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Hong Kong: Civil Liberties

Commons · Question 51046 · Tabled 8 May 2025 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office · Official record

Answered 16 May 2025

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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

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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 ...