United Kingdom · Question · Written question
UIN 94472
Slavery: Xinjiang
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23 September 2020
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8 October 2020 · Answer
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8 October 2020
Summary
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment her Department has made of whether Xinjiang cotton made in forced labour camps by Uighur detainees is a product of modern slavery.
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23 September 2020
Written question
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment her Department has made of whether Xinjiang cotton made in forced labour camps by Uighur detainees is a product of modern slavery.
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8 October 2020
Answer
The Government has serious concerns about the human rights situation in Xinjiang, with credible reports of forced labour. It has always been the case that, where we have concerns, we raise them, as we did on this issue on 6 October in a joint statement si...
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- Official source: https://questions-statements.parliament.uk/written-questions/detail/2020-09-23/94472
- Open data entity: https://questions-statements-api.parliament.uk/api/writtenquestions/questions/1237064
- uk · wq-1237064 · source updated 8 October 2020