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December 04, 2014

VIDEO – UK Parliament Debate on Hong Kong Handover Agreement

From HongWrong.com
The meeting, related to a Foreign Affairs Committee inquiry, was called after Beijing indicated that it would block a cross-party group of MPs from visiting Hong Kong.
During the debate, MPs said that the 1984 Joint Declaration, which gave rise to the Handover, remains an active “binding international treaty”.She stated that the agreement must be adhered to and that it did not expire in 1997.
  • Video 1 by Sir Richard Ottaway, 16 mins
  • Video 2 by Ann Clwyd (Lab), 10 mins
  • Video 3 by Sir Malcolm Rifkind (Con), 9 mins
  • Video 4 by Sir Gerald Kaufman (Lab) & Sir John Stanley (Con), 10 mins
  • Video 5 by Mike Gapes (Lab Co-op), 16 mins
  • Video 6 by Richard Graham (Con), 13 mins
  • Video 7 by Sandra Osborne (Lab), 6 mins
  • Video 8 by Martin Horwood (LD), 14 mins
  • Video 9 by Mr Frank Roy (Lab), 11 mins
  • Video 10 by Mr Andrew Rosindell (Con), 10 mins
  • Video 11 by Mr John Baron (Con), 10 mins
  • Video 12 by Mr Nadhim Zahawi (Con), 5mins
  • Video 13 by Ms Kerry McCarthy (Lab), 9 mins
  • Video 14 Part 1 by Mr Hugo Swire (The Minister of State), 6 mins
  • Video 15 Part 2 by Mr Hugo Swire (The Minister of State), 7 mins