PARLIAMENTARY EARLY DAY MOTION
Verdict of the Uyghur Tribunal (9 December 2021)

Motion Details

That this House notes with grave concern the findings of the Uyghur Tribunal of 9 December 2021 which detailed the depth and severity of abuses taking places against Uyghurs in Xinjiang by the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) including rape, forced re-education, forced labour, mass surveillance, forced sterilisation, cultural and religious destruction; further notes the Tribunal’s verdict that there is proof beyond reasonable doubt that the People’s Republic of China are committing crimes of torture, crimes against humanity and the crime of genocide as defined under international law; calls on the UK Government to accept Parliament’s declaration of the atrocities in Xinjiang as a genocide; and urges the UK Government to step up sanctions against CCP officials involved in perpetrating these abuses.

Sponsored by:
Layla Moran (Liberal Democrat)

EDMS Sponsor By Party

Party
Votes
%
 
Liberal Democrat
10
59%
 
 
Plaid Cymru
3
18%
 
 
Independent
1
6%
 
 
Green Party
1
6%
 
 
Democratic Unionist Party
1
6%
 
 
Scottish National Party
1
6%
 
Sponsor List (17 sponsors)
Party
Member
Constituency
LD
Wendy Chamberlain
North East Fife
LD
Daisy Cooper
St Albans
LD
Tim Farron
Westmorland and Lonsdale
LD
Sarah Green
Chesham and Amersham
LD
Wera Hobhouse
Bath
LD
Christine Jardine
Edinburgh West
PC
Ben Lake
Ceredigion Preseli
Green
Caroline Lucas
Ind
John McDonnell
Hayes and Harlington
LD
Layla Moran (Sponsor)
Oxford West and Abingdon
LD
Sarah Olney
Richmond Park
PC
Liz Saville Roberts
Dwyfor Meirionnydd
DUP
Jim Shannon
Strangford
SNP
Chris Stephens
LD
Jamie Stone
Caithness, Sutherland and Easter Ross
PC
Hywel Williams
LD
Munira Wilson
Twickenham

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