Question follow-through · 49567
Infrastructure: China
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, whether his Department has made a recent assessment of the potential merits of excluding Chinese firms from critical national infrastructure.
About this written question
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- Answering body
- Cabinet Office
- Tabled
- 30 Apr 2025
- Target answer date
- 6 May 2025
- Answer
- 13 May 2025 · 13 calendar days after tabling
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Recorded timeline
30 Apr 2025
Question tabled
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, whether his Department has made a recent assessment of the potential merits of excluding Chinese firms from critical national infrastructure.
6 May 2025
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
13 May 2025
Answer published
The UK will not compromise on economic security and will continue to prioritise national security and resilience. We will continue to cooperate with China on trade and investment, recognising there will also be areas where we need to challenge non-market ...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
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