Question to the Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office:

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what recent assessment his Department has made of the adequacy of its foreign travel advice for Hong Kong in the context of the recent arrests of journalists under the National Security Law and the closing of Apple Daily newspaper.

FCDO travel advice aims to inform British nationals so they can make decisions about travelling abroad. We constantly review all travel advice to make sure it reflects the current situation in that country or territory, and the latest assessment of risk to British people there.

Freedom of the press is one of the rights set down in paragraph 3(5) of the 1984 Sino-British Joint Declaration. It is vital that journalists are able to investigate and report without undue interference. We expect the Hong Kong authorities to abide by their international obligations and to investigate instances of attacks on the media.