Question follow-through · 27090
Chinese Embassy: Planning Permission
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, whether his Department has received representations from the Metropolitan Police on the called-in application for the proposed new Chinese embassy.
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- Answering body
- Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
- Tabled
- 29 Jan 2025
- Target answer date
- 3 Feb 2025
- Answer
- 4 Feb 2025 · 6 calendar days after tabling
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Votes on this topic
- Opposition Day Motion: Defence spending and readiness - Prime Minister's Amendment · 23 Jun 2026
- Opposition day: Defence spending and readiness · 23 Jun 2026
- Armed Forces Bill Report Stage: Amendment 11 · 22 Jun 2026
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Recorded timeline
29 Jan 2025
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, whether his Department has received representations from the Metropolitan Police on the called-in application for the proposed new Chinese embassy.
3 Feb 2025
Target answer date
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4 Feb 2025
Answer published
The FCDO has not received any representations from the Metropolitan Police on the called-in application for the proposed new Chinese embassy.
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
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