Category: Iain Duncan Smith

UK Lawmakers to Fight for Genocide Amendment as Compromise Version Pushed Through

February 9, 2021
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The UK Parliament on Tuesday passed a compromise version of an amendment to its post-Brexit Trade Bill on curbing trade with genocidal countries. The amendment (pdf), proposed by Conservative MP Robert Neill and backed by the government, was put before MPs instead of Lord Alton’s original version, which won by a two-thirds majority in the…

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UK Government Accused of Playing ‘Parliamentary Skullduggery’ to Block Genocide Amendment

February 9, 2021
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The UK government has bundled the highly anticipated genocide amendment with a different amendment ahead of the Parliamentary vote on Tuesday afternoon, a move that’s been blasted as “shameful” and “parliamentary skullduggery.” Former Conservative leader Sir Iain Duncan Smith has called the move a “sad tragedy.” “The sad tragedy is that the Government has so…

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UK Genocide Amendment Narrowly Defeated in House of Commons

January 19, 2021
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An amendment giving UK courts power to revoke trade deals with genocidal countries has been narrowly defeated on Tuesday in the House of Commons despite a Tory rebellion. The genocide amendment, tabled by Lord Alton of Liverpool, nullifies trade arrangements made under Trade Bill 2019-21 if the High Court of England and Wales makes a preliminary determination that…

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I Hope to Live Long Enough to See Freedom Restored in China: Duncan Smith

January 14, 2021
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Sir Iain Duncan Smith, former Conservative Party leader in the UK, on Wednesday said he hopes to see the day when freedom and common sense are restored in China. Speaking at a webinar that marks the launch of “Darkness Deepened”—a report (pdf) by the Conservative Party’s Human Rights Commission on the worsening human rights situation in China, the…

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