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HANSARDForeign and Commonwealth OfficeI would agree with what my hon. Friend says. He takes these matters seriously, and has dealings with leading figures from Taiwan who are based in London. He will be aware of the…19 Jun 2019HANSARDForeign and Commonwealth OfficeI would agree with what my hon. Friend says. He takes these matters seriously, and has dealings with leading figures from Taiwan who are based in London. He will be aware of the…19 Jun 2019HANSARD Hong KongThe huge protest march this weekend was a further demonstration of the passionate strength of feeling among the people of Hong Kong about the proposed amendments to extradition…18 Jun 2019HANSARD Hong KongThank you, Mr Speaker. I am grateful that the whole House has a similar view on these concerns. The right hon. Member for Orkney and Shetland (Mr Carmichael) is absolutely right;…18 Jun 2019HANSARD Hong KongMy hon. Friend is absolutely right. Hongkongers are used to having rights, freedoms and the rule of law, but they do not have access to the political levers that citizens of other…18 Jun 2019HANSARD Hong KongThe hon. Lady will be aware that extradition issues are a Home Office matter—that is not to try to get out of the issue, but clearly I do not want to step on the toes of another…18 Jun 2019HANSARD Hong KongI thank my hon. Friend, who is, as Mr Speaker rightly says, a well-known Sinologist and has a lot of experience and knowledge of this matter. He will appreciate that diplomacy…18 Jun 2019HANSARD Hong KongI very much agree. I thank the hon. Gentleman, and indeed the SNP, for their very constructive views on this matter. It is very powerful that the House holds together on this…18 Jun 2019HANSARD Hong KongI thank my hon. Friend for his great and long-standing interest in the proactive approach that we take to human rights, and the rule of law, in trying to influence these matters.…18 Jun 2019HANSARD Hong KongThe right hon. Gentleman makes a good point about remedy. There is not an arbitration process as part of the joint declaration, but it is none the less a document that is very…18 Jun 2019HANSARD Hong KongI very much agree with everything that my right hon. Friend says.18 Jun 2019HANSARD Hong KongI very much hope that we have given the latter assurances to which the hon. Lady refers. We do not see this as a choice between securing growth and investment for the UK and…18 Jun 2019HANSARD Hong KongAs my hon. Friend rightly says, it would be invidious to pick out one individual. We do stand up for the independence of the Hong Kong judiciary, so the sense that there was…18 Jun 2019HANSARD Hong KongThe hon. Gentleman makes a valid point. He is right—we have mentioned in recent six-monthly reports that we have had a sense, as he said, that there has been an erosion of…18 Jun 2019HANSARD Hong KongI would agree with what my hon. Friend says. He takes these matters seriously, and has dealings with leading figures from Taiwan who are based in London. He will be aware of the…18 Jun 2019HANSARD Hong KongAs far as I am aware, there are none who are UK citizens, and clearly there would be consul considerations if that were the case. It is worth pointing out to the hon. Lady that it…18 Jun 2019HANSARD Hong KongI thank my hon. Friend. She is absolutely right, and that is a message that we try to put across. She will be aware that Hong Kong, along with Shenzhen and Guangzhou, is part of a…18 Jun 2019HANSARD Hong KongAs I have said, and as the hon. Gentleman will understand, we felt that there was a direct breach of the joint declaration in the episode to which he alludes, which happened some…18 Jun 2019HANSARD Hong KongI am very concerned by what the hon. Gentleman says on this matter. I think we all know there is great concern about what has been happening in Xinjiang state in north-west China.…18 Jun 2019HANSARDInternational Humanitarian Law: Protecting Civilians in ConflictI am happy to undertake to do that. I want to talk about the challenges that our UN peacekeepers face. In today’s modern conflicts, missions are facing increasing asymmetric and…18 Jun 2019