Written questions

Chinese Embassy: Planning Permission

Commons · Question 104688 · Tabled 12 Jan 2026 · Home Office · Official record

Answered 20 Jan 2026

Question

Asked by Bob Blackman

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether her Department has made an assessments of the potential impact of approving a new Chines embassy on Hong Kongers in the UK.

Answer

Answered by Dan Jarvis, 20 Jan 2026

The decision on whether or not to approve planning permission for the proposed Chinese Embassy site at the Royal Mint Court is an independent one for the Secretary of State for the Ministry for Housing, Communities, and Local Government in his quasi-judic...