Written Question·Department for Business and Trade·UIN 45469
Human Rights: China
Tabled: 17 April 2025
Answered: 25 April 2025
Named DayQuestion
Mr Mark Francois
Conservative — Rayleigh and Wickford
To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, whether the Minister for Trade Policy and Economic Security had discussions with his international counterpart on (a) the detention of Jimmy Lai and (b) human rights abuses during his recent visit to C
Answer
Mr Douglas AlexanderDuring my recent visit to China and Hong Kong, I raised the UK’s concerns over human rights abuses, including in Xinjiang and the detention of Jimmy Lai with counterparts at the Ministry of Commerce and the government of the Hong Kong Special Administrati...
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