Hong Kong: Political Prisoners

Lord Bishop of St Albans Excerpts

Tuesday 22nd February 2022 Lords Chamber

Tabled by

[The Lord Bishop of St Albans]

To ask Her Majesty’s Government what representations they have made to the Government of Hong Kong about the (1) human rights, and (2) release, of pro- democracy political prisoners remanded in custody under that Government’s national security law.

[Lord Alton of Liverpool (CB)]

My Lords, on behalf of the right reverend Prelate the Bishop of St Albans, and with his permission, I beg leave to ask the Question standing in his name on the Order Paper. In so doing, I declare my interests both as a patron of Hong Kong Watch and as vice-chairman of the All-Party Parliamentary Group on Hong Kong.