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date	17/05/2023
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	High Speed 2 Line: Cheshire
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether any ground investigations for HS2 have been carried out in (i) Weaver Vale (ii) Cheshire; and whether it is his policy to publish the evidence resulting from HS2 ground investigations.
tabling member constituency	Weaver Vale
tabling member printed	Mike Amesbury
uin	185636
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/05/2023 answer text <p>HS2 Ltd has previously undertaken ground investigations to increase the understanding of geological risks associated with settlement across the HS2 Phase 2b Western Leg scheme. Further ground investigations will be carried out as the scheme progresses. HS2 Ltd has recently published their ‘Crewe to Manchester: Understanding the Ground Risk across the Cheshire Plain’ report on the GOV.UK website on 3 March 2023.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Bexhill and Battle answering member printed Huw Merriman question first answered 22/05/2023 11:53:39 answering member 4442 label Biography information for Huw Merriman
tabling member	4667 label Biography information for Mike Amesbury

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date	30/10/2018
answering body	Foreign and Commonwealth Office
answering dept id	16
answering dept short name	Foreign and Commonwealth Office
answering dept sort name	Foreign and Commonwealth Office
hansard heading	China: Uyghurs
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what assessment he has made of the accuracy of reports that Uighur Muslims in China have been detained for unwanted blood, tissue and DNA tests.
tabling member constituency	St Helens South and Whiston
tabling member printed	Ms Marie Rimmer
uin	185636
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/11/2018 answer text <p>We have serious concerns about the human rights situation in Xinjiang and reports of the Chinese Government’s deepening crackdown, including credible reports of re-education camps and widespread surveillance and restrictions targeted at ethnic minorities. We are aware of media reports that some Uyghurs may have been subject to unwanted DNA tests.</p><p>The UK supports the statement of 26 October by the European External Action Service highlighting concerns about Xinjiang.</p><p>I raised our concerns about Xinjiang with Vice Minister Guo Yezhou during my visit to China on 22 July 2018. The Foreign Secretary, Rt Hon Jeremy Hunt MP, also raised our concerns about the region with Chinese State Councillor and Foreign Minister Wang Yi during his visit to China on 30 July 2018. The UK raised our concerns about Xinjiang in our Item 4 statement at the September UN Human Rights Council.</p> answering member constituency Cities of London and Westminster answering member printed Mark Field question first answered 05/11/2018 16:45:09 answering member 1405 label Biography information for Mark Field
tabling member	4457 label Biography information for Ms Marie Rimmer