| Heading: |
Overseas Students: Oppression |
| Question ID: |
1786033 |
| UIN: |
39364 |
| House: |
Commons |
| Date tabled: |
2025-03-18 |
| Asking Member ID: |
5336 |
| Asking Member display name: |
Helen Maguire
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| Asking Member handle: |
helenemaguire
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| Asking Member Twitter reference: |
@helenemaguire
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| Member interest: |
false |
| Question text: |
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps her Department is taking to safeguard students from (a) Hong Kong, (b) Tibet, (c) Taiwan and (d) Xinjiang, who are persecuted by the Chinese authorities on UK campuses. |
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false |
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| Date answered: |
2025-03-29 |
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| Is holding answer: |
false |
| Is correcting answer: |
false |
| Answering Member ID: |
4698 |
| Answering Member display name: |
Janet Daby
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| Answering Member handle: |
JanetDaby
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| Answering Member Twitter reference: |
@JanetDaby
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| Answer text: |
The first duty of the government is to keep the country safe and this government is committed to responding to foreign interference, including those actions which amount to transnational repression. The government takes protection of individuals' rights, ... |
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| Answering body ID: |
60 |
| Answering body name: |
Department for Education |
| Tweeted: |
true |