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1626205

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date	09/05/2023
answering body	Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
answering dept id	208
answering dept short name	Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
answering dept sort name	Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
hansard heading	Uzbekistan and Xinjiang: Forced Labour
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask His Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the report of Dr Adrian Zenz, Coercive Labor in the Cotton Harvest in the Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region and Uzbekistan, published in the Journal of Communist and Post-Communist Studies by University of California Press.
tabling member printed	Lord Alton of Liverpool
uin	HL7671
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/05/2023 answer text <p>We are aware of Dr Zenz's recent report. To date, the UK Government has taken robust action in response to forced labour concerns. We have provided guidance to UK companies on the risks of doing business in Xinjiang, introduced enhanced export controls, and committed to introduce financial penalties for organisations that do not comply with modern slavery reporting requirements. Additionally, the Procurement Bill enables contracting authorities across the public sector to reject bids and terminate contracts with suppliers which are known to use forced labour themselves or anywhere in their supply chain. We continue to closely monitor the situation in Xinjiang and to keep our policy response under review.</p> answering member printed Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon grouped question UIN HL7672 HL7673 question first answered 23/05/2023 15:53:51 answering member 4210 label Biography information for Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon
tabling member	738 label Biography information for Lord Alton of Liverpool

1626206

registered interest
date	09/05/2023
answering body	Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
answering dept id	208
answering dept short name	Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
answering dept sort name	Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
hansard heading	Xinjiang: Forced Labour
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask His Majesty's Government what conclusions they have drawn following the assertion in the report of Dr Adrian Zenz that "state-sponsored forced labor is characterized by pervasive state-induced and systemic dynamics of coercion that are deeply embedded within sociocultural contexts" in Xinjiang.
tabling member printed	Lord Alton of Liverpool
uin	HL7672
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/05/2023 answer text <p>We are aware of Dr Zenz's recent report. To date, the UK Government has taken robust action in response to forced labour concerns. We have provided guidance to UK companies on the risks of doing business in Xinjiang, introduced enhanced export controls, and committed to introduce financial penalties for organisations that do not comply with modern slavery reporting requirements. Additionally, the Procurement Bill enables contracting authorities across the public sector to reject bids and terminate contracts with suppliers which are known to use forced labour themselves or anywhere in their supply chain. We continue to closely monitor the situation in Xinjiang and to keep our policy response under review.</p> answering member printed Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon grouped question UIN HL7671 HL7673 question first answered 23/05/2023 15:53:51 answering member 4210 label Biography information for Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon
tabling member	738 label Biography information for Lord Alton of Liverpool

1626207

registered interest
date	09/05/2023
answering body	Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
answering dept id	208
answering dept short name	Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
answering dept sort name	Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
hansard heading	Xinjiang: Forced Labour
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask His Majesty's Government how they intend to respond to the findings of the report of Dr Adrian Zenz that "Xinjiang’s labor transfer program [...] is predominantly designed to achieve Beijing’s wider ethnopolitical goals in the region."
tabling member printed	Lord Alton of Liverpool
uin	HL7673
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/05/2023 answer text <p>We are aware of Dr Zenz's recent report. To date, the UK Government has taken robust action in response to forced labour concerns. We have provided guidance to UK companies on the risks of doing business in Xinjiang, introduced enhanced export controls, and committed to introduce financial penalties for organisations that do not comply with modern slavery reporting requirements. Additionally, the Procurement Bill enables contracting authorities across the public sector to reject bids and terminate contracts with suppliers which are known to use forced labour themselves or anywhere in their supply chain. We continue to closely monitor the situation in Xinjiang and to keep our policy response under review.</p> answering member printed Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon grouped question UIN HL7671 HL7672 question first answered 23/05/2023 15:53:51 answering member 4210 label Biography information for Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon
tabling member	738 label Biography information for Lord Alton of Liverpool

1626232

registered interest
date	09/05/2023
answering body	Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
answering dept id	208
answering dept short name	Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
answering dept sort name	Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
hansard heading	Syria: Sanctions
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask His Majesty's Government what consideration has been given to broadening the general licence granted in relation to the Syria sanctions (1) beyond the current six-month timeframe, and (2) to cover all humanitarian assistance necessary, in order to address new and existing needs in Syria.
tabling member printed	Lord Hunt of Kings Heath
uin	HL7696
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/05/2023 answer text <p>In February the UK Government published two General Licences to facilitate earthquake relief efforts in Syria and Turkey. These built on an existing humanitarian exception for UK-funded persons by simplifying licensing for those conducting earthquake relief efforts. The UK will continue to monitor the situation in Syria through regular engagement with Non-Governmental Organisations and financial institutions and is committed to minimising any unintended consequences of sanctions, including through using our humanitarian licensing grounds where appropriate.</p> answering member printed Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon question first answered 23/05/2023 16:08:10 answering member 4210 label Biography information for Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon
tabling member	2024 label Biography information for Lord Hunt of Kings Heath

1626257

registered interest
date	09/05/2023
answering body	Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
answering dept id	208
answering dept short name	Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
answering dept sort name	Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
hansard heading	Israel: Surveillance
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask His Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the report by Amnesty International published on 2 May into the use of the Israeli military facial recognition system, Red Wolf, in mass surveillance and whether they support the call by Amnesty International for an end to mass and targeted surveillance in the Occupied Palestinian Territories.
tabling member printed	The Lord Bishop of Southwark
uin	HL7714
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/05/2023 answer text <p>The UK has a regular dialogue with the Government of Israel on the conduct of its occupation of Palestinian territories. The UK respects the necessity of Israeli security measures as part of the occupation, but we continue to stress to the Israeli authorities that the impact of such security measures must not disproportionately impact the lives of ordinary Palestinians or their right to non-violent protest.</p> answering member printed Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon question first answered 23/05/2023 15:48:12 answering member 4210 label Biography information for Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon
tabling member	4345 label Biography information for The Lord Bishop of Southwark