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HANSARDUniversity of Bristol: Jewish StudentsUniversities and other providers are independent institutions, responsible for their own staffing decisions and for meeting their duties under the law, regarding both freedom of…24 Mar 2021HANSARDUniversity of Bristol: Jewish StudentsMy Lords, people go to university to be provoked and challenged and to come into contact with ideas and opinions that may be different from those that they have encountered…24 Mar 2021HANSARDFinancial Services BillWe have Amendments 5 and 6 to dispose of.24 Mar 2021HANSARDUniversity of Bristol: Jewish StudentsThe noble Lord gets to the nub of the issue with his questions. Academics of course have the right to espouse views that many might find offensive, perhaps even idiotic, and…24 Mar 2021HANSARDUniversity of Bristol: Jewish StudentsI first pay tribute to my noble friend’s work on the IHRA definition and getting a number of bodies, including Her Majesty’s Government, to sign up to it. He is right that…24 Mar 2021HANSARDUniversity of Bristol: Jewish StudentsI completely agree with the noble Lord. That suggestion is at the heart of this issue because it implies that Professor Miller can understand the motivations or the political…24 Mar 2021HANSARDUniversity of Bristol: Jewish StudentsUniversities are independent and autonomous organisations. Accordingly, the Government have not intervened directly in this case, but we consider that the University of Bristol…24 Mar 2021HANSARDUniversity of Bristol: Jewish StudentsThe noble Lord is right to say that providers have a duty of care to students, which the Government expect them to take very seriously. All registered higher education providers,…24 Mar 2021HANSARDChina: Treatment of Uighurs and Taiwanese Airspace IncursionsThe noble Lord refers to the work we have been doing to strengthen the overseas business risk guidance to make clearer the risks to UK business. That applies as well to the public…18 Mar 2021HANSARDChina: Treatment of Uighurs and Taiwanese Airspace IncursionsMy Lords, the UK has led international efforts to hold China to account for its gross violations of human rights in Xinjiang, working closely with a wide range of international…18 Mar 2021HANSARDChina: Treatment of Uighurs and Taiwanese Airspace IncursionsOn the noble Lord’s second point, as he knows, it is a long-standing policy of the British Government that any judgment of whether genocide has occurred is for a competent court,…18 Mar 2021HANSARDChina: Treatment of Uighurs and Taiwanese Airspace IncursionsAs the noble Lord knows, the UK’s long-standing policy that we do not recognise Taiwan as a state remains unchanged. But we have a vibrant unofficial relationship and support…18 Mar 2021HANSARDChina: Treatment of Uighurs and Taiwanese Airspace IncursionsI thank my noble friend for her support for the action that we have taken to ensure that UK businesses are not complicit in human rights violations in Xinjiang. They also show…18 Mar 2021HANSARDChina: Treatment of Uighurs and Taiwanese Airspace IncursionsOn the noble Baroness’s second point, all UK ODA spend, including to China, complies with the OECD’s ODA rules. Relevant details are provided in the statistics on international…18 Mar 2021HANSARDChina: Treatment of Uighurs and Taiwanese Airspace IncursionsMy Lords, I repeat the point that the impact of our diplomacy is reflected in the growing number of countries supporting the statements that we are leading at the UN and…18 Mar 2021HANSARDChina: Treatment of Uighurs and Taiwanese Airspace IncursionsMy right honourable friend the Prime Minister has made clear that we are not normally in favour of sporting boycotts. The broader question of the participation of the national…18 Mar 2021HANSARDChina: Treatment of Uighurs and Taiwanese Airspace IncursionsThe noble Baroness is right to point to the integrated review, which sets out how we will work with international groupings, including our Indo-Pacific tilt and our international…18 Mar 2021HANSARDChina: Treatment of Uighurs and Taiwanese Airspace IncursionsThe noble Baroness should see what my right honourable friend said in full, at least what he said in his speech at the Aspen Security Forum this week or what we say in the…18 Mar 2021HANSARDChina: Treatment of Uighurs and Taiwanese Airspace IncursionsMy Lords, there are no plans for the UK to join the quad although, as set out in the integrated review, we will continue to look positively at ways to increase our engagement with…18 Mar 2021HANSARDChina: Treatment of Uighurs and Taiwanese Airspace IncursionsMy Lords, the integrated review sets out that open trading economies such as the UK need to engage with China, but we must also protect ourselves against practices that have an…18 Mar 2021