Question follow-through · 88722
Chinese Embassy: Planning Permission
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, whether the (a) security agencies and (b) Bank of England have been able to make representations about the cyber-security of telecommunication cables in the BT Openreach exchange
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- Answering body
- Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government
- Tabled
- 10 Nov 2025
- Target answer date
- 12 Nov 2025
- Answer
- 21 Nov 2025 · 11 calendar days after tabling
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More questions by this MP on Housing and planning
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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
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Recorded timeline
10 Nov 2025
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, whether the (a) security agencies and (b) Bank of England have been able to make representations about the cyber-security of telecommunication cables in the BT Openreach exchange
12 Nov 2025
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
21 Nov 2025
Answer published
As the hon. Member is aware, any party can make representations in respect of a planning application. Representations on planning applications are dealt with in accordance with paragraphs 18, 19 and 20 of the published propriety guidance on planning casew...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
Later records
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