Question to the Home Office:

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether British national (overseas) status holders and their dependants will be (a) able to apply for work only in shortage occupations and (b) subject to (i) minimum salary requirements and (ii) other restrictions on their ability to apply for work in the UK.

The UK will continue to defend the rights & freedoms of the people of Hong Kong. Should China push ahead and impose national security legislation on Hong Kong then we will provide a generous offer to BN(O)s of a bespoke immigration route providing unrestricted access to work and study with a pathway to apply for citizenship.

We are working closely with the Foreign & Commonwealth Office and domestic departments on the offer to British Nationals (Overseas) and will set out more detail in due course.