{"links":{"self":"https://petition.parliament.uk/petitions/780004.json"},"data":{"type":"petition","id":780004,"attributes":{"action":"Review & amend immigration rules for Hongkongers with political convictions","background":"We want the Government to review and amend immigration rules that include but are not limited to SUI 5.1(a) and BN(O) suitability provisions, regarding Hongkongers with politically motivated criminal convictions.","additional_details":"This is to ensure the sentence does not become an unreasonable barrier to enter and stay in the UK, and that political context is properly considered. An offence name or sentence alone may not reflect the conduct, political context or fair-trial concerns. This can leave Hongkongers affected by political prosecutions without a viable route to protection.\r\n\r\nWe believe the BN(O) route should remain true to its purpose: providing a viable pathway for Hongkongers facing political persecution, including those imprisoned or facing imprisonment in political cases. We believe politically related convictions should not become a barrier to BN(O) protection.","committee_note":"","state":"open","signature_count":247,"closing_date":"2027-03-28","created_at":"2026-08-19T11:03:02.800Z","updated_at":"2026-09-29T08:28:50.000Z","rejected_at":null,"opened_at":"2026-09-28T15:22:47.125Z","closed_at":null,"moderation_threshold_reached_at":"2026-08-19T11:39:40.000Z","response_threshold_reached_at":null,"government_response_at":null,"debate_threshold_reached_at":null,"debate_scheduled_on":null,"scheduled_debate_date":null,"debate_outcome_at":null,"creator_name":"Tsz Kin Kwok","rejection":null,"government_response":null,"debate":null,"departments":[{"acronym":"HO","name":"Home Office","url":"https://www.gov.uk/government/organisations/home-office"}],"topics":[],"signatures_by_country":[{"name":"Hong Kong","code":"HK","signature_count":2},{"name":"United Kingdom","code":"GB","signature_count":245}],"signatures_by_constituency":[{"name":"Aldridge-Brownhills","ons_code":"E14001064","mp":"Rt Hon Wendy Morton MP","signature_count":1},{"name":"Altrincham and Sale West","ons_code":"E14001065","mp":"Mr Connor Rand MP","signature_count":3},{"name":"Ashton-under-Lyne","ons_code":"E14001070","mp":"Rt Hon Angela Rayner MP","signature_count":6},{"name":"Banbury","ons_code":"E14001072","mp":"Sean Woodcock MP","signature_count":2},{"name":"Battersea","ons_code":"E14001081","mp":"Marsha De Cordova MP","signature_count":1},{"name":"Bexhill and Battle","ons_code":"E14001088","mp":"Dr Kieran Mullan MP","signature_count":1},{"name":"Bexleyheath and Crayford","ons_code":"E14001089","mp":"Daniel Francis MP","signature_count":1},{"name":"Birmingham Edgbaston","ons_code":"E14001092","mp":"Preet Kaur Gill MP","signature_count":1},{"name":"Birmingham Ladywood","ons_code":"E14001096","mp":"Rt Hon Shabana Mahmood KC MP","signature_count":1},{"name":"Birmingham Northfield","ons_code":"E14001097","mp":"Laurence Turner MP","signature_count":2},{"name":"Birmingham Perry Barr","ons_code":"E14001098","mp":"Ayoub Khan MP","signature_count":1},{"name":"Birmingham Selly Oak","ons_code":"E14001099","mp":"Al Carns MP","signature_count":1},{"name":"Blackley and Middleton South","ons_code":"E14001103","mp":"Graham Stringer MP","signature_count":1},{"name":"Bolton West","ons_code":"E14001112","mp":"Phil Brickell MP","signature_count":1},{"name":"Brent West","ons_code":"E14001123","mp":"Barry Gardiner MP","signature_count":1},{"name":"Bristol East","ons_code":"E14001132","mp":"Kerry McCarthy MP","signature_count":1},{"name":"Bristol North East","ons_code":"E14001133","mp":"Damien Egan MP","signature_count":1},{"name":"Bromley and Biggin Hill","ons_code":"E14001137","mp":"Peter Fortune MP","signature_count":2},{"name":"Broxtowe","ons_code":"E14001140","mp":"Juliet Campbell MP","signature_count":2},{"name":"Buckingham and Bletchley","ons_code":"E14001141","mp":"Callum Anderson MP","signature_count":2},{"name":"Bury North","ons_code":"E14001144","mp":"Mr James Frith