Written Evidence Apr. 16 2024
Inquiry: International relations within the multilateral systemFound: “Hong Kong, China” is regarded as a separate entity to mainland China in the WTO despite China claiming
Written Evidence Apr. 16 2024
Inquiry: International relations within the multilateral systemFound: MUL0004 - International relations within the multilateral system China Strategic Risks Institute Written
Oral Evidence Apr. 15 2024
Inquiry: Modern Slavery Act 2015Found: is probably about right, but it must be understood, for example, that no data is collected in China
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 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
Mentions:
1: Lord Scriven (LD - Life peer) Recently, we have seen sportswashing Olympics held in China and Russia; Gulf states, such as Saudi Arabia - Speech Link
2: Lord Moynihan (Con - Excepted Hereditary) But, sadly for him, the Games moved on to London, and the challenges to human rights records in China - Speech Link
3: Baroness Grey-Thompson (XB - Life peer) certainly did not change the lives of most disabled people in China. - Speech Link
4: Lord Hayward (Con - Life peer) What do the Uighurs in China, the lesbian and gay communities in Bahrain, and other oppressed minorities - Speech Link
Oral Evidence Mar. 18 2024
Inquiry: Modern Slavery Act 2015Found: For example, a large amount of cotton comes from China, and 90% of cotton from China comes from
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
Mentions:
1: Baroness Stroud (Con - Life peer) It is underwritten by China, a global superpower intent on rebalancing the geopolitical dynamics. - Speech Link
2: Viscount Waverley (XB - Excepted Hereditary) I conclude with a remark as regards China. - Speech Link
3: Baroness Kennedy of Shaws (Lab - Life peer) relation to the issues to which we often drawn this House’s attention, including the position of the Uighurs - Speech Link