House of Lords Library Briefing On Next Thursday's Debate on Bringing The Perpetrators of Genocide To Justice. Background posts on Uyghurs in Xinjiang, Rohingya in Burma, Tigray, Nigeria, Yezidis, and Armenians. image by Kuzzat Altay on Unsplash...
China – The Right Balance?
During the International Relations and Defence Select Committee Inquiry into China, Trade and Security I asked if we have struck the right balance....My question was answered by Charles Parton OBE, Senior Associate Fellow, Royal United Services Institute (RUSI) &...
Two speeches in Parliament today about why we should rethink trade and aid to China – by Lord (David) Alton and Lord (David) Blencathra – moving an all Party amendment to the Trade Bill. Why did China receive over £67 million in aid from the U.K. last year? And a link to Nusrat Ghani MP’s article on Politics Home:
And a link to Nusrat Ghani MP's article on Politics Home: https://www.politicshome.com/thehouse/article/britain-must-not-be-a-safe-haven-for-businesses-profiting-from-uyghur-forced-labour She says: The wilful blindness of the international community as China interns...
For 18 years David Alton was a Member of the House of Commons and today he is an Independent Crossbench Life Peer in the UK House of Lords.
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A new Opium War, on British streets: Government responds to illicit Chinese pharmaceutical and chemical companies producing and smuggling illegal drugs into the UK and the use of the internet to promote sales of opioids hundreds of times stronger than heroin, which are flooding western countries, and have been responsible over the past year for 100 British deaths.
A new Opium War, on British streets: Government responds to illicit Chinese pharmaceutical and chemical companies producing and smuggling illegal drugs into the UK and the use of the internet to promote sales of opioids hundreds of times stronger than heroin, which...
New Opium War Targeting Democratic Countries – raised by Secretary Blinken with CCP leadership – and Minister says illicit labs in China have “been linked to more than 100 deaths in the UK during the last year, and we are taking action.”
Lord Sharpe of Epsom, the Home Office, has provided the following answer to your written parliamentary question (HL3921): Question by Lord Alton of Liverpool:To ask His Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the production and distribution of illicit...
Yazidis on Sinjar: Government responds to questions asking what assessment they have made of the security situation in Sinjar and what discussions they have had, with the government of Turkey, in relation to Turkish military attacks on Sinjar.
Yazidis on Sinjar: Government responds to questions asking what assessment they have made of the security situation in Sinjar and what discussions they have had, with the government of Turkey, in relation to Turkish military attacks on Sinjar. As occurred with the...