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Lord Alton of Liverpool to ask Her Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the advisory warning issued by the government of the United States on 14 September against travel to mainland China and Hong Kong which states (1) that the government of China “unilaterally and arbitrarily exercises police and security power,” and (2) that US citizens who have publicly criticised China have a “heightened risk of arrest, detention, expulsion, or prosecution”; and what assessment they have made of the risk to UK citizens of such action.  HL8108

Question HL8108: tabled on 15 September 2020 and due for answer by 29 September 2020

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Lord Alton of Liverpool to ask Her Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the advisory warning issued by the government of the United States on 14 September against travel to mainland China and Hong Kong which states (1) that the government of China “unilaterally and arbitrarily exercises police and security power,” and (2) that US citizens who have publicly criticised China have a “heightened risk of arrest, detention, expulsion, or prosecution”; and what assessment they have made of the risk to UK citizens of such action.  HL8108
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Lord Alton of Liverpool
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