HONG KONG

25 November 2014: Baroness Falkner of Margravine asked Her Majesty’s Government what is their assessment of the impact of recent events in Hong Kong on the prospects for democracy in that region. contributing to the Question: Lord Faulkner of Worcester (Lab): My Lords, bearing in mind that the noble Baroness’s question refers to democracy in the region, will the Minister take the opportunity to pay tribute to the people of Taiwan, who change their Governments regularly through the ballot box, and whose parliamentary system is very close to our own, unlike that of mainland China? I declare an interest as co-chair of the British-Taiwanese All-Party Parliamentary Group.

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