VoteClimate: British Nationals Detained Overseas - 5th September 2023

British Nationals Detained Overseas - 5th September 2023

Here are the climate-related sections of speeches by MPs during the Commons debate British Nationals Detained Overseas.

Full text: https://hansard.parliament.uk/Commons/2023-09-05/debates/E02C2A64-122B-4DD8-AB52-F6AD8D18A74D/BritishNationalsDetainedOverseas

16:51 Iain Duncan Smith (Conservative)

When the Chinese Government trashed the Sino-British agreement, the Americans sanctioned 12 of the most senior people responsible—and the same with Xinjiang, by the way, when they sanctioned something like that many as well. We have sanctioned nobody in Hong Kong since the start of this saga. Why are we not sanctioning them? Why are we so worried about what they might say or do? If it is to get their help in stopping the Russians in the war, then they are busily supplying them with weapons, parts and all sorts of stuff at the moment. When it comes to net zero, there is nothing zero about their net. It is off the charts, and we are the ones who will pick up the pieces.

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