Oral Question·Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
“What recent assessment he has made of the effect of the National Security Law on the people of Hong Kong.”
Tabled: 2 September 2020Answered: 8 September 2020
Answering Minister
the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs
Answer from Hansard
Dan Jarvis
Any attack on the police is utterly shameful. The right to peaceful protest is a cornerstone of our democracy—it is a freedom that we protect fiercely—but Palestine Action’s activities have met the thresholds for proscription established in the Terrorism Act 2000. The organisation has conducted an escalating campaign, involving sustained criminal damage to national security infrastructure, intimidation and alleged violence, including the use of weapons resulting in serious injuries to individuals.