Question to the Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office:

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what assessment he has made of the potential implications for his Department's policies on the charging of Jimmy Lai under the National Security Law in Hong Kong of the potential visit in April 2023 of Christopher Hui, Secretary for Financial Services and the Treasury, Hong Kong Government.

Answered by Anne-Marie Trevelyan

We have been clear that the deliberate targeting of journalists and businessmen such as Mr Lai under the National Security Law (NSL) is unacceptable. The Minister for the Indo-Pacific met with Mr Lai's international Legal team on 10 January and diplomats at the Consulate-General in Hong Kong will continue to attend Mr Lai's court proceedings. We have taken a number of measures in response to the situation in Hong Kong, including the bespoke immigration route for BN(O)s, the suspension of the UK-Hong Kong extradition treaty and the extension of the arms embargo applied to China to Hong Kong. We will continue to use our channels with the Hong Kong and Chinese Governments to raise our strong objection to the NSL and the erosion of rights and freedoms in Hong Kong.

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Another pro-war military vlogger, Vladlen Tatarsky, is killed in #Russia. What do we know? It’s high profile, in public and ‘inventive’ - the bomb was in the statuette given to him - so it seems a sophisticated, signature assassination. #Ukraine 1/3 https://t.co/v1BGmkq3B7

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This is a wonderful initiative that has grown over the past 12 years and is continuing to grow ? I’ll be talking with business owners and colleagues to promote their good work. Please do go along and see the wonderful work being produced there. https://t.co/KWdb1Imea1 3/3 https://t.co/u5dHxF3bE2

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