Question to the Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office:

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, whether UK consulate officials have visited the pro-democracy activist and UK citizen Jimmy Lai in prison.

We remain concerned about the targeting of pro-democracy figures in Hong Kong, and are following these cases carefully. The Foreign Secretary commented on 16 April that the Hong Kong authorities' decision to target leading pro-democracy figures for prosecution is unacceptable and must stop. For data protection reasons I cannot share information about a person without their permission.