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Jimmy Lai

Commons · Question 100409 · Tabled 16 Dec 2025 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office · Official record

Answered 5 Jan 2026

Question

Asked by Alicia Kearns

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, which (a) Minister and (b) official demarched the Chinese Ambassador following the verdict on Jimmy Lai.

Answer

Answered by Seema Malhotra, 5 Jan 2026

As the Foreign Secretary confirmed in Parliament in her Oral Statement on 15 December 2025, the Chinese Ambassador was summoned to the Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office.  A senior official condemned the politically motivated prosecution of Jimm...