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HANSARD Treatment of Uyghur Women: Xinjiang Detention CampsMay I thank my hon. Friend again for her powerful questions and her speech? I know how important this is to her. I reiterate that the Foreign Secretary announced a series of…04 Feb 2021HANSARD Treatment of Uyghur Women: Xinjiang Detention CampsI thank the hon. Gentleman for his questions, which raised a number of issues. He mentioned the US announcement regarding genocide. It is worth pointing out that the US has a…04 Feb 2021HANSARD Treatment of Uyghur Women: Xinjiang Detention CampsMy hon. Friend, the Chair of the Select Committee, is right to raise this matter, especially around academia. UK universities are open to the world and we warmly welcome overseas…04 Feb 2021HANSARD Treatment of Uyghur Women: Xinjiang Detention CampsI thank the hon. Gentleman for his measured questions. On that last point, may I be absolutely clear that we understand fully the strength of feeling on this matter with regard to…04 Feb 2021HANSARD Treatment of Uyghur Women: Xinjiang Detention CampsI thank my right hon. Friend for his continued interest. I know how strongly he feels about the issue. Again, to be absolutely clear, we understand the strength of feeling, in…04 Feb 2021HANSARD Treatment of Uyghur Women: Xinjiang Detention CampsThe right hon. Gentleman always talks in a measured and passionate way about this issue. I reiterate the comments that I made earlier to the hon. Member for Aberavon (Stephen…04 Feb 2021HANSARD Treatment of Uyghur Women: Xinjiang Detention CampsAgain, my right hon. Friend is spot on. That is why the UK Government are leading international efforts in this regard to hold China to account. We led the first two joint…04 Feb 2021HANSARD Treatment of Uyghur Women: Xinjiang Detention CampsThe hon. Lady is absolutely right that we need to co-operate on an international level, and we are. I had a meeting yesterday with the Australian deputy high commissioner and we…04 Feb 2021HANSARD Treatment of Uyghur Women: Xinjiang Detention CampsThe hon. Gentleman raises two or three horrific cases, and he is right to refer to the issue of sexual violence suffered by Yazidi women and young Christians, Sikhs and Hindus. We…04 Feb 2021HANSARD Treatment of Uyghur Women: Xinjiang Detention CampsMy hon. Friend is, like the hon. Member for Strangford (Jim Shannon), right to raise this issue. We are deeply concerned about the persecution of people because of their beliefs…04 Feb 2021HANSARD Treatment of Uyghur Women: Xinjiang Detention CampsThe hon. Lady raises the G7 and the opportunity we have as chair this year, and she is right to do so; ensuring that multilateral fora are at the forefront of holding China to…04 Feb 2021HANSARD Treatment of Uyghur Women: Xinjiang Detention CampsMy hon. Friend talks about what we are doing internationally, which is really important. We have taken a leading international role, and the impact of our diplomacy is reflected…04 Feb 2021HANSARD Treatment of Uyghur Women: Xinjiang Detention CampsAgain, I want to be absolutely clear: we are committed to ensuring that our trade policy is consistent with our international obligations. Trade does not have to come at the…04 Feb 2021HANSARD Treatment of Uyghur Women: Xinjiang Detention CampsI thank my hon. Friend for the work that she does on the preventing sexual violence in conflict initiative APPG, and I would like to wish her a happy birthday. We have made it…04 Feb 2021HANSARD Treatment of Uyghur Women: Xinjiang Detention CampsI thank my right hon. Friend for the work she did when she was the Minister responsible for the Modern Slavery Act; it has had a huge impact. In respect of the US Department of…04 Feb 2021HANSARD Treatment of Uyghur Women: Xinjiang Detention CampsMy hon. Friend is absolutely right to raise this issue. Content that denies that these atrocities are going on should be judged as harmful content. We are developing an online…04 Feb 2021HANSARD Treatment of Uyghur Women: Xinjiang Detention CampsThe hon. Gentleman is correct to raise this issue; it is important that we take action in this regard. We believe that the measures announced by the Foreign Secretary in January…04 Feb 2021HANSARD Treatment of Uyghur Women: Xinjiang Detention CampsThe hon. Lady is right to raise the deeply disturbing reports of forced sterilisation; we had a debate in this place late last year on the issue. It adds to the growing body of…04 Feb 2021HANSARD Treatment of Uyghur Women: Xinjiang Detention CampsMy hon. Friend is right to raise that point. It is important that we strengthen the measures that we announced previously on the Modern Slavery Act and that we announced in…04 Feb 2021HANSARD Treatment of Uyghur Women: Xinjiang Detention CampsWe have taken action. We have led international action; we have targeted measures, as announced in January; we will continue to work closely with our partners and lead…04 Feb 2021