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Bill Documents
31 Mar 2023 - Other documents
Representations on behalf of the Secretary of State
Holocaust Memorial Bill 2022-23

Found: Representations on behalf of the Secretary of State


Lords Chamber
China: Genocide - Thu 25 Nov 2021
Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office

Mentions:
1: Baroness Smith of Newnham (LDEM - Life peer) Magnitsky sanctions can be used; I declare an interest as an officer of the new APPG on Magnitsky Sanctions - Speech Link
2: Lord Polak (CON - Life peer) As we speak, Uighur Muslims in Xinjiang are being detained in concentration camps, with testimonies of - Speech Link
3: Baroness Finlay of Llandaff (CB - Life peer) are being imported to China, as China has an economic interest there. - Speech Link
4: Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon (CON - Life peer) to concern and requires further action.The extrajudicial detention of more than 1 million Uighur Muslims - Speech Link


Select Committee
Formal Minutes 2019-21: List of closed petitions

Formal Minutes Nov. 18 2021

Committee: Petitions Committee

Found: Formal Minutes 2019-21: List of closed petitions Formal Minutes


Lords Chamber
Afghanistan - Wed 18 Aug 2021
Leader of the House

Mentions:
1: Baroness Smith of Basildon (LAB - Life peer) The Taliban has a history of female oppression and of brutality. - Speech Link
2: Lord Empey (UUP - Life peer) A thug like Lukashenko can laugh at our threat of sanctions on him and his regime. - Speech Link
3: Lord Lilley (CON - Life peer) Failing which, the US was perfectly entitled to enforce its demands from the air or with boots on the - Speech Link
4: Lord Pearson of Rannoch (Non-affiliated - Life peer) the Uighur Muslims and in the Buddhist Burmese treatment of the Rohingya. - Speech Link
5: Lord Cromwell (CB - Excepted Hereditary) the UK now have in seeking to work with China and Russia on Afghanistan and its neighbours, given the - Speech Link


Lords Chamber
Trade Bill
Committee stage - Tue 13 Oct 2020
Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy

Mentions:
1: Lord Alton of Liverpool (CB - Life peer) Uighur and Rohingya Muslims. - Speech Link
2: None Having seen a video of shackled and blindfolded Uighur Muslims being led from trains to camps, Dominic - Speech Link
3: Lord Forsyth of Drumlean (CON - Life peer) The assaults on Tibetan identity and the oppression of the Uighurs in Xinjiang are mirrored in Mongolia - Speech Link
4: Lord Sheikh (CON - Life peer) responsible for oppression of Uighurs in Xinjiang. - Speech Link
5: Lord Grimstone of Boscobel (CON - Life peer) The examples he gave of the Uighur Muslims in China are truly chilling. - Speech Link


Westminster Hall
China’s Policy on its Uyghur Population - Mon 12 Oct 2020
Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office

Mentions:
1: Chris Evans (LAB - Islwyn) It asks that the Government impose sanctions on China over its treatment of Uyghur Muslims. - Speech Link
2: John Howell (CON - Henley) Members have asked for Magnitsky sanctions to be imposed on China. - Speech Link


Lords Chamber
Hong Kong - Thu 24 Oct 2019
Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office

Mentions:
1: Lord Alton of Liverpool (CB - Life peer) of 1 million Uighur Muslims, for them to be re-educated, brainwashed, intimidated, and reprogrammed. - Speech Link
2: Lord Patten of Barnes (CON - Life peer) Just as that has changed attitudes to economic matters in China, it has had an impact on political issues - Speech Link
3: Baroness Northover (LDEM - Life peer) the right to abode, if China ever reneged on its promises. - Speech Link
4: Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon (CON - Life peer) , the Uighur Muslims and other minorities within China and we will continue to do so.The noble Lord, - Speech Link


Deposited Papers

Jul. 10 2019

Source Page: Bishop of Truro's independent review for the Foreign Secretary of FCO support for persecuted Christians: final report and recommendations. Incl. a copy of the Bishop of Truro's Revised Interim report. 176p.
Document: Independent_Review_of_FCO_Support_for_Persecuted_Christians.pdf (PDF)

Found: Bishop of Truro's independent review for the Foreign Secretary of FCO support for persecuted Christians


Closed Petition closed 6th November 2019

Enforce economic sanctions on China for its oppression of Uighur Muslims - Final Signatures: 2,768

China continues its oppression of Uighur Muslims via “re-education camps” for adults and forced removal of children from their families to purpose built boarding schools. This petition aims to direct the UK government to begin sanctions against the Chinese state for this breach of human rights

Found: https://www.bbc.com/news/amp/world-asia-china-48825090 https://www.cbsnews.com/amp/news/china-puts-uighurs-uyghyrs-muslim-children-in-prison-re-education-internment-camps-vice-news


Commons Chamber
Rohingya Refugee Crisis - Thu 20 Dec 2018
Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office

Mentions:
1: Paul Scully (CON - Sutton and Cheam) Hluttaw—its Parliament.I am the trade envoy to Burma and, finally, I want to say that the economic development - Speech Link
2: Patrick Grady (IND - Glasgow North) There are other steps that the UK and its agencies could take to more effectively enforce sanctionsfor - Speech Link
3: Helen Goodman (LAB - Bishop Auckland) As part of its belt and road initiative, China is currently trying to build a port in Rakhine state. - Speech Link
4: Mark Field (CON - Cities of London and Westminster) But we shall continue to try to engage China on the need for accountability for this horrendous set of - Speech Link