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Debate between Hamish Falconer and Rachel Blake
Tuesday 26th November 2024

(3 weeks, 5 days ago)

Commons Chamber
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Hamish Falconer Portrait Hamish Falconer
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We considered this question at exhaustive length yesterday. I repeat that the shadow Attorney General has written on the question of which elements of international law are most properly followed in this case, and the Attorney General is set to respond, although we suspect that this case would go to the courts in the usual way.

Rachel Blake Portrait Rachel Blake (Cities of London and Westminster) (Lab/Co-op)
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My constituent, the British citizen Jimmy Lai, is in failing health, and I thank the Foreign Secretary and his Department for all their work to uphold his rights under international law. Can the Foreign Secretary share his assessment of the scale of international support for Jimmy Lai’s release?

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