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HANSARD Uyghur Slave Labour: XinjiangThe hon. Gentleman is right to refer to this. We debated that very issue some months ago in the Chamber. Of course, we abhor any of those practices. He refers to the term…16 Dec 2020HANSARD Uyghur Slave Labour: XinjiangThe hon. Lady raises a really important point. We have a high level of ambition for our trade and investment partnership with China. We want to work with China to increase trade…16 Dec 2020HANSARD Uyghur Slave Labour: XinjiangThe hon. Gentleman is a long-term champion of freedom of religion and belief. We are deeply concerned about the persecution of Christians, Muslims, Buddhists and Falun Gong…16 Dec 2020HANSARD Uyghur Slave Labour: XinjiangMy hon. Friend is right to raise this. I agree that there is a role for Government, but businesses have a vital role to play in ensuring that their supply chains are free of…16 Dec 2020HANSARD Uyghur Slave Labour: XinjiangThe hon. Gentleman will know, because he has heard it said multiple times at this Dispatch Box, that we are constantly and carefully considering further designations under the…16 Dec 2020HANSARD Uyghur Slave Labour: XinjiangI thank my hon. Friend for her question and for her continued work in this area. I agree that it is absolutely vital that China understands the breadth of international concern…16 Dec 2020HANSARD Uyghur Slave Labour: XinjiangThe hon. Lady asks a very good question. We regularly have conversations with our international partners, as exemplified by the 39 countries that joined us at the UN, and the…16 Dec 2020HANSARD Uyghur Slave Labour: XinjiangWe do make this absolutely clear; in fact, the Foreign Secretary has made it clear that the UN Commissioner for Human Rights or another independent fact-finding body must be given…16 Dec 2020HANSARD Uyghur Slave Labour: XinjiangOn the final point, the hon. Gentleman will be aware that, as I have said numerous times at this Dispatch Box, we are carefully considering a range of designations under our…16 Dec 2020HANSARD Uyghur Slave Labour: XinjiangOf course, it is absolutely key that we keep up the international pressure, working with our international partners, not least the United States and its incoming Administration.…16 Dec 2020HANSARD Uyghur Slave Labour: XinjiangThe hon. Gentleman is right to raise this issue. Obviously trade with China is important to us. As I said earlier, it is the fourth largest trading partner. It is important to…16 Dec 2020HANSARD Uyghur Slave Labour: XinjiangMy hon. Friend rightly raises the Modern Slavery Act. At the risk of repeating myself, I remind the House that we are the first country in the world to require businesses to…16 Dec 2020HANSARD Uyghur Slave Labour: XinjiangThe hon. Lady will have to be patient, I am afraid, in terms of the parliamentary time that would allow us to bring forward the changes to strengthen the Modern Slavery Act, for…16 Dec 2020HANSARD Uyghur Slave Labour: XinjiangMy hon. Friend is absolutely right. It is vital that China understands the breadth of international concern about the situation. That has been the focus of all our intensive…16 Dec 2020HANSARD Uyghur Slave Labour: XinjiangThe hon. Lady is right to raise this issue. We constantly raise serious concerns about the gross violations of human rights to which she refers. As I have said, we raised the…16 Dec 2020HANSARD Uyghur Slave Labour: XinjiangThe hon. Gentleman raises a very good point that no one else has yet raised. A number of UK higher education providers host Confucius Institutes, and are responsible for ensuring…16 Dec 2020HANSARD Uyghur Slave Labour: XinjiangI can assure my hon. Friend that China does care deeply about its international reputation. We have seen China change its narrative in response to international pressure. One…16 Dec 2020HANSARD Uyghur Slave Labour: XinjiangMy hon. Friend is right to raise these abhorrent issues. We debated this in the Chamber earlier this year when a report was made available. We will continue to hold China to…16 Dec 2020HANSARD Uyghur Slave Labour: XinjiangLike many right hon. and hon. Members, my hon. Friend is right to raise this issue. We constantly urge businesses involved in investing in this part of the world to ensure that…16 Dec 2020HANSARD Uyghur Slave Labour: XinjiangWe have taken steps to reduce our dependence on imported PPE. Thankfully, UK manufacturers are now capable of providing 70% of all items of PPE, except gloves, that we expect to…16 Dec 2020