Question to the Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office:

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what steps the Government is taking to help address concerns raised by the UN Human Rights Council on lack of accountability for human rights abuses in Hong Kong; and whether he plans to raise those issues with visiting Hong Kong officials in April 2023.

As the Foreign Secretary set out in a statement at the UN Human Rights Council on 27 February, we have been clear on the erosion of rights and freedoms in Hong Kong. We urge China to implement the recommendations in last year's UN Human Rights Committee report on Hong Kong and to uphold the Sino-British Joint Declaration. We will continue to raise the violation of rights and freedoms in Hong Kong, China's imposition of the National Security Law and ongoing non-compliance with the Sino-British Joint Declaration with Hong Kong and Mainland China officials. The Foreign Secretary last did so with former foreign minister Wang Yi on 20 February.