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HANSARDHong Kong Democracy ActivistsI am grateful to my hon. Friend for his work through the APPG and his long-standing interest in this particular matter, and for his practical question. BNO status holders and…04 Mar 2025HANSARDHong Kong Democracy ActivistsI understand the concerns that the hon. Member has raised. He will understand that I have already referred to the letter that was written back in January. If new evidence comes to…04 Mar 2025HANSARDHong Kong Democracy ActivistsMy hon. Friend is an assiduous constituency MP. He has raised the plight of his constituent previously in this House, and I am grateful to him for doing so. On his first point,…04 Mar 2025HANSARDHong Kong Democracy ActivistsI am grateful to my hon. Friend for his question and for his representation of his constituents. Yes, I can give him that assurance. Hopefully, my comments today convey the…04 Mar 2025HANSARDHong Kong Democracy ActivistsThe hon. Lady makes an important point. Let me give her an absolute assurance that we take these matters incredibly seriously. That is why, through the defending democracy…04 Mar 2025HANSARDHong Kong Democracy ActivistsI do not want to get too far ahead of myself, as I will be making a statement shortly. I can say that we are working at pace to implement the FIR scheme. This is an important tool…04 Mar 2025HANSARDHong Kong Democracy ActivistsI know the right hon. Gentleman speaks with long experience on these matters. The Government are crystal clear that the activity that he has just described is not acceptable. We…04 Mar 2025HANSARDHong Kong Democracy ActivistsThis provides us with a very good opportunity to pay tribute as a House—I hope collectively—to the extraordinary work of our operational partners and the security services. By the…04 Mar 2025HANSARDHong Kong Democracy ActivistsI am grateful to the right hon. Gentleman for the work he did in government. He raises some important and valid points. Let me say, first of all, that the matter of sanctioned…04 Mar 2025HANSARDHong Kong Democracy ActivistsI am grateful to my hon. Friend for raising that important point. He will understand that the BNO route reflects the UK’s historical and moral commitment to the people of Hong…04 Mar 2025HANSARDHong Kong Democracy ActivistsI am grateful to the hon. Lady for those questions. I can reiterate the points I have made previously about how these concerns have been raised at every opportunity and about how…04 Mar 2025HANSARDHong Kong Democracy ActivistsI thank the right hon. Gentleman for his question on what I agree is a very serious matter. Security is the first duty of Government. As such, we are deeply concerned by the…04 Mar 2025HANSARDHong Kong Democracy ActivistsI am grateful to the shadow Home Secretary for his points and questions. Let me again, for the avoidance of doubt, be absolutely clear about the Government’s position. The safety…04 Mar 2025HANSARDHong Kong Democracy ActivistsMy hon. Friend’s question has been asked by others. I assure him that national security is the overriding priority for this and, I hope, any Government. We look incredibly…04 Mar 2025HANSARDHong Kong Democracy ActivistsI am grateful to my hon. Friend for that important point. I can reiterate what I have said specifically in this case, which is that we sought and received assurances from…04 Mar 2025HANSARDIranian State ThreatsI know that my hon. Friend has a long-standing interest in these matters, and I can give him the assurances that he seeks. I completely agree that the kind of disruption and…04 Mar 2025HANSARDIranian State ThreatsThe hon. Member is absolutely right that we must not let them succeed, and we will not. She is also completely right about the existential nature of the threat. The 20 plots that…04 Mar 2025HANSARDIranian State ThreatsMy hon. Friend raises an important threat vector that is not often commented on. I can tell him that the National Cyber Security Centre assessed that Iran is an aggressive and…04 Mar 2025HANSARDIranian State ThreatsI am grateful, as always, to the right hon. Gentleman because he always adds a significant amount of wisdom to proceedings, and I appreciate it. I agree about the importance of…04 Mar 2025HANSARDIranian State ThreatsI am grateful to the hon. Lady for those points, and for referring to our work to ensure that, wherever they are in the country, police officers have the requisite knowledge and…04 Mar 2025