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Fiona Bruce

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Tuesday 3rd September 2019

(4 years, 10 months ago)

Commons Chamber
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John Bercow Portrait Mr Speaker
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One sentence each, please. There are lots of Members trying to get in.

Fiona Bruce Portrait Fiona Bruce (Congleton) (Con)
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Will the Foreign Secretary consider the early-day motion tabled by 25 parliamentarians today calling on our Government to seek agreement with other Commonwealth countries to offer Hong Kong citizens second citizenship and a place of abode? Could this be applied for as an agenda item at the next Commonwealth Heads of Government meeting?

Dominic Raab Portrait Dominic Raab
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As I have made clear to the House, we want to see the one country, two systems model respected. Under those arrangements, reflecting the joint declaration, we have committed to the British national (overseas) status and I think it is important, for now, to stick with that.

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