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HANSARDSouth China SeaThe United Kingdom is disturbed by reports of militarisation, coercion and intimidation in the South China sea. We note the presence of a Chinese research vessel in Malaysia’s…30 Jun 2020HANSARDXinjiang: UyghursMy hon. Friend is right; we consistently do that. As I said, we have been leading the way in this regard in the international community since 2018. As well as the human rights…29 Jun 2020HANSARDXinjiang: UyghursCertainly, if I were a company and had found that there were human rights abuses in my supply chain, I would be looking at a different supply chain, quite frankly. The hon.…29 Jun 2020HANSARDXinjiang: UyghursMy hon. Friend speaks with a great deal of experience in this area. Of course, she will be aware that the Foreign Secretary has committed himself to making a statement about our…29 Jun 2020HANSARDXinjiang: UyghursThe hon. Gentleman is absolutely right to raise those issues. He will be aware that access to Xinjiang is not particularly easy to procure. We would very much welcome United…29 Jun 2020HANSARDXinjiang: UyghursThe Chairman of the Foreign Affairs Committee is right to raise that point. He will be aware that bidders for any central Government contracts above certain thresholds are…29 Jun 2020HANSARDXinjiang: UyghursI thank the hon. Gentleman for putting so concisely his concern on this matter. I can tell him that we have been very active on this issue. We have played a leading role in…29 Jun 2020HANSARDXinjiang: UyghursMy right hon. Friend speaks with great passion and knowledge on these subjects. He refers to legal determination. As I said in my opening statement, these reports add to our…29 Jun 2020HANSARDXinjiang: UyghursWe are aware of reports issued today by the Associated Press and the Jamestown Foundation alleging that the Chinese Government are using pregnancy checks and forced intra-uterine…29 Jun 2020HANSARDXinjiang: UyghursI would just say to the hon. Lady that we do raise cases of human rights violations reports. Obviously, we have only had this report in the last 24 hours, and it adds to the…29 Jun 2020HANSARDXinjiang: UyghursI thank the hon. Lady, the chair of the APPG on this matter, but she will be aware—I have referred to it several times during my answers today—that we have been leading on this at…29 Jun 2020HANSARDXinjiang: UyghursThe hon. Lady is right to raise those particular matters. At the risk of repeating myself, let me say that we have raised this issue several times at the UN and bilaterally with…29 Jun 2020HANSARDXinjiang: UyghursMy hon. Friend is spot on, and I know that the situation is of great concern to communities, not just in Wycombe, but across the constituencies of right hon. and hon. Members in…29 Jun 2020HANSARDXinjiang: UyghursI thank the hon. Lady for her question. We have always been very clear-eyed about the challenge posed by Huawei. She will be aware that, following the US announcement of…29 Jun 2020HANSARDXinjiang: UyghursI know that this is very important to my hon. Friend’s constituents in Keighley, and he is right to raise that. We are absolutely committed to promoting human rights in Xinjiang.…29 Jun 2020HANSARDXinjiang: UyghursThe hon. Lady speaks with great knowledge of the sector. She must be aware that we have made it absolutely clear to any British firm wishing to do business in that particular…29 Jun 2020HANSARDXinjiang: UyghursYes, they absolutely have to look long and hard at their supply chains, for the reasons that I have given during this session. As I said, we have raised these concerns, and the…29 Jun 2020HANSARDXinjiang: UyghursThe hon. Gentleman is absolutely right to raise that issue. I can confirm that, as I have said previously, we want to secure growth and investment for the UK, but upholding human…29 Jun 2020HANSARDXinjiang: UyghursThe hon. Lady is right to raise the issue. At the risk of repeating ourselves, we have been on the front foot and very active in playing a leading role on this issue at the UN. I…29 Jun 2020HANSARDXinjiang: UyghursMy right hon. Friend speaks with a great deal of authority on this and other international issues, and he is right. As I have said, China is a leading member of the international…29 Jun 2020