In January 2021, the DAB proposed that committees monitor whether district councillors are fulfilling the oath of loyalty to the government, as ordered by the Civil Service Bureau.[4] Lau claimed that since district councils are majority pro-democracy, they have been slow to hand out money, and district councillors should be stripped of their power to allocate public funds.[4] In addition, Lau claimed that "The district councils, over the past year, have lost their function as a consultative body and become a platform for the opposition camp to smear the central and the local governments."[5]
In December 2022, Lau was part of 3 lawmakers who drafted legislation to reform CUHK's governing council, saying "During the anti-government turmoil in 2019, there was a riot on the campus of CUHK but the attitude and handling of the incident by CUHK were appalling."[6]
In September 2023, Lau drew criticism after he helped push a bill to revamp Chinese University's governing council without the school's endorsement, with former lawmaker Abraham Shek asking "They should table the bill with the university’s endorsement. Why do they have to be that authoritarian?"[7]
Personal life
In August 2022, Lau tested positive for COVID-19.[8]