Speeches by Cooper.

“There are some issues that are security related. Given that we have recognised some of the national security threats that China poses, you would not expect us to publish details around that, and I do not think that any of the Five Eyes partners has published an overarching China strategy in that way, for exactly that r…”

“On the issues around sanctions, we have had very strong co-ordinated work with the European Commission. Some of the Russian sovereign assets work, for example, has been very close between us and the European Commission. There are other areas in which the strongest partnerships are directly with individual member states…”

“We have seen the impact on some of them, as a result of those sanctions, of also losing their platforms and being unable to operate. Of course, the challenge with this kind of thing is to then identify when they simply re-emerge somewhere else in the system. It is about increasing our co-ordinated monitoring, but also …”

“There is a mix of things that we can do. I look forward to your Committee’s report as well, and to your recommendations. What we are seeking to do now is to co-ordinate on this, particularly with NATO allies, but also more widely. We have now introduced a whole series of sanctions. I will correct this in writing if it …”

“The statement today was about a further review into foreign malign interference in elections. We have seen this already happening in countries across the world. I know that this is something that the Committee has been looking into. If we look at Moldova, for example, there were fake websites for political parties, wit…”

“I certainly can, yes.”

“I have been working extensively on this, and I hope to be able to update the Committee as soon as possible. We have been doing a huge amount of work over the last few months, and I hope to be able to provide a progress update to the Committee very soon.”

“I welcome my hon. Friend’s championing of Jimmy Lai. She is right: this is about some of the most basic freedoms of all. It is about freedom of expression, freedom of speech, freedom of assembly—freedom to gather—and also the fundamental freedoms in relation to journalism that are so important and have been such an imp…”

“Having been Home Secretary before becoming Foreign Secretary, I am very clear about the nature of the security threats that China poses. The right hon. Gentleman is right to say that this is not simply about the threat to Jimmy Lai, and not simply about this particular prosecution. In itself it is used more widely as p…”

“I thank my hon. Friend for his words about the appalling attack on Bondi Beach, and also for championing the case of Jimmy Lai. Both the Prime Minister and I have met Sebastien Lai previously, and I will very happily do so again.”

“I agree with the right hon. Member that, given the immediate circumstances for a 78-year-old man in poor health, there is an urgent need for clemency and humanitarian recognition of those circumstances. We of course have strong differences on the national security law, which we are very clear is a breach of the declara…”

“My hon. Friend will recognise that we have independent processes for the judiciary, but he is right to say that the rule of law is really important. It is an important issue for the UK, and we stand up for those values in all their dimensions. The Chinese authorities have increasingly spoken about the importance of the…”

“I will certainly do so. I will follow that up, and get back to the right hon. Member. I agree with him that it is immensely important that we speak with one powerful voice, with all of us calling for the release of Jimmy Lai.”

“My right hon. Friend is right to say that many other people are facing prosecution or have already been charged and been through a process under the national security law. We are very clear that the national security law should be repealed. It directly contradicts the declaration and the legal obligations on the Chines…”

“I note that the right hon. Member obviously shares the concerns about, and joins the calls for the release of, Jimmy Lai. On the wider issues, I have been very clear about the national security threats posed by China—for example, transnational oppression, support for Russia in the war on Ukraine and cyber-threats, on w…”

“It is exactly because of that transnational repression—threats to people resident on UK soil, including Hongkongers whom we have welcomed into our communities as a result of the repression they have faced—that we have strengthened the work of the counter-terrorism police and intelligence agencies on targeting state thr…”

“We send our wholehearted support to Jimmy Lai’s family, who face the most difficult of circumstances, and to Jimmy Lai himself, who is a British citizen and has our strong support. We will continue to raise this issue in every forum that we can. The priority must be to draw on those humanitarian grounds, if nothing els…”

“I have met Sebastien Lai previously, and I will certainly meet him again in order to talk to him about what more support we can provide.”

“There is a deep, long-standing change that we have seen in the Chinese authorities’ approach over the last five years. Successive Governments have raised that with China, but we continue to do so because the national security law is deeply damaging, undermines the declaration and undermines the international rule of la…”

“I am very sorry to hear the circumstances of my hon. Friend’s constituent, and I am happy to discuss them further with my hon. Friend. As she will know, we have raised our concerns repeatedly, especially in relation to the national security law and the way in which that law does not respect the circumstances and the co…”