Sino-British Joint Declaration: Rule of Law

Part of Oral Answers to Questions — Foreign and Commonwealth Office – in the House of Commons at on 4 December 2018.

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The banning of a pro-independence party in September marks a disturbing new phase in the erosion of democratic rights and freedoms by China. It is a clear breach of the spirit of the 1984 declaration, yet the Government are so desperate for a post-Brexit trade deal that they have done nothing. Is Chris Patten right to describe the Government’s policy as “craven”?