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As the Foreign Secretary said, the Chinese Government have breached the Sino-British joint declaration twice in the past six months, so when will he implement the Magnitsky sanctions against the Chief Executive of Hong Kong, Carrie Lam? What steps is he taking to tighten capital flows into China via Hong Kong from the City of London?

Asked by
Geraint Davies (Labour; Co-operative Party)
Answering body
Foreign and Commonwealth Office
Oral questions - 1st Supplementary
Status
Answered
Date
24 November 2020
Reference
684 c674
House
House of Commons

I thank the hon. Gentleman for his interest. He will know that we have already made a new offer to British nationals overseas, suspended our extradition treaty with Hong Kong and extended our arms embargo on mainland China to Hong Kong. On the Magnitsky sanctions, this is not just something that we can decide at our fiat. We need the evidence to back it up. We are looking at and assessing that, working with our international partners. On 18 November, I led and issued a statement with our Five Eyes Foreign Ministers condemning the latest China move in relation to legislators. That was hot on the heels in October of 39 countries joining the UK in the UN Third Committee with a statement on Hong Kong as well as Xinjiang.

Answered by
Dominic Raab (Conservative)
Answering body
Foreign and Commonwealth Office
Type
Oral answers to questions
Date
24 November 2020
Reference
684 c674
House
House of Commons

What steps the Government plans to take in response to the disqualification of four pro-independence opposition lawmakers in Hong Kong.

Asked by
Geraint Davies (Labour; Co-operative Party)
Answering body
Foreign and Commonwealth Office
Oral questions - Lead
Status
Answered
Date
24 November 2020
Reference
684 c674; 909152
House
House of Commons

Beijing�s imposition of new rules to disqualify elected legislators constitutes a clear breach of the UK-China joint declaration. This is only the third time we have judged a breach, and the second in six months. China has once again broken its promises and undermined Hong Kong�s high degree of autonomy.

Answered by
Dominic Raab (Conservative)
Answering body
Foreign and Commonwealth Office
Type
Oral answers to questions
Date
24 November 2020
Reference
684 c674
House
House of Commons

As I mentioned in my response to the hon. Member for Blaydon (Liz Twist), the local elections on 24 November will be an important milestone to see whether there can be a de-escalation of tensions in Hong Kong, and a path towards political dialogue and engagement that is consistent with the joint declaration and one country, two systems. I share my right hon. Friend’s concern about the barring of Joshua Wong because standing for election is a fundamental right enshrined in Hong Kong’s Basic Law, which itself reflects the one country, two systems model. We continue to make our concerns known to our Chinese partners.

Answered by
Dominic Raab (Conservative)
Answering body
Foreign and Commonwealth Office
Type
Oral answers to questions
Date
5 November 2019
Reference
667 c639
House
House of Commons

Does not the blocking of Joshua Wong as a council candidate offend against the very basic principles of the Sino-British agreement, and what is the Secretary of State planning to do about it?

Asked by
Desmond Swayne (Conservative)
Answering body
Foreign and Commonwealth Office
Topical questions - 1st Supplementary
Status
Answered
Date
5 November 2019
Reference
667 c639
House
House of Commons

To ask Her Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the disqualification of Joshua Wong from being able to stand for election in the District Council elections in Hong Kong; whether they are monitoring those elections for irregularities; whether they intend to challenge any unjust disqualifications and irregularities; and if so,...

Asked by
Lord Alton of Liverpool (Crossbench)
Answering body
Foreign and Commonwealth Office
Type
Written questions
Status
Answered
Date
4 November 2019
Reference
HL484
House
House of Lords

New Clause 1 (Public registers of beneficial ownership of companies in the British overseas territories), discussed with new clause 8 (Public registers of beneficial ownership of companies in the British Crown Dependencies), debated and withdrawn. New clause 2 (Public register of beneficial ownership of UK property by companies and other...

Lead member
Alan Duncan; John Glen
Answering member
Anneliese Dodds
Department
Treasury; Foreign and Commonwealth Office
Type
Debates on bills; Public Bill Committee proceedings
Committee
Sanctions and Anti-money Laundering Bill (HL) Committee
Date
6 March 2018
House
House of Commons
Notes
Previously published as Ireland No. 2 (2016) (Cm. 9344)
Date
28 November 2017
Reference
Cm. 9544
House
House of Lords; House of Commons
Laid by
Secretary Boris Johnson
Department
Foreign and Commonwealth Office
Type
Treaties; Command papers
Date
20 October 2016
Reference
Cm. 9344
House
House of Lords; House of Commons

My Lords, Amendment 14 is a technical and—as I reassured the noble Lord, Lord Hamilton, in advance—neutral amendment, but nevertheless an important one. Its effect would be to clarify that funds from an impermissible source, whenever received, should not be spent on referendum campaigning.

The amendment is supported—indeed, encouraged —by the...

Member
Lord Jay of Ewelme (Crossbench)
Type
Proceeding contributions
Date
18 November 2015
Reference
767 cc248-9
House
House of Lords

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs on what grounds candidates were disqualified from standing in the recent Afghan elections; and if he will make a statement.

Asked by
David Drew (Labour; Co-operative Party)
Answering body
Foreign and Commonwealth Office
Type
Written questions
Status
Answered
Date
21 November 2005
Reference
439 c1580W;439 c1582W; 29602
House
House of Commons

To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what assessment he has made of the implications of Article 15 of the draft Charter of Fundamental Rights for disqualified company directors. - Includes ref to 355 c555-6W.

Asked by
John Bercow (Conservative)
Answering body
Foreign and Commonwealth Office
Type
Written questions
Status
Answered
Date
2 November 2000
Reference
355 c586W; 134819
House
House of Commons