MP","signature_count":12},{"name":"Bury South","ons_code":"E14001145","mp":"Christian Wakeford MP","signature_count":2},{"name":"Cambridge","ons_code":"E14001149","mp":"Daniel Zeichner MP","signature_count":2},{"name":"Carshalton and Wallington","ons_code":"E14001153","mp":"Bobby Dean MP","signature_count":1},{"name":"Cheadle","ons_code":"E14001158","mp":"Tom Morrison MP","signature_count":1},{"name":"Chester North and Neston","ons_code":"E14001163","mp":"Samantha Dixon MP","signature_count":1},{"name":"Chester South and Eddisbury","ons_code":"E14001164","mp":"Aphra Brandreth MP","signature_count":1},{"name":"Coventry South","ons_code":"E14001182","mp":"Zarah Sultana MP","signature_count":1},{"name":"Cramlington and Killingworth","ons_code":"E14001183","mp":"Emma Foody MP","signature_count":1},{"name":"Crewe and Nantwich","ons_code":"E14001185","mp":"Connor Naismith MP","signature_count":1},{"name":"Doncaster North","ons_code":"E14001200","mp":"Rt Hon Ed Miliband MP","signature_count":1},{"name":"Ealing Central and Acton","ons_code":"E14001207","mp":"Dr Rupa Huq MP","signature_count":1},{"name":"Earley and Woodley","ons_code":"E14001210","mp":"Yuan Yang MP","signature_count":6},{"name":"Eastbourne","ons_code":"E14001219","mp":"Josh Babarinde MP","signature_count":2},{"name":"Epsom and Ewell","ons_code":"E14001227","mp":"Helen Maguire MP","signature_count":2},{"name":"Erewash","ons_code":"E14001228","mp":"Adam Thompson MP","signature_count":1},{"name":"Erith and Thamesmead","ons_code":"E14001229","mp":"Ms Abena Oppong-Asare MP","signature_count":1},{"name":"Exmouth and Exeter East","ons_code":"E14001232","mp":"David Reed MP","signature_count":1},{"name":"Filton and Bradley Stoke","ons_code":"E14001237","mp":"Claire Hazelgrove MP","signature_count":3},{"name":"Finchley and Golders Green","ons_code":"E14001238","mp":"Sarah Sackman MP","signature_count":1},{"name":"Gateshead Central and Whickham","ons_code":"E14001244","mp":"Mark Ferguson MP","signature_count":1},{"name":"Gedling","ons_code":"E14001245","mp":"Michael Payne MP","signature_count":1},{"name":"Gillingham and Rainham","ons_code":"E14001246","mp":"Naushabah Khan MP","signature_count":1},{"name":"Gorton and Denton","ons_code":"E14001251","mp":"Hannah Spencer MP","signature_count":1},{"name":"Gravesham","ons_code":"E14001254","mp":"Dr Lauren Sullivan MP","signature_count":1},{"name":"Greenwich and Woolwich","ons_code":"E14001257","mp":"Rt Hon Matthew Pennycook MP","signature_count":2},{"name":"Guildford","ons_code":"E14001258","mp":"Zöe Franklin MP","signature_count":2},{"name":"Hammersmith and Chiswick","ons_code":"E14001264","mp":"Andy Slaughter MP","signature_count":1},{"name":"Hampstead and Highgate","ons_code":"E14001265","mp":"Tulip Siddiq MP","signature_count":1},{"name":"Hemel Hempstead","ons_code":"E14001278","mp":"David Taylor MP","signature_count":1},{"name":"Hendon","ons_code":"E14001279","mp":"David Pinto-Duschinsky MP","signature_count":4},{"name":"Hexham","ons_code":"E14001285","mp":"Joe Morris MP","signature_count":1},{"name":"Heywood and Middleton North","ons_code":"E14001286","mp":"Mrs Elsie Blundell MP","signature_count":2},{"name":"Hitchin","ons_code":"E14001289","mp":"Alistair Strathern MP","signature_count":1},{"name":"Horsham","ons_code":"E14001294","mp":"John Milne MP","signature_count":1},{"name":"Kingston and Surbiton","ons_code":"E14001312","mp":"Rt Hon Ed Davey MP","signature_count":2},{"name":"Knowsley","ons_code":"E14001317","mp":"Rt Hon Anneliese Midgley MP","signature_count":1},{"name":"Leeds North West","ons_code":"E14001322","mp":"Katie White MP","signature_count":1},{"name":"Leeds South","ons_code":"E14001323","mp":"Rt Hon Hilary Benn MP","signature_count":1},{"name":"Leeds South West and Morley","ons_code":"E14001324","mp":"Mark Sewards MP","signature_count":1},{"name":"Leigh and Atherton","ons_code":"E14001329","mp":"Jo Platt MP","signature_count":2},{"name":"Lichfield","ons_code":"E14001335","mp":"Dave Robertson MP","signature_count":1},{"name":"Liverpool