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HANSARDHong KongIt is not for me to speculate on whether agents provocateurs have been going about such business. That is a matter for the Government of Hong Kong to investigate. In respect of…02 Jul 2019HANSARDHong KongI think that I agree with everything that the hon. Gentleman has just said. The autonomy of Hong Kong is very important. Hence we have to strike a balance between seeing what is…02 Jul 2019HANSARDHong KongFirst, let me point out to the hon. Lady that, of course, my right hon. Friend the Foreign Secretary would like to be here, but there are compelling reasons for him not being…02 Jul 2019HANSARDHong KongI am grateful to my right hon. Friend for pointing out that I am answering questions that do not normally fall within my responsibility. My wingspan has stretched wider than I or…02 Jul 2019HANSARDHong KongFirst, I genuinely acknowledge and recognise the right hon. Gentleman’s interest in and deep knowledge of this issue, and I commend him for the activity that he generates in the…02 Jul 2019HANSARDHong KongYes. In addition to one country, two systems, the same principles about the rule of law that we would apply here should apply in Hong Kong—that is, that peaceful protest is…02 Jul 2019HANSARDHong KongWe obviously call on China fully to adhere to the joint declaration. I hope that will lead to the implementation of the full details under the Basic Law.02 Jul 2019HANSARDHong KongThe Basic Law specifies that the ultimate aim is for both the Chief Executive and the Legislative Council to be elected by universal suffrage, and that objective would be in the…02 Jul 2019HANSARDHong KongThe Basic Law will not change. It is there in the 1984 agreement. I hope that all its elements will be fully upheld, and that should include freedom of speech and the proper…02 Jul 2019HANSARDHong KongThe hon. Gentleman is absolutely right that China should see Hong Kong as something that can benefit China itself. A prosperous and stable Hong Kong is not only good for Hong…02 Jul 2019HANSARDHong KongMy right hon. Friend is absolutely right to focus on Hong Kong’s autonomy and upholding of the rule of law. It may well be that the most constructive way forward is to establish a…02 Jul 2019HANSARDHong KongWe are not a position to, as the hon. Gentleman puts it, enforce it, but if there were a breach, as I said, we would engage China in a proper bilateral discussion. We speak very…02 Jul 2019HANSARDHong KongI do not think that it is really appropriate to link the two. We have the joint declaration in place; it is legally binding until 2047, and we expect China to uphold it. If there…02 Jul 2019HANSARDHong KongThere is, of course, ample scope for analysing what is going on in Hong Kong within the broader question of what is happening in China and what role China wishes to play within…02 Jul 2019HANSARDHong KongI hope my hon. Friend will appreciate that I am not in a position to give him an exact number. In as much as we have such an estimate, I will certainly write to him and give him…02 Jul 2019HANSARDHong KongI thank my hon. Friend for his excellent and well-informed question. His experience in the far east is very well known and understood by this House. He mentioned the procedural…02 Jul 2019HANSARDHong KongThe primary focus of anything we have said so far in the context of these demonstrations has been about crowd control equipment. The Foreign Secretary announced on 25 June that we…02 Jul 2019HANSARDHong KongFor a number of weeks now, the world has been watching massive yet largely peaceful protests in Hong Kong in opposition to the proposed extradition legislation. Unfortunately, a…02 Jul 2019HANSARDHong KongI am unable to confirm that I have any such evidence; I have not been advised as such. Obviously, it is very much our view that any police response should be proportional and…02 Jul 2019HANSARD World War Two: Polish ContributionMr Pritchard, I thank you on behalf of us all for chairing our debate. I genuinely commend my hon. Friend the Member for Shrewsbury and Atcham (Daniel Kawczynski) on once again…02 Jul 2019