Question follow-through · 65633
Xinjiang: Overseas Companies
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, whether he has considered secondary sanctions on UK-based financial institutions that continue to (a) underwrite, (b) trade and (c) market securities issued by Xinjiang Produ
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- Answering body
- Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
- Tabled
- 7 Jul 2025
- Target answer date
- 9 Jul 2025
- Answer
- 11 Jul 2025 · 4 calendar days after tabling
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Recorded timeline
7 Jul 2025
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, whether he has considered secondary sanctions on UK-based financial institutions that continue to (a) underwrite, (b) trade and (c) market securities issued by Xinjiang Produ
9 Jul 2025
Target answer date
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11 Jul 2025
Answer published
In March 2021, the UK, along with international partners, imposed sanctions relating to human rights abuses in Xinjiang, including sanctions against Xinjiang Production and Construction Corps. 'Secondary sanctions' can be understood in different ways. UK ...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
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