Walton","ons_code":"E14001339","mp":"Dan Carden MP","signature_count":2},{"name":"Loughborough","ons_code":"E14001342","mp":"Dr Jeevun Sandher MP","signature_count":2},{"name":"Manchester Central","ons_code":"E14001352","mp":"Rt Hon Lucy Powell MP","signature_count":3},{"name":"Manchester Rusholme","ons_code":"E14001353","mp":"Afzal Khan MP","signature_count":1},{"name":"Manchester Withington","ons_code":"E14001354","mp":"Jeff Smith MP","signature_count":2},{"name":"Mid Cheshire","ons_code":"E14001361","mp":"Andrew Cooper MP","signature_count":1},{"name":"Milton Keynes Central","ons_code":"E14001369","mp":"Emily Darlington MP","signature_count":1},{"name":"Milton Keynes North","ons_code":"E14001370","mp":"Chris Curtis MP","signature_count":2},{"name":"Mitcham and Morden","ons_code":"E14001371","mp":"Dame Siobhain McDonagh MP","signature_count":1},{"name":"North East Hertfordshire","ons_code":"E14001393","mp":"Chris Hinchliff MP","signature_count":1},{"name":"North Somerset","ons_code":"E14001399","mp":"Sadik Al-Hassan MP","signature_count":1},{"name":"Norwich North","ons_code":"E14001408","mp":"Alice Macdonald MP","signature_count":1},{"name":"Norwich South","ons_code":"E14001409","mp":"Clive Lewis MP","signature_count":1},{"name":"Nottingham South","ons_code":"E14001412","mp":"Lilian Greenwood MP","signature_count":1},{"name":"Nuneaton","ons_code":"E14001413","mp":"Jodie Gosling MP","signature_count":1},{"name":"Oxford East","ons_code":"E14001419","mp":"Rt Hon Anneliese Dodds MP","signature_count":1},{"name":"Poplar and Limehouse","ons_code":"E14001430","mp":"Apsana Begum MP","signature_count":2},{"name":"Portsmouth South","ons_code":"E14001432","mp":"Stephen Morgan MP","signature_count":1},{"name":"Putney","ons_code":"E14001434","mp":"Fleur Anderson MP","signature_count":1},{"name":"Reading Central","ons_code":"E14001438","mp":"Matt Rodda MP","signature_count":2},{"name":"Reading West and Mid Berkshire","ons_code":"E14001439","mp":"Olivia Bailey MP","signature_count":2},{"name":"Ribble Valley","ons_code":"E14001443","mp":"Maya Ellis MP","signature_count":1},{"name":"Richmond Park","ons_code":"E14001445","mp":"Sarah Olney MP","signature_count":3},{"name":"Rugby","ons_code":"E14001453","mp":"John Slinger MP","signature_count":1},{"name":"Rushcliffe","ons_code":"E14001457","mp":"James Naish MP","signature_count":1},{"name":"Salford","ons_code":"E14001459","mp":"Rebecca Long Bailey MP","signature_count":8},{"name":"Sefton Central","ons_code":"E14001463","mp":"Bill Esterson MP","signature_count":1},{"name":"Sheffield Brightside and Hillsborough","ons_code":"E14001466","mp":"Gill Furniss MP","signature_count":2},{"name":"Sheffield Central","ons_code":"E14001467","mp":"Abtisam Mohamed MP","signature_count":1},{"name":"Sheffield Hallam","ons_code":"E14001468","mp":"Olivia Blake MP","signature_count":3},{"name":"Sherwood Forest","ons_code":"E14001471","mp":"Michelle Welsh MP","signature_count":3},{"name":"Solihull West and Shirley","ons_code":"E14001479","mp":"Dr Neil Shastri-Hurst MP","signature_count":1},{"name":"South Cambridgeshire","ons_code":"E14001481","mp":"Pippa Heylings MP","signature_count":2},{"name":"South Devon","ons_code":"E14001484","mp":"Caroline Voaden MP","signature_count":1},{"name":"Southgate and Wood Green","ons_code":"E14001503","mp":"Bambos Charalambous MP","signature_count":1},{"name":"St Albans","ons_code":"E14001507","mp":"Daisy Cooper MP","signature_count":3},{"name":"St Helens North","ons_code":"E14001509","mp":"David Baines MP","signature_count":1},{"name":"St Neots and Mid Cambridgeshire","ons_code":"E14001512","mp":"Ian Sollom MP","signature_count":1},{"name":"Stalybridge and Hyde","ons_code":"E14001515","mp":"Rt Hon Jonathan Reynolds MP","signature_count":1},{"name":"Stockport","ons_code":"E14001517","mp":"Navendu Mishra MP","signature_count":1},{"name":"Stretford and Urmston","ons_code":"E14001528","mp":"Andrew Western MP","signature_count":2},{"name":"Sutton and Cheam","ons_code":"E14001534","mp":"Luke Taylor MP","signature_count":3},{"name":"Sutton