Question follow-through · 61015
Overseas Companies: Hong Kong
To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, whether he has made an assessment of the potential impact of the removal of public complaint records from the Hong Kong Ombudsman Office’s online archive on UK businesses operating in that country.
About this written question
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- Answering body
- Department for Business and Trade
- Tabled
- 18 Jun 2025
- Target answer date
- 20 Jun 2025
- Answer
- 26 Jun 2025 · 8 calendar days after tabling
Elapsed calendar days describe the record timeline, not whether Parliament considers an answer on time.
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Recorded timeline
18 Jun 2025
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, whether he has made an assessment of the potential impact of the removal of public complaint records from the Hong Kong Ombudsman Office’s online archive on UK businesses operating in that country.
20 Jun 2025
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
26 Jun 2025
Answer published
I am aware of the removal of the historical complaint records from the Hong Kong Ombudsman Office's website. While we recognise the importance of transparency and access to public information for businesses operating overseas, no formal assessment has bee...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
Later records
Possible follow-up questions
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