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HANSARDGibraltar: Future Relationship with the EUIn the UK approach to negotiations on the future relationship with the EU as published in February 2020, the Government stated that they would act in these negotiations on behalf…13 Jan 2021HANSARD Xinjiang: Forced LabourI thank my hon. Friend for his support for the measures that we have taken. I understand that he wants us to go even further. He knows—he is an expert in this area—the challenges…12 Jan 2021HANSARD Xinjiang: Forced LabourWe would certainly welcome such a special envoy, but, as I said in answer to a previous question, the reality is that China will block that if we formally propose it. That is why,…12 Jan 2021HANSARD Xinjiang: Forced LabourI share the outrage of the hon. Lady’s constituents and I thank her for her support. We have laid out a suite of measures. I have explained what we are doing in the Human Rights…12 Jan 2021HANSARD Xinjiang: Forced LabourI pay tribute to my hon. Friend’s work as special envoy for freedom of religion or belief. I can assure him, without divulging too much of the agenda in advance, that human rights…12 Jan 2021HANSARD Xinjiang: Forced LabourI thank my hon. Friend. I know that she takes a close interest in these matters. I pay tribute to the work of the Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy Committee. In relation…12 Jan 2021HANSARD Xinjiang: Forced LabourI thank the hon. Lady for—I think—her support for the measures we have announced today. She is right to point to the need for a court to determine the very specific and, frankly,…12 Jan 2021HANSARD Xinjiang: Forced LabourI thank the hon. Gentleman, who is also a friend, for consistently raising these issues in a very targeted way. We are deeply concerned about the human rights situation in Tibet,…12 Jan 2021HANSARD Xinjiang: Forced LabourI thank my right hon. Friend and pay tribute to the work that the IPA and the CSJ have done and to his leadership on this subject. I also thank him for again full-throatedly…12 Jan 2021HANSARD Xinjiang: Forced LabourWe have used the Magnitsky sanctions. We recently announced another tranche of measures in addition to the first, and, as the hon. Gentleman will know, we are working on proposals…12 Jan 2021HANSARD Xinjiang: Forced LabourOn the hon. Gentleman’s last point, we will make sure that the audit trail includes direct and indirect elements of the supply chain. I thank him for his full-throated and…12 Jan 2021HANSARD Xinjiang: Forced LabourI pay tribute to the work that my hon. Friend has done in the Foreign Affairs Committee, and in the parliamentary grouping to which he referred, including the report that that…12 Jan 2021HANSARD Xinjiang: Forced LabourI thank my hon. Friend for his support for the measures we are taking. He is right about them. I share his concern in relation to Xinjiang and also, specifically, torture. Torture…12 Jan 2021HANSARD Xinjiang: Forced LabourI welcome my hon. Friend’s support. The mechanisms will be an important tool; they are very targeted and forensic. What is also important is that we work with our international…12 Jan 2021HANSARD Xinjiang: Forced LabourI share the hon. Gentleman’s concerns about the appalling human rights violations. He asked whether we could prioritise one category of asylum claimants over another. I think that…12 Jan 2021HANSARD Xinjiang: Forced LabourOf course, anyone who has a claim to asylum could not be deported. Those are the rules, so people may apply. If we want to strengthen that and go further, I would welcome the hon.…12 Jan 2021HANSARD Xinjiang: Forced LabourI thank my hon. Friend, and he is absolutely right. There will be widespread concern among Muslim communities right across the country about this issue. I can reassure him that we…12 Jan 2021HANSARD Xinjiang: Forced LabourI thank my hon. Friend, and pay tribute to her and congratulate her on her recent appointment as special envoy for freedom of religion or belief; her knowledge and tenacity will…12 Jan 2021HANSARD Xinjiang: Forced LabourI thank the hon. Gentleman for his support. We will not take diktats from any Government on the way we proceed. We recognise, as I said, the scope for positive relations with…12 Jan 2021HANSARD Xinjiang: Forced LabourI thank the hon. Gentleman. He, palpably and sincerely, is as committed as I am to doing what we can to have accountability and to deterring the appalling violations of human…12 Jan 2021