Question to the Home Office:

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if she will make it her policy to extend the Government’s Country Policy and Information Note on Falun Gong in China to include Hong Kong if the new National Security Law results in following Falun Gong being outlawed in Hong Kong.

All asylum and human rights claims from Chinese nationals are carefully considered on their individual merits in accordance with our international obligations. Each individual assessment is made against the background of the latest available country of origin information and any relevant caselaw.

Our assessment of the situation for those who practise Falun Gong in China, including the situation for those in Hong Kong, is set out in the relevant country policy and information note, which is available on the Gov.uk website.

We regularly monitor and review the situation in countries of origin, working closely with the Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office. Where there is a change to the country situation, we will look to address this in an update to the country policy and information note.