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HANSARD Chinese Government Sanctions on UK CitizensI thank my hon. Friend for her persistent work in this area. She—and other colleagues and entities that have been sanctioned—obviously have the full support of the Foreign Office.…13 Apr 2021HANSARD Chinese Government Sanctions on UK CitizensI agree wholeheartedly with my hon. Friend’s remarks about our former colleague Cheryl Gillan. I was her Whip for a time when I first became a Whip. I had not realised that Cheryl…13 Apr 2021HANSARD Chinese Government Sanctions on UK CitizensThe amendment to the Trade Bill that was passed is consistent with our long-standing policy that any judgment on whether genocide has occurred is a matter for a competent court,…13 Apr 2021HANSARD Chinese Government Sanctions on UK CitizensThe hon. Member raises a good point. As we have heard, this is a big year for the United Kingdom on the multilateral stage. We have built alliances. To be able to get 38 countries…13 Apr 2021HANSARD Chinese Government Sanctions on UK CitizensMy hon. Friend is absolutely right. The fundamental difference between our two countries is that parliamentarians in the United Kingdom have freedom of speech and are allowed to…13 Apr 2021HANSARD Chinese Government Sanctions on UK CitizensI commend my right hon. Friend for his continued work on this subject. The Government see China’s increasing international assertiveness at scale as potentially the most…13 Apr 2021HANSARD Chinese Government Sanctions on UK CitizensI thank the hon. Gentleman for his questions. The reality is that the UK has always wanted a mature, positive relationship with China. That has to be based on mutual respect and…13 Apr 2021HANSARD Government Support for NGOs and Churches in Developing Nations: Covid-19It is a pleasure to serve under your chairmanship here this afternoon, Mr Efford. The Minister for Civil Society would love to have replied to this debate, but she is travelling…25 Mar 2021HANSARDSri LankaI am particularly grateful to the hon. Member for Mitcham and Morden (Siobhain McDonagh) for securing this debate. I pay tribute to her for her work with the APPG. I also pay…18 Mar 2021HANSARDHong Kong: Electoral ReformsOf course, the situation is not as the hon. Lady describes. I understand why she has put it in such terms, but we must remember what the Trade Bill is intended to do. Its key…10 Mar 2021HANSARDHong Kong: Electoral ReformsI thank the right hon. Gentleman for the work he does with the all-party parliamentary group on Hong Kong. He knows what I have to say about sanctions, and that to speculate would…10 Mar 2021HANSARDHong Kong: Electoral ReformsMy hon. Friend raises a good point. We are a co-signatory to the joint declaration. We have a responsibility to uphold the content, and a duty to speak out when we have concerns,…10 Mar 2021HANSARDHong Kong: Electoral ReformsMy hon. Friend raises a very important question. He will be aware that the Government are about to publish our integrated review, and our Indo-Pacific tilt is not just about any…10 Mar 2021HANSARDHong Kong: Electoral ReformsMy hon. Friend makes a very good point. We are of course liaising with our international partners, including our Five Eyes colleagues. The United Kingdom is not the only country…10 Mar 2021HANSARDHong Kong: Electoral ReformsAs the hon. Lady knows, we called two breaches of the joint declaration last year. We will have to wait and see what comes out of the National People’s Congress, possibly this…10 Mar 2021HANSARDHong Kong: Electoral ReformsThe hon. Lady raises two important point. I met Ted Hui recently, in February, and we are in close contact with a wide range of businesses in Hong Kong, but it is important that…10 Mar 2021HANSARDHong Kong: Electoral ReformsI thank my hon. Friend for his question and for all the work he does and has done in this area over many years. We have spoken directly to the chargé at the Chinese embassy, and…10 Mar 2021HANSARDHong Kong: Electoral ReformsMy hon. Friend makes a very good point. No doubt he refers to the belt and road initiative that China has under way on that continent and elsewhere. He is right to say that it is…10 Mar 2021HANSARDHong Kong: Electoral ReformsThe hon. Lady makes a fair point about the offer to BNOs. Work is happening across Government, and the scheme is devised principally by the Home Office, but in close collaboration…10 Mar 2021HANSARDHong Kong: Electoral ReformsThe hon. Gentleman speaks regularly in this place on these issues and he has elevated me to Secretary of State. I thank him for that, but there has not been a reshuffle just yet.…10 Mar 2021