Hong Kong: Politics and Government
(asked on 7th December 2020) - View Source
Question to the Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office:
To ask Her Majesty's Government what steps they plan to take in response to the disqualification of four pro-independence opposition lawmakers from the legislative council of Hong Kong.
Answered by
Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon
Minister of State (Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office)
This question was answered on 21st December 2020
As Minister Adams, the Minister for Asia, said in Parliament on 12 November, the imposition of new rules to disqualify elected legislators in Hong Kong constitutes a clear breach of the legally binding Sino-British Joint Declaration. We have raised our concerns directly with the Beijing authorities, including by summoning the Chinese Ambassador on 13 November.