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HANSARDHong Kong National Security LegislationI pay tribute to my hon. Friend for her work in promoting freedom of religious belief all around the world. We have worked in the United Nations and raised the issue in the UN…01 Jul 2020HANSARDHong Kong National Security LegislationI share the hon. Gentleman’s sentiments. In the statement, I referred several times to the Human Rights Council and the work over the past 24 hours in relation to Hong Kong and…01 Jul 2020HANSARDHong Kong National Security LegislationMy hon. Friend is absolutely right. One of the challenges for us as China exerts all its economic and diplomatic leverage to sway countries either to support it or to stay quiet…01 Jul 2020HANSARDHong Kong National Security LegislationMy hon. Friend is absolutely right. It feels to me, from the various interventions and points that have been made in relation to the polling that has been done on this, that we…01 Jul 2020HANSARDHong Kong National Security LegislationI did not hear a specific proposal of what the hon. Gentleman would like us to do that we are not doing, but I can tell him that, in addition to all the things we are doing that I…01 Jul 2020HANSARDHong Kong National Security LegislationI absolutely agree with the points that my hon. Friend has made. As I have said, we are taking this up not just with the authorities in Hong Kong but with China. I spoke to Wang…01 Jul 2020HANSARDHong Kong National Security LegislationI totally agree with the hon. Gentleman’s sentiments. It is all very well to put the process in place, and I have set out the framework for it, but we need to be clear that we…01 Jul 2020HANSARDHong Kong National Security LegislationI thank the hon. Gentleman. I do not have a detailed breakdown of how many BNO passport holders or BNO status holders have been arrested at this point in time. Of course, the…01 Jul 2020HANSARDHong Kong National Security LegislationI thank the hon. Lady, who chairs the International Development Committee, and share her concern about what is going on in Hong Kong. I also welcome her support for the position…01 Jul 2020HANSARDHong Kong National Security LegislationI thank my right hon. Friend and pay tribute to his work not only on the issue of media freedoms, but in relation to China and Hong Kong. This has been a long time coming and we…01 Jul 2020HANSARDHong Kong National Security LegislationMy hon. Friend is absolutely right: we will raise our concerns in relation to the national security legislation right across the board. The permanent secretary will do that with…01 Jul 2020HANSARDHong Kong National Security LegislationI think the hon. Gentleman is a bit confused. The EU does not have an autonomous human rights sanctions regime, but the United Kingdom will do by the summer recess with our first…01 Jul 2020HANSARDHong Kong National Security LegislationWe obviously have contacts with civil society on the ground not only through our missions and posts, but through direct contracts here in London. They are deeply concerned and…01 Jul 2020HANSARDHong Kong National Security LegislationThe reality is that my hon. Friend is right: Hong Kong has long been regarded as the jewel in the financial crown. Of course, its relative economic importance has ebbed overtime…01 Jul 2020HANSARDHong Kong National Security LegislationThe open investment culture that we have in this country constantly needs to be kept under review. We have seen it with Huawei and we will look at it in other areas. However, the…01 Jul 2020HANSARDHong Kong National Security LegislationI take many of the points that my hon. Friend makes and I share the concern of his constituents. I think the issue we have on 5G is, frankly, a longer-term issue, where we have…01 Jul 2020HANSARDHong Kong National Security LegislationIt is very sad to see Joshua Wong’s movement be disbanded for fear of the consequences. I share the hon. Lady’s her concern about that and I welcome her support. We have taken a…01 Jul 2020HANSARDHong Kong National Security LegislationI thank my right hon. Friend. He is absolutely right, and he has long-standing experience, from when he was Secretary of State for International Development, of the relationship…01 Jul 2020HANSARDHong Kong National Security LegislationI agree entirely with my right hon. Friend’s sentiments, as well as his specific points. Of course, as well as the people of Hong Kong, investors and other people who might wish…01 Jul 2020HANSARDHong Kong National Security LegislationI thank my hon. Friend for the points he has made. It is right that the public support this, and the scale of that public support, given the issue, is I think remarkable. It is a…01 Jul 2020