Hong Kong: Electoral Reforms - Commons Urgent Question

Part of the debate – in the House of Lords at 1:13 pm on 11 March 2021.

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Photo of Lord Alton of Liverpool Lord Alton of Liverpool Crossbench 1:13, 11 March 2021

My Lords, I declare my interests as vice-chair of the All-Party Parliamentary Group on Hong Kong and as a patron of Hong Kong Watch. Given that BNO is not an accountability measure, what single action have we taken to hold the Chinese Communist Party to account for breaching the internationally binding Sino-British joint declaration? What cross-government assessment is being made of the CCP’s involvement in our critical national infrastructure? One example is the China General Nuclear Power Group, which is blacklisted in the US for stealing nuclear secrets, but which owns one-third of Hinkley Point in the United Kingdom?