Question follow-through · 66572
Chinese Embassy: Planning Permission
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, pursuant to the Answer of 19 May 2025 to Question 51399 on Embassies: China, whether (a) MI5, (b) GCHQ or (c) MI6 have made any direct representations to (i) the planning inspect
About this written question
A written question asks a government minister for information in writing. Parliament publishes the question and any answer.
- Answering body
- Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government
- Tabled
- 10 Jul 2025
- Target answer date
- 14 Jul 2025
- Answer
- 21 Jul 2025 · 11 calendar days after tabling
Elapsed calendar days describe the record timeline, not whether Parliament considers an answer on time.
More questions by this MP on Housing and planning
- Council Tax: Tax Yields · 11 Jul 2025
- Tower Hamlets Council: Tenants · 11 Jul 2025
- Tower Hamlets Council: Mudchute Park and Farm · 11 Jul 2025
- Political Parties: Finance · 11 Jul 2025
- Cities and Local Growth Unit · 11 Jul 2025
Shared topic keywords suggest a connection; they do not establish a follow-up.
Votes on this topic
- Social Housing Bill [Lords]: Reasoned Amendment to Second Reading · 10 Sept 2026
- Draft Town and Country Planning (Discharge of Local Planning Authority Functions) (England) Regulations 2026 · 8 Jul 2026
These Commons divisions share a topic label. The question did not necessarily lead to a vote.
Recorded timeline
10 Jul 2025
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, pursuant to the Answer of 19 May 2025 to Question 51399 on Embassies: China, whether (a) MI5, (b) GCHQ or (c) MI6 have made any direct representations to (i) the planning inspect
14 Jul 2025
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
21 Jul 2025
Answer published
Representations on planning applications are dealt with in accordance with paragraphs 18, 19 and 20 of the published propriety guidance on planning casework decisions which can be found on gov.uk here All Inquiry documents including representations to the...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
Later records
Possible follow-up questions
Strong links require the same MP, department and exact heading. Other same-department questions are shown as unreviewed candidates, not as confirmed follow-ups. No debate link is asserted unless a stable source relationship exists.
Council Tax: Tax Yields
11 Jul 2025 · To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, pursuant to the Answer of 25 June 2025 to Question 60934 on Council Tax: Tax Yields, what the monetary amount of the estimated receipts from council tax in England only is in eac
Tower Hamlets Council: Tenants
11 Jul 2025 · To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, with reference to paragraph 5.1 of the report of the Ministerial Envoys to the London Borough of Tower Hamlets to Ministers, published on 9 July 2025, what assessment the Ministe
Tower Hamlets Council: Mudchute Park and Farm
11 Jul 2025 · To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, with reference to paragraph 5.1 of the report of the Ministerial Envoys to the London Borough of Tower Hamlets to Ministers, published on 9 July 2025, if she will make it her pol
Political Parties: Finance
11 Jul 2025 · To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, with reference to page 25 of the National Security Strategy 2025, published on 24 June 2025, what steps she is taking with Cabinet colleagues to improve safeguards to prevent (a)
Cities and Local Growth Unit
11 Jul 2025 · To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, pursuant to the Answer of 24 June 2025 to Question 60044 on Cities and Local Growth Unit; why the unit was closed; and whether for what policy reason the joint unit has its funct
Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government: MG OMD
11 Jul 2025 · To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, with reference to the her Department's transparency data, MHCLG: spending over £25,000, March 2025, published on 28 April 2025, what was the full specification of the research co
Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government: The Faith & Belief Forum
11 Jul 2025 · To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, with reference to her Department's transparency data, MHCLG: spending over £25,000, March 2025 published on 28 April 2025, what was the full specification of the research underta
Environment Protection and Freedom of Information
11 Jul 2025 · To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, whether the (a) Local Government Association and (b) Parking and Traffic Regulations Outside London statutory joint committee is subject to the (a) Freedom of Information Act 200
Neighbourhood Plans
11 Jul 2025 · To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, pursuant to the Answer of 25 June 2025 to Question 60597 on Neighbourhood Plans, for what reason her Department is unable to commission new neighbourhood planning support service
Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government: Expenditure
11 Jul 2025 · To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, with reference to the publication MHCLG: spending over £25,000, May 2025, published on 30 June 2025, what the purpose was of the ZenCity Polling; and which policy areas it relate
Civil Service: Equality
11 Jul 2025 · To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, pursuant to the Answer of 26 June 2025 to Question 60843 on Civil Service: Equality, if she will place in the Library a copy of the (a) training and (b) support materials provide
Business Rates
11 Jul 2025 · To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what the estimated cash increase in business rate revenue in England is in 2025-26 as a consequence of the reduction in retail, hospitality and leisure rate relief.