Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

Tuesday 10th February 2026 Written Corrections

Jimmy Lai: Prison Sentence

The following extract is from the urgent question on Jimmy Lai: Prison Sentence on 9 February 2026.

[Seema Malhotra]

The Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office is also in close contact with Mr Lai’s international legal team at Doughty Street Chambers, and with his son and daughter, Sebastien and Claire, whom the Foreign Secretary last met on 8 January.

[Official Report, 9 February 2026; Vol. 780, c. 556.]

Written correction submitted by the Under-Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, the hon. Member for Feltham and Heston (Seema Malhotra):

[Seema Malhotra]

The Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office is also in close contact with Mr Lai’s international legal team at Doughty Street Chambers, and with his son and daughter, Sebastien and Claire, whom the Foreign Secretary last met on 9 January.