Written questions

Xinjiang: Human Rights

Commons · Question 54226 · Tabled 22 May 2025 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office · Official record

Answered 3 Jun 2025

Question

Asked by Sir Iain Duncan Smith

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.

Answer

Answered by Catherine West, 3 Jun 2025

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 ...