Hong Kong: Electoral Reforms

Henry Smith Excerpts
Wednesday 10th March 2021

(3 years, 8 months ago)

Commons Chamber
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Nigel Adams Portrait Nigel Adams
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As the hon. Lady knows, we called two breaches of the joint declaration last year. We will have to wait and see what comes out of the National People’s Congress, possibly this week, but who knows when we are likely to get an accurate read out? We will closely examine what comes out of this, and we will make it clear what action will be taken once we have seen it.

Henry Smith Portrait Henry Smith (Crawley) (Con) [V]
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My hon. Friend talks about liaising with the United States on the actions that the Communist party of China has taken in abusing human rights in Hong Kong, Xinjiang, Tibet and elsewhere. Will he also follow the example of the Biden Administration in reviewing this country’s critical infrastructure and supply chain links with the Chinese economy?