Formal Minutes May. 31 2024
Committee: Foreign Affairs Committee (Department: Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office)Found: Mary Myers (Research Associate at University of East Anglia) (MUL0002) Committee for Freedom in Hong
May. 30 2024
Source Page: UK statement on the guilty verdict of the 'NSL 47' in Hong KongFound: UK statement on the guilty verdict of the 'NSL 47' in Hong Kong
May. 30 2024
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Formal Minutes May. 29 2024
Committee: National Security Strategy (Joint Committee)Found: DED0025 ] Professor Rachel Gibson (Professor of Politics at University of Manchester) [DED0026 ] Hong
Written Evidence May. 28 2024
Inquiry: Human Rights of Asylum Seekers in the UKFound: We understand that there are country-specific routes for people from Hong Kong, Ukraine and Afghanistan
Written Evidence May. 24 2024
Inquiry: Food, Diet and ObesityFound: Deliveroo operates across 10 markets, including Belgium, France, Hong Kong, Italy, Ireland,
Mentions:
1: Lord Moylan (Con - Life peer) We all know about these new blocks of flats that were pre-marketed in Singapore, Hong Kong and all sorts - Speech Link
Asked by: Lord Alton of Liverpool (Crossbench - Life peer)
Question to the Department for Education:
To ask His Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the Amnesty International report published on 13 May “On my campus, I am afraid": China's Targeting of Overseas Students Stifles Rights; and what action they are taking with allies to protect Chinese and Hong Kong students studying abroad who are subject to intimidation and surveillance from Chinese agents.
Answered by Baroness Barran - Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Department for Education)
The government’s International Education Strategy and its recent update make clear that the internationalisation of the higher education (HE) sector cannot come at any cost. Universities must ensure they have appropriate processes in place to manage risk.
The department recognises concerns about overseas interference in the HE sector and regularly assess the risks facing staff and students.
The Integrated Review Refresh, which this government published in March 2023, sets out in clear terms the UK’s policy towards engagement with China and Chinese entities.
Any attempt by any foreign power to intimidate, harass or harm individuals or communities in the UK, or on campuses abroad, will not be tolerated. This is an insidious threat to democracy and fundamental human rights.
The department passed the Higher Education (Freedom of Speech) Act 2023 to further protect the UK’s campuses from interference and other threats to lawful freedom of speech. The Act strengthens existing freedom of speech duties placed upon HE providers in England and creates new routes of redress if these duties are breached.
The department has made the Commencement Regulations to ensure the main provisions of the Act are in place for 1 August 2024.
Where providers are operating campuses abroad, they must take, and should already be taking, reasonably practicable steps to secure freedom of speech within the law on those campuses.
HE providers are independent autonomous organisations and therefore responsible for ensuring they have adequate governance and risk management procedures in place when accepting donations. The department expects the HE sector to be alert to risks when collaborating with any international partners.
Asked by: Dan Jarvis (Labour - Barnsley Central)
Question to the Home Office:
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, pursuant to the Answer of 20 May to Question 26458 on Oppression, if he will publish his speech to the Hong Kong Symposium on 27 April 2024.
Answered by Tom Tugendhat - Minister of State (Home Office) (Security)
It has not proved possible to respond to the hon. Member in the time available before Prorogation.
Asked by: Marie Rimmer (Labour - St Helens South and Whiston)
Question to the Home Office:
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if he will take steps with Cabinet colleagues to support people from Hong Kong with British National (Overseas) visas to apply for British citizenship to help ensure they are able to access pensions managed by (a) HSBC and (b) other UK-based pension providers.
Answered by Tom Pursglove - Minister of State (Minister for Legal Migration and Delivery)
It has not proved possible to respond to the hon. Member in the time available before Prorogation.