Question to the Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office:

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, whether he has had discussions with his international counterparts on suspending extradition treaties to (a) Hong Kong and the (b) People’s Republic of China in the context of the issuing of arrest warrants by Hong Kong police for overseas Hong Kong activists, including three activists living in the UK.

In response to China's imposition of the National Security Law on Hong Kong in 2020, we suspended the UK-Hong Kong extradition treaty immediately and indefinitely. We do not have an extradition treaty with China. Where they remain in force, we encourage countries to suspend their extradition treaties with Hong Kong and China. As I [Minister Trevelyan] stated in the House on 13 July, we will continue to work very closely with our international partners to stand up for the people of Hong Kong, to call out violations of their rights and freedoms, and to hold China to its international obligations.