China sanctions: MP on secret blacklist calls for all restrictions to be lifted

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Responding to Starmer's announcement regarding 6 parliamentarians having their sanctions lifted by the Chinese authorities, Wera Hobhouse, Liberal Democrat MP for Bath who was blocked from entering Hong Kong in 2025, said: 

"I was never on an official sanction list, yet I was arbitrarily denied entry to Hong Kong when trying to meet my newborn grandson. We need assurance from the Prime Minister that all parliamentarians can criticise the actions of the CCP without fear of retribution. 

"A diplomatic reset that ignores the existence of secret bans on sitting Parliamentarians is not a reset at all. We parliamentarians been given no clarity on how we are affected by this change.

"All restrictions must be lifted for all parliamentarians by the Chinese authorities.”

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