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Lord Alton of Liverpool to ask Her Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the decision by United States Customs and Border Protection to issue five Withhold Release Orders on products from China allegedly produced with state-sponsored forced labour in the Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region; what products have been produced with such forced labour; what assessment they have made of the statement by the government of the United States that ”the Chinese government is engaged in systemic human rights abuses against the Uyghur people and other ethnic and religious minorities”; and what plans they have to take similar action.  HL8104

Question HL8104: tabled on 15 September 2020 and due for answer by 29 September 2020

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Lord Alton of Liverpool to ask Her Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the decision by United States Customs and Border Protection to issue five Withhold Release Orders on products from China allegedly produced with state-sponsored forced labour in the Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region; what products have been produced with such forced labour; what assessment they have made of the statement by the government of the United States that ”the Chinese government is engaged in systemic human rights abuses against the Uyghur people and other ethnic and religious minorities”; and what plans they have to take similar action.  HL8104
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Lord Alton of Liverpool
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