Chinese Embassy: Planning Permission
Commons · Question 20283 · Tabled 16 Dec 2024 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government · Official record
Answered 19 Dec 2024
Question
Asked by Alicia Kearns
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, whether (a) Ministers and (b) officials in her Department have had discussions with representatives of the Chinese government on the application to build a new Chinese Embassy in
Answer
Answered by Matthew Pennycook, 19 Dec 2024
Officials in my Department have met with representatives of the People’s Republic of China. The purpose of this engagement was to explain the operation of the UK planning system. Details of the application for a new Chinese embassy were not discussed.