Question follow-through · 85746
China: Embassies
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, with reference to her joint letter with the Home Secretary to the Planning Inspectorate on the Chinese Embassy, dated 14 January 2025, what discussions her Department had wit
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- Answering body
- Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
- Tabled
- 28 Oct 2025
- Target answer date
- 30 Oct 2025
- Answer
- 5 Nov 2025 · 8 calendar days after tabling
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Recorded timeline
28 Oct 2025
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, with reference to her joint letter with the Home Secretary to the Planning Inspectorate on the Chinese Embassy, dated 14 January 2025, what discussions her Department had wit
30 Oct 2025
Target answer date
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5 Nov 2025
Answer published
I refer the Rt Hon. Member to the answer given to question 24158.
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
Later records
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