Written Question·Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office·UIN 74771

Jimmy Lai

Tabled: 3 September 2025
Answered: 16 September 2025
Named Day

Question

Sir Iain Duncan Smith

ConservativeChingford and Woodford Green

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what support his Department has offered to British citizens accused of being co-conspirators in the closing days of the trial of Jimmy Lai in Hong Kong; and what assessment h

Answer

Seema Malhotra
The prosecution in Jimmy Lai's politically motivated trial has sought to highlight Mr Lai'srelationships with foreign nationals, including British nationals. The naming of Britishnationals in this manner is unacceptable. If individuals named in any overse...

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