Written questions

Chinese Embassy: Planning Permission

Commons · Question 29609 · Tabled 6 Feb 2025 · Home Office · Official record

Answered 12 Feb 2025

Question

Asked by David Simmonds

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether her Department has had recent discussions with the Metropolitan Police on the application for a new Chinese Embassy.

Answer

Answered by Dan Jarvis, 12 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 quasi-judicial decision independent from the rest of Government.It would not be appropriate to comme...