United Kingdom · Question · Written question
HL HL7072
Hong Kong: Extradition
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21 July 2020
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3 August 2020 · Answer
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Summary
To ask Her Majesty's Government, further to the statement by the Foreign Secretary on 20 July (HC Deb, col 1832) that he will not consider reactivating extradition arrangements with Hong Kong “unless and until there are clear and robust safeguards that ca
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21 July 2020
Written question
To ask Her Majesty's Government, further to the statement by the Foreign Secretary on 20 July (HC Deb, col 1832) that he will not consider reactivating extradition arrangements with Hong Kong “unless and until there are clear and robust safeguards that ca
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3 August 2020
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The imposition of the National Security Law has significantly changed key assumptions underpinning the UK extradition treaty arrangements with Hong Kong.The Foreign Secretary expressed concern about Article 38 of the legislation during a statement to Parl...
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- Official source: https://questions-statements.parliament.uk/written-questions/detail/2020-07-21/HL7072
- Open data entity: https://questions-statements-api.parliament.uk/api/writtenquestions/questions/1227102
- uk · wq-1227102 · source updated 3 August 2020