China: UK policy

I am grateful to the hon. Lady for her intervention. I entirely agree that, along with climate ch...

It is a great pleasure to follow the hon. Member for Aldershot (Leo Docherty), who made an excell...

I will make a brief contribution. When I was appointed as the Prime Minister’s trade envoy to Nig...

Does it strike my hon. Friend as a little strange that he was given that advice?

I do not find it strange in the slightest. It was absolutely accurate. To echo my hon. Friend the...

But does it not strike my hon. Friend as a little strange that a country that for 4,000 years was...

No, I do not find that strange at all. It gives me the flexibility I need as the trade envoy to N...

It is a pleasure to speak in the debate under your chairmanship, Sir Edward. As we consider our G...

I commented earlier on China’s record with regard to human rights, particularly in Tibet. These t...

I entirely agree with my hon. Friend.

Last week, official briefings by the Pentagon claimed...

It will not surprise colleagues or the Minister that I want to focus on issues of human rights, p...

Order. We have two more Members who wish to speak, so could the hon. Lady kindly bring her remark...

I certainly will.

Having heard some of these findings, I question what religious freedom is...

I had not actually intended to participate when I decided to come to this debate, but I find that...

I call Julia Lopez—no more than five minutes, please.

5.25 pm

Thank you for calling me to speak, Sir Edward. I congratulate my hon. Friend the Member for Alder...

Order. Will the hon. Lady please bring her remarks to a close, in order to leave time for the Fro...

Certainly. I was going to say that my views on the belt and road initiative are similar to those ...

I am pleased to have the chance to speak in this debate. China is the biggest country in the worl...

It is nice to see you in the Chair, Sir Edward. I congratulate the hon. Member for Aldershot (Leo...

Does the hon. Lady recognise that the problem is not only this Government at this moment but the ...

The swings and turns have been peculiarly rapid. Under George Osborne, we were pressed strongly t...

Will the hon. Lady give way?

I will give way, but I will not keep giving way, otherwise I will lose my time.

The passage the hon. Lady just read out sums up exactly what I was saying. Furthermore, I treated...

I was not suggesting that the hon. Gentleman was not serious. In fact, he seemed to have a more s...

Will the hon. Lady give way?

The Minister will get his chance to speak in a minute.

Why are the other members of Five Ey...

I thank my jousting partner, the hon. Member for Bishop Auckland (Helen Goodman), for her robust ...

Will the Minister give way?

I will not, if the hon. Lady will excuse me, because I want to move on to human rights issues.