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Scottish Government Publication (FOI/EIR release)
EU Directorate

Mar. 13 2024

Source Page: Scotland’s International Network Reporting: FOI Release
Document: Document 4 (PDF)

Found: USA 313 CANADA 48FRANCE 78GERMANY 109IRELAND 44BELGIUM 17CHINA & HONG KONG 167Number of companies supported

Written Question
Hong Kong: Politics and Government
Wednesday 13th March 2024

Asked by: Jim Shannon (Democratic Unionist Party - Strangford)

Question to the Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office:

To ask the Minister of State, Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office, if he will hold discussions with his Chinese counterpart on (a) ending transnational repression of and (b) the removal of bounties placed on Hong Kong pro-democracy activists living in the UK.

Answered by Anne-Marie Trevelyan - Minister of State (Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office)

We continue to make clear with the Hong Kong and Chinese authorities our strong objection to the National Security Law, and attempts to apply it extraterritorially. That extends to the decisions by the Hong Kong National Security Police to issue arrest warrants and bounties for activists living in the UK in 2023. We will not tolerate any attempts to intimidate, harass or harm individuals or communities in the UK. On 17 December, the Foreign Secretary called on the Chinese authorities to repeal the National Security Law and end the prosecution of all individuals charged under it. On 16 February the Foreign Secretary met with Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi at the Munich Security Conference and unambiguously set out the UK's position across a number of areas of disagreement, including on Hong Kong. The National Security Law has no authority in the UK and we have no active extradition agreement with Hong Kong or China.

Select Committee
HM Treasury, and HM Treasury

Oral Evidence Mar. 12 2024

Inquiry: How sustainable is our national debt?
Inquiry Status: Closed
Committee: Economic Affairs Committee

Found: HM Treasury, and HM Treasury Oral Evidence

Commons Chamber
Oral Answers to Questions - Tue 12 Mar 2024
Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office

Mentions:
1: Andrew Mitchell (Con - Sutton Coldfield) A full explanation and investigation is required, and that is what the British Government are pressing - Speech Link
2: Andrew Mitchell (Con - Sutton Coldfield) comes next—the Government are actively and continually engaged. - Speech Link
3: Andrew Gwynne (Lab - Denton and Reddish) tragedy in the middle east is that innocent civilians on both sides are paying the price for failed politics - Speech Link
4: Andrew Rosindell (Con - Romford) national security laws being imposed on the good people of Hong Kong, and does the Minister accept that - Speech Link

Select Committee
Screen Cornwall, Billy Kay, BBC Northern Ireland, and BBC Gaeilge

Oral Evidence Mar. 05 2024

Inquiry: Minority languages
Inquiry Status: Closed
Committee: Culture, Media and Sport Committee (Department: Department for Digital, Culture, Media & Sport)

Found: Screen Cornwall, Billy Kay, BBC Northern Ireland, and BBC Gaeilge Oral Evidence

Select Committee
MG Alba, BBC, and S4C

Oral Evidence Mar. 05 2024

Inquiry: Minority languages
Inquiry Status: Closed
Committee: Culture, Media and Sport Committee (Department: Department for Digital, Culture, Media & Sport)

Found: MG Alba, BBC, and S4C Oral Evidence

Scottish Parliament Debate - Main Chamber
Scotland’s Place in the World - Tue 05 Mar 2024

Mentions:
1: Hoy, Craig (Con - South Scotland) In Hong Kong, one is never far from a Scottish connection. - Speech Link
2: Golden, Maurice (Con - North East Scotland) , in describing his own experience in Hong Kong and Singapore, highlighted the global value of being - Speech Link

Lords Chamber
Foreign Affairs - Tue 05 Mar 2024
Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office

Mentions:
1: Baroness Smith of Newnham (LD - Life peer) We have moved beyond the intricacies of Brexit that soured politics for so long and there is an opportunity - Speech Link
2: Lord Alton of Liverpool (XB - Life peer) in Hong Kong, and threatens a blockade of Taiwan, which would devastate the world’s economy. - Speech Link
3: Lord Hain (Lab - Life peer) As Britain’s troubled history in Northern Ireland vividly demonstrates, if politics does not work, violence - Speech Link
4: Lord Skidelsky (XB - Life peer) Such are the quirks of politics, I suppose.I shall concentrate on one topic, and that is economic sanctions - Speech Link

Westminster Hall
Leasehold Reform and New Homes - Wed 28 Feb 2024
Department for Levelling Up, Housing & Communities

Mentions:
1: Neil O'Brien (Con - Harborough) The Government are sold on that vision and are making big strides towards it. - Speech Link
2: Jim Shannon (DUP - Strangford) I was meeting some people from Hong Kong on issues of human rights and freedom. - Speech Link
3: Neil O'Brien (Con - Harborough) moment of light, when I think about the document I wrote in 2018, I am struck by the fact that, although politics—particularly - Speech Link

Select Committee
Third Report - Policing of protests

Report Feb. 27 2024

Committee: Home Affairs Committee (Department: Home Office)

Found: CST received charitable status in 1994 and is recognised by police and Government as a unique model of