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Baroness Hoey (Non-Afl)

Speaking in the House of Lords on 4 February 2026

Debate

China and Japan

Contribution

My Lords, one British citizen is being held by the Chinese in solitary confinement, as other noble Lords have mentioned. There is something I genuinely cannot understand: as the visit was being arranged, and as we were giving permission for a huge Chinese embassy, why was this one British citizen not made an absolutely key issue before the Prime Minister was even prepared to go to China?

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