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HANSARDHong Kong National Security Legislation: UK ResponseIt is precisely because that is at stake—in respect of not only the national security legislation but the previous elections we saw and the forthcoming elections later this…02 Jun 2020HANSARDHong Kong National Security Legislation: UK ResponseWe stand up in the United Nations, the Council of Europe and all the other international forums, as we are doing regarding Hong Kong, and call out those flagrant violations of…02 Jun 2020HANSARDHong Kong National Security Legislation: UK ResponseI thank my hon. Friend, and welcome his remarks and comments. He is absolutely right about the violation of the joint declaration, whether that is through the infringements of…02 Jun 2020HANSARDHong Kong National Security Legislation: UK ResponseI thank the right hon. Gentleman and pay tribute to him for his long-standing and principled position on this issue; he is absolutely right, and we appreciate all the cross-party…02 Jun 2020HANSARDHong Kong National Security Legislation: UK ResponseI thank my right hon. Friend for his excellent questions. I do think Hong Kong is part of a pattern, although it is not a uniform one. He referred to the violation of the UN…02 Jun 2020HANSARDHong Kong National Security Legislation: UK ResponseI thank the hon. Gentleman for the substance and the tone of his position. We fully welcome his support, as indeed we welcome the support from all sides in the Chamber. This is a…02 Jun 2020HANSARDHong Kong National Security Legislation: UK ResponseI thank my hon. Friend, the Chairman of the Select Committee, who makes a range of really important points. He is absolutely right to focus on what is the most effective way to…02 Jun 2020HANSARDHong Kong National Security Legislation: UK ResponseOf course, dependants would be considered. The hon. Lady rightly pointed out that the threat to Hong Kong is not just to its autonomy and freedoms, but to its economy and to…02 Jun 2020HANSARDHong Kong National Security Legislation: UK ResponseI totally agree with the hon. and learned Lady on that point. We disagree about many things, but one thing about which we have always firmly agreed is the upholding of those…02 Jun 2020HANSARDHong Kong National Security Legislation: UK ResponseOn all sorts of grounds—standing, economic—China’s actions are entirely self-defeating, as well as flouting its responsibilities to the people of Hong Kong and the international…02 Jun 2020HANSARDHong Kong National Security Legislation: UK ResponseWe need to be realistic about the volume of people that we in this country could credibly and responsibly absorb. I do not think we can have this debate without acknowledging…02 Jun 2020HANSARDHong Kong National Security Legislation: UK ResponseI certainly agree that there are huge challenges in engagement with China across a whole suite of issues, from cyber through to intellectual property theft and of course the…02 Jun 2020HANSARDHong Kong National Security Legislation: UK ResponseThe authorities in Hong Kong have today confirmed that they will not allow the Tiananmen commemoration, which has typically taken place for many years. In fairness, they have…02 Jun 2020HANSARDHong Kong National Security Legislation: UK ResponseI will do my level best to get this before the House before the summer recess. I hope that the hon. Gentleman, who is most understanding, will recognise that one or two other…02 Jun 2020HANSARDHong Kong National Security Legislation: UK ResponseI thank my right hon. Friend, and he is right to say that the actions in relation to Hong Kong and in other areas are opposed to our values as well as our interests. I certainly…02 Jun 2020HANSARDHong Kong National Security Legislation: UK ResponseI thank the hon. Lady for her question and understand the spirit in which she asked it. She made some important points. The asymmetric economic size and growth of China is a fact…02 Jun 2020HANSARDHong Kong National Security Legislation: UK ResponseI thank my hon. Friend for his comments, and he is absolutely right to pay tribute to the Home Office and the Home Secretary for assiduously working on this with my Department and…02 Jun 2020HANSARDHong Kong National Security Legislation: UK ResponseI spoke last night to my opposite numbers from New Zealand, Australia and Canada, along with Secretary of State Mike Pompeo, but that is the starting point, not the point of…02 Jun 2020HANSARDHong Kong National Security Legislation: UK ResponseThe hon. Lady raises a perfectly good point. We will talk with all our international partners about this. China’s size and scale and potential growth means it has asymmetric…02 Jun 2020HANSARDHong Kong National Security Legislation: UK ResponseI entirely share that spirit. As someone whose father and his family, to the extent that they were able to, came here as refugees, I think this country has a proud tradition of…02 Jun 2020