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Foreign Influence Registration Scheme: China

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, with reference to the document entitled HM Treasury: Ministers' Hospitality - February 2025, published 25 April 2025, whether the Economic Secretary to the Treasury discussed the (a) foreign influence registration s

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Treasury
Tabled
13 May 2025
Target answer date
16 May 2025
Answer
16 May 2025 · 3 calendar days after tabling

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  1. 13 May 2025

    Question tabled

    To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, with reference to the document entitled HM Treasury: Ministers' Hospitality - February 2025, published 25 April 2025, whether the Economic Secretary to the Treasury discussed the (a) foreign influence registration s

  2. 16 May 2025

    Target answer date

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  3. 16 May 2025

    Answer published

    I attended TheCityUK’s annual dinner on 6 February 2025. Each year, a minister and/or regulator addresses the dinner. Speakers in previous years have included the Chancellor of the Exchequer, the Governor of the Bank of England, and numerous Economic Secr...

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