Question to the Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office:

To ask Her Majesty's Government what discussions they have had with the governments of (1) China, and (2) Hong Kong, about (1) the detention of Joshua Wong in December 2020, and (2) the treatment of those in Hong Kong who oppose those governments.

As the Foreign Secretary made clear in his statement of 2 December following the sentencing of Joshua Wong, Agnes Chow and Ivan Lam, prosecution decisions must be fair and impartial, and the rights and freedoms guaranteed to the people of Hong Kong under the Joint Declaration must be upheld.

We have raised our concerns about Joshua Wong's and other cases with senior members of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region Government and the Beijing authorities and will continue to do so. We urge the Hong Kong and Beijing authorities to bring an end to their apparent campaign to stifle legitimate opposition and reconsider their current course.