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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
Nina Lloyd

Ed Davey urges China to ‘publish the tapes’ after MP denied entry to Hong Kong

Liberal Democrat leader Sir Ed Davey (Joe Giddens/PA) - (PA Wire)

Sir Ed Davey has called on China to release the tapes of the interrogation of a Liberal Democrat MP who was denied entry to Hong Kong to visit her family.

The party leader also urged Foreign Secretary David Lammy to summon the country’s ambassador to Britain to demand an explanation for Wera Hobhouse’s deportation, saying the UK should not be “kowtowing” to Beijing.

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