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7th Legislative Council of Hong Kong

The Seventh Legislative Council of Hong Kong is the seventh meeting of the legislative branch of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region government. Its term of office began on 1 January 2022 and convened on 12 January 2022, in the last six months of Carrie Lam's tenure as Chief Executive and the first three-and-a-half years of John Lee's term of office. The legislature's term of office ended on 31 December 2025.

Major events
• 1 January 2022: Commencement of this Council's term of office. • 3 January 2022: Oath-taking ceremony. 3 of the members took oath in Mandarin, namely Chow Man-kong, Sun Dong and Tan Yueheng. • 4 January 2022: Nomination for the president. Andrew Leung re-elected unopposed as the only candidate. • 10 January 2022: Originally scheduled for election of the president but cancelled. • 12 January 2022: Council's first session was convened. • 19 June 2022: Resignation of Horace Cheung, Alice Mak, Sun Dong and Nelson Lam after appointed as officials of the new government headed by Chief Executive-elect John Lee. • 18 December 2022: By-election for vacancies of Election Committee constituency. Chan Wing-kwong, Adrian Ho, Shang Hailong, William Wong elected. • 27 December 2022: Resignation of Stephen Wong after appointed as head of Chief Executive's Policy Unit. • 24 October 2025: Legislative Council prorogued In May 2023, the Legislative Council voted with 100% approval to let the chief executive restrict overseas lawyers from national security cases, following attempts by the government to block Jimmy Lai from hiring Tim Owen as his defense lawyer. The secretariat made changes where lawmakers' names were replaced with "a member" or "members" in meeting minutes, which the Hong Kong Journalists Association said "would make it more difficult for the public to hold lawmakers accountable, and therefore affect how voters may vote." The Chinese national emblem was installed in the chamber above the Hong Kong emblem for the first time. A survey in 2023 found that half of Hongkongers were unable to name any serving lawmaker, with another 12% naming somebody not a current lawmaker. ==Major legislation==
Major legislation
Enacted • 9 June 2022: Employment and Retirement Schemes Legislation (Offsetting Arrangement) (Amendment) Bill 2022 - for Mandatory Provident Fund • 6 July 2023: District Councils (Amendment) Bill 2023 • 12 July 2023: Criminal Procedure (Amendment) Bill 2023 • 14 December 2023: Taxi-Driver-Offence Points Bill • 19 March 2024: Safeguarding National Security Bill • 26 June 2024: Extension of Government Leases Bill • 3 July 2024: Social Workers Registration (Amendment) Bill 2024 • 11 July 2024: Mandatory Reporting of Child Abuse Bill • 20 February 2025: Road Tunnels (Government) (Amendment) Bill 2024 • 26 March 2025: Courts (Remote Hearing) Bill • 7 May 2025: Protection of the Harbour (Amendment) Bill 2024 • 21 May 2025: Stablecoins Bill • 11 June 2025: Housing (Amendment) Bill 2025 - to combat tenancy abuse • 25 June 2025: Trade Unions (Amendment) Bill 2025 - to tighten union laws on national security grounds • 23 July 2025: Legislative Council (Powers and Privileges) (Amendment) Bill 2025 - following the introduction of code of conduct • 11 September 2025: Betting Duty (Amendment) Bill 2025 - to authorise basketball betting • 11 September 2025: Tobacco Control Legislation (Amendment) Bill 2025 • 26 September 2025: Basic Housing Units Bill - to regulate subdivided flats • 15 October 2025: Road Traffic (Amendment) (Ride-hailing Service) Bill 2025 - to introduce licenses for ride-hailing service Defeated • 10 September 2025: Registration of Same-sex Partnerships Bill ==Leadership==
Leadership
Andrew Leung Presiding President: Andrew Leung (BPA) Pro-Beijing camp • Convenor: Martin Liao • Deputy Convenor: Starry Lee Non-alignedTik Chi-yuen (as the only member who does not belong to the Pro-Beijing camp) ==Secretariat==
Secretariat
Secretary General: • Kenneth Chen until 31 July 2024 • Dora Wai from 1 August 2024 ==Composition==
List of Members
In this Legislative Council, 59 of the 90 members elected in the 2021 election were elected for the first time, or were not members of the last Legislative Council. All members are listed by seniority according to the year of the beginning of consecutive service then the order of swearing in (i.e. the number of strokes in the traditional characters of names in Chinese per precedent) with the president of the Legislative Council being ranked first. Members who did not serve throughout the term are italicised. Supplementary members elected in by-elections are listed below. Changes • 15 June 2022: Scott Leung (Kowloon West), Kitson Yang (Kowloon Central), Connie Lam (New Territories South East), and Gary Zhang (New Territories North) formed the A4 Alliance. • 6 July 2022: Sunny Tan (Textiles and Garment) joined the Business and Professionals Alliance for Hong Kong (BPA). • 1 October 2022: Louis Loong (Real Estate and Construction) joined the BPA. • 10 December 2022: Lau Chi-pang (Election Committee) became president of Hong Kong Federation of Education Workers. ==Committees==
Committees
• House Committee • Parliamentary Liaison Subcommittee • Finance Committee • Establishment Subcommittee • Public Works Subcommittee • Public Accounts Committee • Committee on Members' Interests • Committee on Rules of Procedure Panels • Panel on Administration of Justice and Legal Services • Panel on Commerce and Industry • Panel on Constitutional Affairs • Panel on Development • Panel on Economic Development • Panel on Education • Panel on Environmental Affairs • Panel on Financial Affairs • Panel on Food Safety and Environmental Hygiene • Panel on Health Services • Panel on Home Affairs • Panel on Housing • Panel on Information Technology and Broadcasting • Panel on Manpower • Panel on Security • Panel on Transport • Panel on Welfare Services ==See also==
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