Hong Kong: Civil Liberties
Commons · Question 51046 · Tabled 8 May 2025 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office · Official record
Answered 16 May 2025
Question
Asked by Neil Shastri-Hurst
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what assessment he has made of the adequacy of the state of freedoms in Hong Kong; and what steps the Government is taking to support the rights of British National (Overseas
Answer
Answered by Catherine West, 16 May 2025
The UK has deep and longstanding ties with Hong Kong. However, as set out in detail in the Government's successive Six-monthly Reports on Hong Kong, the continued erosion of rights and freedoms threatens Hong Kong's way of life. China's imposition of the ...