Question follow-through · 121932
Sanctions: Hong Kong
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether HM Treasury has held discussions with international partners on the use of sanctions in response to reported serious human rights abuses in Hong Kong prisons.
About this written question
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- Answering body
- Treasury
- Tabled
- 18 Mar 2026
- Target answer date
- 23 Mar 2026
- Answer
- 27 Mar 2026 · 9 calendar days after tabling
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Votes on this topic
- Opposition Day Motion: Defence spending and readiness - Prime Minister's Amendment · 23 Jun 2026
- Opposition day: Defence spending and readiness · 23 Jun 2026
- Armed Forces Bill Report Stage: Amendment 11 · 22 Jun 2026
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Recorded timeline
18 Mar 2026
Question tabled
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether HM Treasury has held discussions with international partners on the use of sanctions in response to reported serious human rights abuses in Hong Kong prisons.
23 Mar 2026
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
27 Mar 2026
Answer published
The Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office is responsible for overall policy and the development of sanctions measures, and the UK’s response to international human rights abuses. This includes sanctions under the UK’s Global Human Rights sanction...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
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