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HANSARDHong Kong National Security LegislationI agree with the hon. Gentleman about the concerns he has expressed. I do not think he should personally feel bad about the commitments he made; we all shared the hope that China…01 Jul 2020HANSARDHong Kong National Security LegislationMy hon. Friend is absolutely right: we are concerned about that provision and it is not entirely clear how it will be applied. It has already been raised with Carrie Lam by the…01 Jul 2020HANSARDHong Kong National Security LegislationI certainly share the hon. Lady’s views on our responsibilities to the people of Hong Kong and our concern about their treatment. In relation to Huawei, as I have already said to…01 Jul 2020HANSARDHong Kong National Security LegislationI thank my hon. Friend, the Chairman of the Liaison Committee, for that. He makes a range of important points. On Chinese expertise, I do not think the Chancellor of the Duchy of…01 Jul 2020HANSARDHong Kong National Security LegislationI thank the right hon. Gentleman for his judicious remarks, and I certainly welcome the substantive points he made. He talked about the importance of this House, not just the…01 Jul 2020HANSARDHong Kong National Security LegislationI thank my hon. Friend and welcome all the work that she has done on human rights. She is right to draw attention to the specific issue of extra- territoriality. It is not clear,…01 Jul 2020HANSARDHong Kong National Security LegislationI thank the hon. Gentleman. It is always a pleasure to be lectured by the SNP on Margaret Thatcher. Amidst all the differences that we may have, I think we agree on the…01 Jul 2020HANSARDHong Kong National Security LegislationI thank my hon. Friend, the Chair of the Foreign Affairs Committee, and pay tribute to his assiduous work on this issue. He is right to pay tribute to the Home Office, which has…01 Jul 2020HANSARDHong Kong National Security LegislationI thank the hon. Lady for her support for the action that we are taking on Hong Kong and the measures that we are introducing in relation to BNOs. She made a number of points and…01 Jul 2020HANSARDHong Kong National Security LegislationWith permission, Mr Speaker, I would like to make a statement regarding the latest developments on Hong Kong. As feared when I addressed the House on 2 June, yesterday the…01 Jul 2020HANSARDHong Kong National Security LegislationI will certainly update the House as regularly and as consistently as we can, based on the data that we can reliably glean from what is happening on the ground in Hong Kong. As…01 Jul 2020HANSARDHong Kong National Security LegislationI totally agree with the hon. Gentleman. We obviously need to consult with the DAs on any significant measure such as this that comes into force. We will do that, and I know the…01 Jul 2020HANSARDHong Kong National Security LegislationI certainly always pay very close attention to the remarks that my hon. Friend makes on China, which he follows very closely. He is right that we have special responsibilities to…01 Jul 2020HANSARDHong Kong National Security LegislationI share that sentiment, and that is exactly the policy and the measures that we have set out in the statement I have made today.01 Jul 2020HANSARDHong Kong National Security LegislationI totally agree with my right hon. Friend. It is a deeply sorrowful day, when we look back at the opportunity, the potential and the success of the vibrant community—business and…01 Jul 2020HANSARDHong Kong National Security LegislationThat is exactly the issue at stake here. We recognise China’s economic strength and potential growth, and also the opportunities for China to be a force for good in the world on…01 Jul 2020HANSARDHong Kong National Security LegislationI share entirely the hon. Gentleman’s outrage, frankly, at the reports that we have seen about what is happening in Xinjiang and, indeed, Hong Kong. The reality, given China’s…01 Jul 2020HANSARDHong Kong National Security LegislationThe full details will be presented by the Home Secretary in due course. We have set out the parameters of the offer—the bespoke offer—that we are making to the BNOs. In relation…01 Jul 2020HANSARDHong Kong National Security LegislationI am grateful to my right hon. Friend for his generous remarks. He is absolutely right to point to the importance of shoring up the values that we hold dear—the values reflected…01 Jul 2020HANSARDHong Kong National Security LegislationThe hon. Gentleman is not the first person to raise the question of the ICJ, but as hon. Members may know, unless it is under the compulsory jurisdiction of the Court, we cannot…01 Jul 2020