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Chinese Embassy: Planning Permission

Commons · Question 17009 · Tabled 29 Nov 2024 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government · Official record

Answered 6 Dec 2024

Question

Asked by David Simmonds

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, with reference to the Prime Minister’s Oral Statement of 21 November 2024 on G20 and COP29 Summits, Official Report, columns 371-373 and pursuant to the Answer of 27 November 202

Answer

Answered by Matthew Pennycook, 6 Dec 2024

The decision to call in the planning application for the proposed Chinese Embassy was made by the Deputy Prime Minister, in line with current policy on call-in.