Coldfield","ons_code":"E14001535","mp":"Rt Hon Sir Andrew Mitchell MP","signature_count":1},{"name":"Telford","ons_code":"E14001541","mp":"Shaun Davies MP","signature_count":1},{"name":"Thornbury and Yate","ons_code":"E14001545","mp":"Claire Young MP","signature_count":1},{"name":"Tipton and Wednesbury","ons_code":"E14001547","mp":"Antonia Bance MP","signature_count":2},{"name":"Tonbridge","ons_code":"E14001549","mp":"Rt Hon Tom Tugendhat MP","signature_count":1},{"name":"Tottenham","ons_code":"E14001553","mp":"Rt Hon David Lammy MP","signature_count":1},{"name":"Tunbridge Wells","ons_code":"E14001555","mp":"Mike Martin MP","signature_count":2},{"name":"Uxbridge and South Ruislip","ons_code":"E14001558","mp":"Danny Beales MP","signature_count":2},{"name":"Wakefield and Rothwell","ons_code":"E14001560","mp":"Simon Lightwood MP","signature_count":1},{"name":"Warrington North","ons_code":"E14001564","mp":"Charlotte Nichols MP","signature_count":6},{"name":"Warrington South","ons_code":"E14001565","mp":"Sarah Hall MP","signature_count":15},{"name":"West Worcestershire","ons_code":"E14001579","mp":"Dame Harriett Baldwin MP","signature_count":2},{"name":"Widnes and Halewood","ons_code":"E14001584","mp":"Derek Twigg MP","signature_count":1},{"name":"Wimbledon","ons_code":"E14001586","mp":"Mr Paul Kohler MP","signature_count":1},{"name":"Woking","ons_code":"E14001592","mp":"Mr Will Forster MP","signature_count":1},{"name":"Wokingham","ons_code":"E14001593","mp":"Clive Jones MP","signature_count":2},{"name":"Wolverhampton South East","ons_code":"E14001595","mp":"Rt Hon Pat McFadden MP","signature_count":1},{"name":"Wythenshawe and Sale East","ons_code":"E14001602","mp":"Mike Kane MP","signature_count":1},{"name":"Aberdeen South","ons_code":"S14000061","mp":"Douglas Lumsden MP","signature_count":4},{"name":"Cumbernauld and Kirkintilloch","ons_code":"S14000072","mp":"Katrina Murray MP","signature_count":1},{"name":"Dunfermline and Dollar","ons_code":"S14000076","mp":"Graeme Downie MP","signature_count":1},{"name":"Edinburgh South","ons_code":"S14000080","mp":"Rt Hon Ian Murray MP","signature_count":4},{"name":"Edinburgh South West","ons_code":"S14000081","mp":"Dr Scott Arthur MP","signature_count":1},{"name":"Glasgow North East","ons_code":"S14000086","mp":"Maureen Burke MP","signature_count":1},{"name":"Glasgow South West","ons_code":"S14000088","mp":"Dr Zubir Ahmed MP","signature_count":1},{"name":"Livingston","ons_code":"S14000095","mp":"Gregor Poynton MP","signature_count":3},{"name":"Moray West, Nairn and Strathspey","ons_code":"S14000098","mp":"Graham Leadbitter MP","signature_count":1},{"name":"Motherwell, Wishaw and Carluke","ons_code":"S14000099","mp":"Pamela Nash MP","signature_count":2},{"name":"West Dunbartonshire","ons_code":"S14000106","mp":"Douglas McAllister MP","signature_count":1},{"name":"Cardiff North","ons_code":"W07000090","mp":"Anna McMorrin MP","signature_count":1},{"name":"Cardiff South and Penarth","ons_code":"W07000091","mp":"Stephen Doughty MP","signature_count":1},{"name":"Cardiff West","ons_code":"W07000092","mp":"Mr Alex Barros-Curtis MP","signature_count":1},{"name":"Pontypridd","ons_code":"W07000106","mp":"Alex Davies-Jones MP","signature_count":1},{"name":"Swansea West","ons_code":"W07000108","mp":"Torsten Bell MP","signature_count":1}],"signatures_by_region":[{"name":"North East","ons_code":"A","signature_count":3},{"name":"North West","ons_code":"B","signature_count":82},{"name":"Yorkshire and The Humber","ons_code":"D","signature_count":11},{"name":"East Midlands","ons_code":"E","signature_count":11},{"name":"West Midlands","ons_code":"F","signature_count":19},{"name":"East of England","ons_code":"G","signature_count":13},{"name":"London","ons_code":"H","signature_count":34},{"name":"South East","ons_code":"J","signature_count":35},{"name":"South West","ons_code":"K","signature_count":9},{"name":"Wales","ons_code":"L","signature_count":5},{"name":"Scotland","ons_code":"M","signature_count":20}],"other_parliamentary_business":[]}}}