Question follow-through · 8157
Hong Kong Economic and Trade Office: Diplomatic Relations
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, when he last reviewed the status of the Hong Kong Economic and Trade Office; when he plans next to review it;, and for what reason it has diplomatic status.
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- Answering body
- Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
- Tabled
- 9 Oct 2024
- Target answer date
- 14 Oct 2024
- Answer
- 14 Oct 2024 · 5 calendar days after tabling
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Recorded timeline
9 Oct 2024
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, when he last reviewed the status of the Hong Kong Economic and Trade Office; when he plans next to review it;, and for what reason it has diplomatic status.
14 Oct 2024
Target answer date
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14 Oct 2024
Answer published
The Hong Kong Economic and Trade Office Act 1996 provides the Hong Kong Economic and Trade Office with certain privileges and immunities in line with the Vienna Convention on Consular Relations, for the purposes of furthering economic and trade interests....
Official data retrieved 27 Sept 2026.
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