Government asked when they are going to amend the Modern Slavery Act 2015 to introduce financial penalties for organisations which do not publish annual modern slavery statements, and ensure that UK organisations are not complicit in, nor profiting from, the human rights violations in Xinjiang, in particular within the cotton industry. Says it wont follow the Canadian House of Commons and Dutch Parliament decisions to declare the treatment of the Uighurs in Xinjiang amounts to a genocide: "a matter for the Courts." – David Alton

Government asked when they are going to amend the Modern Slavery Act 2015 to introduce financial penalties for organisations which do not publish annual modern slavery statements, and ensure that UK organisations are not complicit in, nor profiting from, the human rights violations in Xinjiang, in particular within the cotton industry. Says it wont follow the Canadian House of Commons and Dutch Parliament decisions to declare the treatment of the Uighurs in Xinjiang amounts to a genocide: “a matter for the Courts.”

Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon, the Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office, has provided the following answer to your written parliamentary question (HL13780): Question by Lord Alton of Liverpool:To ask Her Majesty’s Government, further to their announcement on 12 January about the introduction of measures to help ensure that UK organisations are not complicit in, nor profiting … Continue reading Government asked when they are going to amend the Modern Slavery Act 2015 to introduce financial penalties for organisations which do not publish annual modern slavery statements, and ensure that UK organisations are not complicit in, nor profiting from, the human rights violations in Xinjiang, in particular within the cotton industry. Says it wont follow the Canadian House of Commons and Dutch Parliament decisions to declare the treatment of the Uighurs in Xinjiang amounts to a genocide: “a matter for the Courts.”