China Uighurs - All Types

Grand Committee
Foreign Policy - Wed 03 May 2023
Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office

Mentions:
1: Lord Alton of Liverpool (CB - Life peer) freedoms and autonomy; the breach of the joint declaration; the genocide that I have referred to of the Uighurs - Speech Link
2: Lord Popat (CON - Life peer) China has said to African Governments, “We are your IMF”.Politicians and others often ask me why China - Speech Link
3: Lord Coaker (LAB - Life peer) will work with China. - Speech Link
4: Lord Goldsmith of Richmond Park (CON - Life peer) Foreign Secretary will talk about but I hope it will be Hong Kong and the situation in relation to the Uighurs - Speech Link

Select Committee

MIN0044 - Critical minerals

Written Evidence Mar. 29 2023

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

Found: the region and even in other parts of China.

Select Committee

ASU0021 - Human Rights of Asylum Seekers in the UK

Written Evidence Mar. 01 2023

Inquiry: Human Rights of Asylum Seekers in the UK
Inquiry Status: Closed
Committee: Human Rights (Joint Committee)

Found: of the Uyghur people in a speech to the United Nations Human Rights Council, a spokesperson for China

Bill Documents
1 Feb 2023 - Written evidence
Written evidence submitted by Big Brother Watch (PB11)
Procurement Act 2023

Found: : https:/ /www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-56843368 2Liz Truss pulls no punches about ‘genocide’ of Uighurs

Lords Chamber
Armed Forces: Resilience - Thu 26 Jan 2023
Ministry of Defence

Mentions:
1: Lord Robathan (CON - Life peer) We naively thought of China as an ally for greater prosperity for a “golden decade”. - Speech Link
2: Lord Hintze (CON - Life peer) I was born in China, after my family were forced out of Russia following the revolution. - Speech Link
3: Lord Alton of Liverpool (CB - Life peer) links with Chinese institutions connected to espionage, nuclear weapons, hacking and the repression of Uighurs - Speech Link
4: Baroness Smith of Newnham (LDEM - Life peer) I have no direct links with China and I do not believe my department does. - Speech Link

Select Committee

Report Jan. 12 2023

Inquiry: Defence concepts and capabilities: from aspiration to reality
Inquiry Status: Open
Committee: International Relations and Defence Committee

Found: 31 China as a “systemic competitor” 31 Taiwan 32 China and Russia 32 The Indo-Pacific 32 The viability

Parliamentary Research
Public Procurement Bill 2022-23 - CBP-9402
Dec. 20 2022

Found: actively excluding bidders from non -members of the WTO Agreement on Government Procurement – such as China

Lords Chamber
Procurement Bill [HL]
Report stage - Wed 30 Nov 2022
Cabinet Office

Mentions:
1: Lord Hunt of Kings Heath (LAB - Life peer) that Tibetans and house Christians are likely victims of forced organ harvesting.With regard to the Uighurs - Speech Link
2: Lord Blencathra (CON - Life peer) We deplore some of the things you are doing in parts of China.” - Speech Link
3: None about the widespread use of invasive and systematic surveillance there that disproportionately targets Uighurs - Speech Link

Select Committee

Oral Evidence Nov. 22 2022

Inquiry: Implementing the Integrated Review: Tilt to the Indo-Pacific
Inquiry Status: Open
Committee: Foreign Affairs Committee (Department: Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office)

Found: There was a lot of hope amongst Uighurs and people who were advocating on their behalf around 2018-19

Select Committee

Oral Evidence Nov. 22 2022

Inquiry: Implementing the Integrated Review: Tilt to the Indo-Pacific
Inquiry Status: Open
Committee: Foreign Affairs Committee (Department: Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office)

Found: There was a lot of hope amongst Uighurs and people who were advocating on their behalf around 2018-19