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Question for Foreign and Commonwealth Office

UIN 134156, tabled on 26 March 2018

Question

Geraint Davies
Labour
Swansea West
Commons

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, whether he has made an assessment of the compatibility with the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights of proposed National Security Legislation in Hong Kong; and if he will make a statement.

Answer

Mark Field
Conservative
Cities of London and Westminster
Commons

Answered on

29 March 2018

Currently there is no proposed national security legislation in Hong Kong. The Government of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region has not set a timeline for the introduction of any legislation that would be required to enact Article 23, nor published any draft bills. We have been consistently clear in our position that, if the Hong Kong Government should seek to introduce legislation in this area, it will be important that there is dialogue between all parties; and that any legislation does not undermine the basic rights and freedoms of the people of Hong Kong.

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