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date	22/02/2024
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	Chelsea Football Club: Sales
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Minister of State, Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office, what steps his Department is taking to ensure the delivery of £2.5 billion from the sale of Chelsea Football Club.
tabling member constituency	Chingford and Woodford Green
tabling member printed	Sir Iain Duncan Smith
uin	15213
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/02/2024 answer text <p>The proceeds from the sale of Chelsea FC are currently frozen in a UK bank account while independent experts establish a foundation to manage and distribute the money. A licence from the Office of Financial Sanctions Implementation will then be needed to move the funds to the foundation. We want this money to reach Ukraine as quickly as possible and remain open to any arrangement that clearly delivers this.</p> answering member constituency Aldershot answering member printed Leo Docherty question first answered 29/02/2024 09:59:18 answering member 4600 label Biography information for Leo Docherty
tabling member	152 label Biography information for Sir Iain Duncan Smith

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date	06/02/2024
answering body	Department for Business and Trade
answering dept id	214
answering dept short name	Business and Trade
answering dept sort name	Business and Trade
hansard heading	Forced Labour: China
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what steps her Department is taking to help ensure that the supply chains of UK car manufacturers do not include Uyghur slave labour.
tabling member constituency	Chingford and Woodford Green
tabling member printed	Sir Iain Duncan Smith
uin	13202
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/02/2024 answer text <p>Modern slavery is a barbaric crime which we are determined to stamp out. In 2022, the UN Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights published its assessment of the human rights situation in Xinjiang, which found that China had carried out “serious human rights violations” against Uyghurs and other predominantly Muslim minorities.</p><p>Section 54 of The UK’s Modern Slavery Act 2015 requires businesses with a turnover of £36m or more to publish modern slavery statements and statements from relevant UK car manufacturers are available at https://modern-slavery-statement-registry.service.gov.uk. We have set out clear guidance for businesses on the risks of doing business in Xinjiang and announced plans to introduce financial penalties for organisations who fail to meet their statutory obligations to publish annual modern slavery statements.</p><p>I have requested meetings with named manufacturers in the Human Rights Watch (HRW) report entitled ‘Asleep at the Wheel: Car Companies' Complicity in Forced Labor in China’, published in February 2024, to discuss this issue in more detail.</p> answering member constituency Wealden answering member printed Ms Nusrat Ghani question first answered 19/02/2024 13:06:25 answering member 4460 label Biography information for Ms Nusrat Ghani
tabling member	152 label Biography information for Sir Iain Duncan Smith