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HANSARDHong Kong National Security Legislation: UK ResponseI pay tribute to the work that my right hon. Friend has been doing with other parliamentarians on this subject. He is right to press for what we are doing at the UN. There are, of…02 Jun 2020HANSARDHong Kong National Security Legislation: UK ResponseI understand the concern, as does anyone who has watched those distressing pictures in relation to George Floyd or indeed the wider protests and violence across America—we all…02 Jun 2020HANSARDHong Kong National Security Legislation: UK ResponseI totally agree with my hon. Friend. We have tried to proceed at the right moment and in the right way, with the generosity of spirit that defines this country at its very finest…02 Jun 2020HANSARDHong Kong National Security Legislation: UK ResponseThe hon. Gentleman picks up on a point that has been raised by a number of colleagues. I am absolutely concerned about it. I raised the issue with Carrie Lam, the Chief Executive…02 Jun 2020HANSARDHong Kong National Security Legislation: UK ResponseOf course, that is something we will look at. I agree with the hon. Lady about paying tribute to the noble Lord Patten in the other place for all the work that he did on the…02 Jun 2020HANSARDHong Kong National Security Legislation: UK ResponseI agree with the hon. Lady. I made my view clear in the House of Commons on 26 September 2019 in my first debate on Hong Kong, and I welcome her support for the position of the…02 Jun 2020HANSARDHong Kong National Security Legislation: UK ResponseI thank my right hon. Friend. He is absolutely right that at the core of this, beyond all the specific issues that he has raised—freedom of navigation in the South China sea, the…02 Jun 2020HANSARDHong Kong National Security Legislation: UK ResponseThe hon. Gentleman is absolutely right. I have a councillor in my constituency, Xingang Wang, who is not only one of the most hard-working businessmen, but one of the most…02 Jun 2020HANSARDHong Kong National Security Legislation: UK ResponseI agree with the spirit of my hon. Friend’s question. The ideal thing would be for China to step back. If China does not step back, we will consider all the possible actions and…02 Jun 2020HANSARDHong Kong National Security Legislation: UK ResponseI appreciate the hon. Lady’s spirit, but nothing has happened because we do not control China or the Government in Hong Kong. It is not entirely clear to me what specifically she…02 Jun 2020HANSARDHong Kong National Security Legislation: UK ResponseI pay tribute to my right hon. Friend for his long-standing position on the issue. He is absolutely right. We are not looking for inevitable confrontation with China. This is a…02 Jun 2020HANSARDHong Kong National Security Legislation: UK ResponseWe have called for a fully independent investigation in relation to police treatment of the protesters. We will introduce our mechanism for so-called Magnitsky legislation…02 Jun 2020HANSARDHong Kong National Security Legislation: UK ResponseI pay tribute to the late Lord Paddy Ashdown for all his work. The UK is in the vanguard of the international response on Hong Kong. I am not sure that we are quite in the same…02 Jun 2020HANSARDHong Kong National Security Legislation: UK ResponseI can absolutely give my hon. Friend that assurance. Of course, we are dealing with a major economic power that relies on all its economic and political leverage and, indeed,…02 Jun 2020HANSARDHong Kong National Security Legislation: UK ResponseI can give the hon. Gentleman that reassurance. Of course, the climate for NGOs, and for anyone speaking out in an independent forum, whether in the media or otherwise, has…02 Jun 2020HANSARDHong Kong National Security Legislation: UK ResponseThat quote has been much bandied around. It is absolutely right. The context for it was when I was asked what we would do in order to have a clear review of how the outbreak of…02 Jun 2020HANSARDHong Kong National Security Legislation: UK ResponseI totally agree with my hon. Friend about the moral responsibility and our responsibility in terms of the commitments that we have made to the people of Hong Kong. We fully intend…02 Jun 2020HANSARDHong Kong National Security Legislation: UK ResponseI think the hon. Gentleman is right on this point of principle. We want to make sure that we live up to our responsibilities, but it is also important, as we try to change the…02 Jun 2020HANSARDHong Kong National Security Legislation: UK ResponseMy right hon. Friend makes an extremely important and forensic point, as ever. As a Government and as a country we are extremely grateful to those who served in the Hong Kong…02 Jun 2020HANSARDHong Kong National Security Legislation: UK ResponseMy hon. Friend is quite right to reflect, as others have done already, on the fact that if China is willing to interfere on political and autonomy grounds, it is also likely to…02 Jun 2020