


Select Committee
Anti-slavery International, World Uyghur Congress, and Forced Labour Lab, Sheffield Hallam University

Oral Evidence Feb. 06 2024

Committee: Foreign Affairs Committee (Department: Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office)

Found: At the moment, China is economically in trouble.


Select Committee
Anti-slavery International, World Uyghur Congress, and Forced Labour Lab, Sheffield Hallam University

Oral Evidence Feb. 06 2024

Committee: Foreign Affairs Committee (Department: Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office)

Found: At the moment, China is economically in trouble.


Select Committee
Sir Geoffrey Nice KC, Protection Approaches, and Doughty Street Chambers

Oral Evidence Feb. 06 2024

Committee: Foreign Affairs Committee (Department: Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office)

Found: At the moment, China is economically in trouble.


Select Committee
Sir Geoffrey Nice KC, Protection Approaches, and Doughty Street Chambers

Oral Evidence Feb. 06 2024

Committee: Foreign Affairs Committee (Department: Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office)

Found: At the moment, China is economically in trouble.


Select Committee
Reprieve
CTE0013 - The UK’s international counter-terrorism policy

Written Evidence Sep. 14 2023

Inquiry: The UK’s international counter-terrorism policy
Inquiry Status: Closed
Committee: Foreign Affairs Committee (Department: Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office)

Found: investigations indicate that around 25 British families are detained in NES, with the majority of the detainees


Westminster Hall
Afghanistan: UK Government Policy - Wed 10 Jan 2024
Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office

Mentions:
1: Tobias Ellwood (Con - Bournemouth East) Meanwhile, China is eyeing up Afghanistan’s rich mineral resources and could easily turn the country - Speech Link
2: Andrew Mitchell (Con - Sutton Coldfield) officials speak regularly to the Taliban, including to secure the release of four British national detainees - Speech Link