Question follow-through · 27542
Foreign Relations: China
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what discussions she had with the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Domestic Affairs on the China audit before 10 January 2025.
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- Answering body
- Treasury
- Tabled
- 30 Jan 2025
- Target answer date
- 4 Feb 2025
- Answer
- 4 Feb 2025 · 5 calendar days after tabling
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Recorded timeline
30 Jan 2025
Question tabled
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what discussions she had with the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Domestic Affairs on the China audit before 10 January 2025.
4 Feb 2025
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
4 Feb 2025
Answer published
The UK Government is carrying out an audit to examine the UK's interests with respect to China to improve our ability to understand and respond to the challenges and opportunities China poses. The Chancellor of the Exchequer has discussed various topics i...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
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