Hong Kong: Sentencing of Pro-democracy Activists Debate

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Department: Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office

Hong Kong: Sentencing of Pro-democracy Activists

Jacob Young Excerpts
Monday 7th December 2020

(3 years, 3 months ago)

Commons Chamber
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Jacob Young Portrait Jacob Young (Redcar) (Con)
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Many of my constituents in Redcar and Cleveland have contacted me in support of the people of Hong Kong. In this country we have historic ties and responsibilities to the people of Hong Kong, so can my hon. Friend assure me that we will never look the other way while China undermines the joint declaration it agreed to?

Nigel Adams Portrait Nigel Adams
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My hon. Friend is absolutely right. We made a historic commitment to the people of Hong Kong to protect their autonomy, rights and freedoms. We have highlighted China’s breaches of the joint declaration three times since 1997, the first being in 2016, the second in June of this year when China introduced the national security law, and the third, most recently, in November, with the imposition of rules to disqualify legislators in Hong Kong. We will continue to hold China to the obligations it freely assumed under international law.