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China: Embassies

Commons · Question 29076 · Tabled 5 Feb 2025 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office · Official record

Answered 14 Feb 2025

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Asked by David Simmonds

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what discussions his Department has had with the Chinese Government on the granting of planning permission for the proposed new Chinese Embassy in London; and on what dates t

Answer

Answered by Catherine West, 14 Feb 2025

The planning application has been called in by the Secretary of State for the Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government and she will make this decision independent from the rest of Government corresponding to her quasi-judicial role. Officials...