Question to the Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office:

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, whether he has called in the Chinese Ambassador following allegations of transnational repression by United Work Front Department-linked organisations in the UK.

The Government is clear that any attempts by foreign Governments to coerce, intimidate or harm critics overseas, are unacceptable. Regardless of nationality, freedom of speech and other fundamental rights of all people in the UK are protected under our domestic law. Ministers and officials have made this position clear to the Chinese authorities.