Written questions

Department for Business and Trade: China

Commons · Question 47580 · Tabled 23 Apr 2025 · Department for Business and Trade · Official record

Answered 28 Apr 2025

Question

Asked by Calum Miller

To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, if his Department will publish the minutes from meetings between the Minister of Trade and the Chief of Defence Staff and their Chinese interlocutors on the week commencing 7 April 2025.

Answer

Answered by Douglas Alexander, 28 Apr 2025

In line with the practice of successive administrations, detailed minutes of ministerial meetings - even those that are declared publicly - are not normally disclosed.