Human Rights Update

Part of the debate – in the House of Commons at 4:13 pm on 22 March 2021.

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Photo of Paul Blomfield Paul Blomfield Labour, Sheffield Central 4:13, 22 March 2021

The Foreign Secretary has described what is happening to the Uyghur Muslims as

“barbarianism we had hoped was lost to another era”.—[Official Report, 12 January 2021; Vol. 687, c. 160.]

He has previously set out measures on the use of forced labour from Xinjiang province in supply chains, so will he now commit to strengthening section 54 of the Modern Slavery Act 2015 to stop forced labour being supported by UK business supply chains completely?