Question follow-through · 34352

British National (Overseas): Safety

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment she has made of the potential implications for her policies of the safety of British Hong Kongers.

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Answering body: Home Office
Tabled: 27 Feb 2025
Target answer date: 3 Mar 2025
Answer: 4 Mar 2025 · 5 calendar days after tabling

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Recorded timeline

27 Feb 2025
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment she has made of the potential implications for her policies of the safety of British Hong Kongers.
3 Mar 2025
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
4 Mar 2025
Answer published
The safety and security of Hong Kongers in the UK, including Carmen Lau and Tony Chung, is of the upmost importance. The UK will always stand up for the rights of the people of Hong Kong.As a matter of long-standing policy, we do not comment on the existe...

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