Xinjiang: Human Rights
Commons · Question 128635 · Tabled 21 Apr 2026 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office · Official record
Answered 28 Apr 2026
Question
Asked by Sir Iain Duncan Smith
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what steps she is taking in response to the House of Commons motion of 22 April 2021 entitled Human Rights: Xinjiang.
Answer
Answered by Seema Malhotra, 28 Apr 2026
This Government stands firm on human rights, including in Xinjiang, where China continues to persecute and arbitrarily detain Uyghurs and other predominantly Muslim minorities. We continue to raise our concerns at the highest levels: the Prime Minister ra...