Political Prisoners - 18th June 2025

Here are the climate-related sections of speeches by MPs during the Commons debate Political Prisoners.

Full text: https://hansard.parliament.uk/Commons/2025-06-18/debates/26F45735-8B7B-4C68-8F82-CFBA9CA1792C/PoliticalPrisoners

17:18 Hamish Falconer (Labour)

Hon. Members asked me a number of questions about which Ministers have raised Mr Lai’s case and how. The Prime Minister has done so with President Xi, as my hon. and learned Friend the Member for Folkestone and Hythe (Tony Vaughan) highlighted, and the Foreign Secretary, the Chancellor, the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, Foreign Office Ministers—in particular, the Minister with responsibility for China, my hon. Friend the Member for Hornsey and Friern Barnet (Catherine West)—Trade Ministers and Science Ministers have all raised Jimmy Lai’s detention with their Chinese counterparts. We will continue to do so.

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