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Lammy steps in as MP is banned from Hong Kong
The Independent
|April 14, 2025
Wera Hobhouse was denied entry into Chinese territory
The foreign secretary will raise the decision to refuse an MP entry to Hong Kong with Chinese authorities, describing the incident as “deeply concerning”.
Liberal Democrat MP Wera Hobhouse was denied entry to Hong Kong on Thursday after she had travelled to the territory to visit her son, who has lived there since 2019, and new grandson.
She is believed to be the first MP to be refused entry to the former British colony since it was handed back to China in 1997.
Ms Hobhouse, MP for Bath and a member of the InterParliamentary Alliance on China (Ipac), which has criticised Beijing’s handling of human rights, told The Times she had been given no explanation for being refused entry to Hong Kong.
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