House of Commons of the United Kingdom

3 Dec 2012

A committee of UK lawmakers has called on government to crack down on multinational companies that make substantial sales in Britain but pay little tax here, echoing demands from leaders across...

9:05AM

Tax protest to hijack Starbucks outlets

13 Nov 2012

Dozens of UK Starbucks branches will be turned into creches, refuges and homeless shelters, as direct action group UK Uncut hijacks the coffee outlets to highlight the chain's tax avoidance...

5:59AM

One hundred years of procrastination

5 Jul 2006

Unwittingly or otherwise, Secretary for Constitutional Affairs Stephen Lam Sui-lung gave the game away on the government's timetable for introducing democracy in an interview with BBC World...

10:40PM

Questions to be addressed

8 Apr 2002

Executive Council

Number of ministers and their portfolios. Number of ministers without policy portfolios and their role;

Whether political parties will be represented;...

9:09PM

The debate can wait - it's the holidays

6 Jul 1996

They all looked very keen. Robin Cook, the shadow foreign secretary, asked Malcolm Rifkind last month when the Government would name the day for the House of Commons to hold a full debate on Hong...

9:48AM

Abode bill fails

5 Mar 1994

A BILL aimed at giving the right of abode in Britain to Hong Kong's ethnic minorities was rejected in the House of Commons last night.

10:54PM

Opinion

Alex Lo

A dangerous demagogue in our midst

3 comments

4:18AM

Jake Van Der Kamp

Ferry subsidies to push rents up further

3 comments

4:27AM

How to put life in Legco

NO issue stirs up stronger emotions in the Legislative Council than the members' right to speak. Any suggestion of restricting that right would spark off a heated debate.

11:45AM