Question follow-through · 128635
Xinjiang: Human Rights
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what steps she is taking in response to the House of Commons motion of 22 April 2021 entitled Human Rights: Xinjiang.
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A written question asks a government minister for information in writing. Parliament publishes the question and any answer.
- Answering body
- Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
- Tabled
- 21 Apr 2026
- Target answer date
- 23 Apr 2026
- Answer
- 28 Apr 2026 · 7 calendar days after tabling
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Recorded timeline
21 Apr 2026
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what steps she is taking in response to the House of Commons motion of 22 April 2021 entitled Human Rights: Xinjiang.
23 Apr 2026
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
28 Apr 2026
Answer published
This Government stands firm on human rights, including in Xinjiang, where China continues to persecute and arbitrarily detain Uyghurs and other predominantly Muslim minorities. We continue to raise our concerns at the highest levels: the Prime Minister ra...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
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