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HANSARD Hong KongI thank the hon. Lady for her urgent question. This is an example of when all sides of the House can come together to discuss an issue that is of joint concern across the…26 Sept 2019HANSARD Hong KongI thank the hon. Lady for her questions and interventions on the substance and the constructive way she has presented them to the House. I share her concerns about the repression…26 Sept 2019HANSARD Hong KongI thank my hon. Friend the Chair of the Select Committee. He makes a number of very important and powerful points, and I have been reflecting on them and, indeed, on the reports…26 Sept 2019HANSARD Hong KongI thank the hon. Lady for the measured and careful way in which she has responded to this issue. Amidst all the Brexit divisions we have, it is important that we have some…26 Sept 2019HANSARD Hong KongI pay tribute to my hon. Friend’s tenacious efforts to raise the issue of free speech and peaceful protest right around the world. She is a credit to this House and is doing a lot…26 Sept 2019HANSARD Hong KongI thank the hon. Gentleman for his remarks and his support for the approach we are taking. He made some valuable points about the joint declaration. It is legally binding and, of…26 Sept 2019HANSARD Hong KongI know, but the hon. Gentleman made that reference. I do, however, share his sense that we need to make the UN work as effectively as possible. We have been out at the UN General…26 Sept 2019HANSARD Hong KongI thank my right hon. Friend for his remarks; I know that he follows these issues closely. I am going to be a bit careful about commenting on what is really happening in relation…26 Sept 2019HANSARD Hong KongI thank the hon. Gentleman. Of course, one of the reasons that we might take a judgment in relation to Hong Kong, or anywhere in the world, to provide police training is precisely…26 Sept 2019HANSARD Hong KongWe will constantly consider all assessments in relation to this kind of support. The hon. Gentleman will know that, as the former Foreign Secretary, my right hon. Friend the…26 Sept 2019HANSARD Hong KongI thank my hon. Friend. He raises a very important point, which is that the protests that we are seeing have been fuelled by the economic/social concerns that, in any mature…26 Sept 2019HANSARD Hong KongI thank the hon. Gentleman for that. We do provide consular assistance to the BNO passport holders, but he is right also to talk about the limitations on that status. That was…26 Sept 2019HANSARD Hong KongMy hon. Friend has raised quite a few questions. Let me try to address just two of them. When I was in Washington earlier this week, I had a chance to talk to Congressmen on both…26 Sept 2019HANSARD Hong KongI thank the hon. Lady for the careful and measured way in which she asked that question. Our overarching effort now is to convey the message from the UK, but also from the…26 Sept 2019HANSARD Hong KongMy hon. Friend is, I think, right to say that China is so far respecting the one country, two systems model and for the large part is trying to respect—or seeking to respect, or…26 Sept 2019HANSARD Hong KongThe hon. Lady has made an excellent point in a very powerful way. She will understand if I respect the role and the remit of Ofcom in this regard, but of course we follow that…26 Sept 2019HANSARD Hong KongMy hon. Friend makes an excellent point, which is that it is in the interests of Hong Kong and China to respect the one country, two systems model and the autonomy, both economic…26 Sept 2019HANSARD Hong KongI agree with much of what the hon. Lady says, and I can reassure her that I met Foreign Minister Wang Yi in Bangkok on 31 July. I was due to meet him again in New York this week,…26 Sept 2019HANSARD Hong KongMy hon. Friend is absolutely right. It is widely accepted that this was an international agreement. It is binding under international law, and while there may be some who call it…26 Sept 2019HANSARD Hong KongYes.26 Sept 2019