United Kingdom · Question · Written question
UIN 85202
China: Uyghurs
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1 December 2021
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9 December 2021 · Answer
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To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what assessment her Department has made of the accuracy of reports that subsidiaries of BGI Group companies conducted genetic analyses of China’s minority Uighurs; and if she
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1 December 2021
Written question
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what assessment her Department has made of the accuracy of reports that subsidiaries of BGI Group companies conducted genetic analyses of China’s minority Uighurs; and if she
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9 December 2021
Answer
We are aware of reports that subsidiaries of Chinese headquartered genome sequencing company BGI Group cooperated with the Chinese government on the collection of genetic information in Xinjiang.On 12 January 2021, the UK Government announced a series of ...
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- Official source: https://questions-statements.parliament.uk/written-questions/detail/2021-12-01/85202
- Open data entity: https://questions-statements-api.parliament.uk/api/writtenquestions/questions/1383887
- uk · wq-1383887 · source updated 9 December 2021