Question to the Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office:

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what recent assessment his Department has made of the effect on British journalists in China following the expulsion of US journalists from China in March 2020.

As Lord Ahmad said in the Lords on 19 March, we have consistently stated our concern about media freedoms in China. The Chinese Government's announcement that they will prevent certain American journalists from working in China, Macao and Hong Kong further restricts transparency at a particularly important time.

We are concerned about the implications this decision could have upon British Journalists. We will continue to monitor the situation and work with the Chinese Government on this issue.