A question on #Xinjiang #HumanRights tabled by Sir Iain Duncan Smith on 22-05-2025 has been answered by Catherine West.

Heading: Xinjiang: Human Rights
Question ID: 1805602
UIN: 54226
House: Commons
Date tabled: 2025-05-22
Asking Member ID: 152
Asking Member display name: Sir Iain Duncan Smith
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Asking Member Twitter reference: Sir Iain Duncan Smith
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Question text: To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what assessment his Department has made of the potential implications for its policies of the Xinjiang Police Files in 2022.
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Date answered: 2025-06-03
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Answering Member ID: 4523
Answering Member display name: Catherine West
Answering Member handle: catherinewest1
Answering Member Twitter reference: @catherinewest1
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Answer text: This Government stands firm on human rights, including in Xinjiang, where China continues to persecute and arbitrarily detain Uyghur Muslims. We continue to refer to the OHCHR's 2022 Xinjiang Assessment, which is based on independent evidence and China's ...
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Answering body ID: 208
Answering body name: Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
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