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Select Committee
Council on Geostrategy
CHA0032 - The UK Government’s engagement regarding the British Indian Ocean Territory

Written Evidence Feb. 28 2024

Inquiry: The UK Government’s engagement regarding the British Indian Ocean Territory
Inquiry Status: Closed
Committee: Foreign Affairs Sub-Committee on the Overseas Territories

Found: In conjunction with their naval and air forces, it provides Britain and the US with the ability to


Select Committee
Council on Geostrategy
MUL0019 - International relations within the multilateral system

Written Evidence Apr. 16 2024

Inquiry: International relations within the multilateral system
Inquiry Status: Closed
Committee: Foreign Affairs Committee (Department: Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office)

Found: Our vision is a united, strong and green Britain, which works with other free and open nations to


Commons Chamber
Hong Kong Security Legislation - Wed 20 Mar 2024
Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office

Mentions:
1: Andrew Mitchell (Con - Sutton Coldfield) Broad definitions will negatively affect those who live, work and do business there.Although Britain - Speech Link
2: Layla Moran (LD - Oxford West and Abingdon) during the debate that Britain would stop it from joining the CPTPP. - Speech Link
3: Barry Sheerman (LAB - Huddersfield) Some of us in the House have begged the Government to do an audit of the extent of Chinese influence - Speech Link


Lords Chamber
Hong Kong Security Legislation - Thu 21 Mar 2024
Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office

Mentions:
1: None Although Britain recognises the right of all jurisdictions to implement national security legislation - Speech Link
2: Lord Purvis of Tweed (LD - Life peer) Is the UK so dependent on Chinese imports of goods and Hong Kong investment that we will not act when - Speech Link
3: Lord Alton of Liverpool (XB - Life peer) the UK as a result of Chinese operations in Great Britain. - Speech Link
4: Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon (Con - Life peer) On Xinjiang, we have taken direct action against the Chinese authorities, which the noble Lord is aware - Speech Link


Deposited Papers
Department for Work and Pensions

Feb. 23 2010

Source Page: Estimating ethnic parity in Jobcentre Plus programmes: A quantitative analysis using the Work and Pensions Longitudinal Study (WPLS). 326 p.
Document: DEP2010-0476.pdf (PDF)

Found: Estimating ethnic parity in Jobcentre Plus programmes: A quantitative analysis using the Work and Pensions


Commons Chamber
Solar Supply Chains - Tue 16 Apr 2024
Department for Energy Security & Net Zero

Mentions:
1: Alicia Kearns (Con - Rutland and Melton) While the Chinese Communist party seeks to cover up the genocide it is committing in Xinjiang by banning - Speech Link
2: Andrew Bowie (Con - West Aberdeenshire and Kincardine) understand the impact of measures to combat forced labour around the world.The United Kingdom of Great Britain - Speech Link
3: Jim Shannon (DUP - Strangford) It is important that we have a policy that affects all of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern - Speech Link
4: Andrew Bowie (Con - West Aberdeenshire and Kincardine) about and the industry initiatives that I am laying out cover every part of our United Kingdom of Great Britain - Speech Link


Select Committee
Hong Kong Watch
DED0028 - Defending Democracy

Written Evidence Mar. 26 2024

Inquiry: Defending Democracy
Inquiry Status: Closed
Committee: National Security Strategy (Joint Committee)

Found: In June 2023, Hong Kong demonstrators were violently attacked by a group of Chinese activists in


Grand Committee
AUKUS - Thu 29 Feb 2024
Ministry of Defence

Mentions:
1: Lord Risby (Con - Life peer) been concerned by unwelcome Chinese naval activity in the Indo-Pacific region—to upgrade its submarine - Speech Link
2: Lord Browne of Ladyton (Lab - Life peer) Post AUKUS, Chinese-driven media activity across several Pacific island nations demonstrates that China - Speech Link
3: Lord Rogan (UUP - Life peer) Similarly, we simply cannot put up with the constant straying of Chinese military vessels into Taiwanese - Speech Link


Westminster Hall
Human Rights in Hong Kong - Tue 23 Jan 2024
Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office

Mentions:
1: Tim Loughton (Con - East Worthing and Shoreham) Britain and around the world. - Speech Link
2: Iain Duncan Smith (Con - Chingford and Woodford Green) Friend not also find it peculiar that Britain, which is the co-signatory of the agreement, has not sanctioned - Speech Link
3: Catherine West (Lab - Hornsey and Wood Green) Kong in the legally binding Sino-British agreement on the return of Chinese sovereignty in 1997. - Speech Link


Commons Chamber
Oral Answers to Questions - Tue 30 Apr 2024
Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office

Mentions:
1: Andrew Mitchell (Con - Sutton Coldfield) He will also know that Britain is not currently in deficit in its funding; we are fully funded at this - Speech Link
2: Andrew Mitchell (Con - Sutton Coldfield) There are far more officials now in Britain dealing with these cases. - Speech Link
3: Andrew Mitchell (Con - Sutton Coldfield) Britain is not falling short in that respect, because we are currently fully funded on all the earlier - Speech Link
4: Anne-Marie Trevelyan (Con - Berwick-upon-Tweed) The Foreign Secretary raised his case with the Chinese Foreign Minister in February, and I raised it - Speech Link
5: Andrew Mitchell (Con - Sutton Coldfield) Dame Sally Davies, who leads for Britain on this vital issue, is doing a fabulous job, and Britain is - Speech Link