Question to the Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office:

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what protection the British Consulate-General in Hong Kong is able to provide to demonstrators in Hong Kong that are British National Overseas passport holders.

British National (Overseas) passport holders are not entitled to British consular protection in Hong Kong or other parts of the People’s Republic of China. This position is set out clearly in the United Kingdom Memorandum alongside the 1984 Sino-British Joint Declaration. The UK has made clear our position on the situation in Hong Kong. The Rules-Based International System must be upheld and the rights and freedoms set out in the Joint Declaration maintained.