In light of our historic relationship with the people of Hong Kong, and our direct involvement in the formal handover of 'The Pearl of the Orient' to the People's Republic of China, Andrew Rosindell M.P. rose to demand that the Government use all of its diplomatic channels to protest the implementation of Beijing's National Security Law in Hong Kong.
This comes a year after Andrew Rosindell M.P.'s campaign for the Right of Abode of former Hong Kong servicemen, who fought for our Queen and Country, was succesfully incorporated into Government policy.
Will His Majesty’s Government make the strongest possible diplomatic protest against the draconian new national security laws being imposed on the good people of Hong Kong, and does the Minister accept that Britain still has a moral responsibility to the people of Hong Kong, who have been loyal to this country for so many years?
Andrew Rosindell M.P., Member of Parliament for Romford
My hon. Friend raises an important point, and we continue to raise our concerns about breaches of the Sino-British joint declaration that we see, and about this new layer of legislation coming through. We consider that that continues to be in breach, and we continue to ask for those laws to be removed.
Rt Hon. Anne-Marie Trevelyan M.P., Minister of State (Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office)
