Question follow-through · 104386
Chinese Embassy: Planning Permission
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, with reference to her oral response on Monday 15 December 2025, Official Report Column 683, what further information was provided to the planning process for the proposed Chi
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- Answering body
- Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
- Tabled
- 8 Jan 2026
- Target answer date
- 13 Jan 2026
- Answer
- 13 Jan 2026 · 5 calendar days after tabling
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Recorded timeline
8 Jan 2026
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, with reference to her oral response on Monday 15 December 2025, Official Report Column 683, what further information was provided to the planning process for the proposed Chi
13 Jan 2026
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
13 Jan 2026
Answer published
The relevant letters provided to the planning process by the Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office and the Home Office, dated 14 January, 20 August, and 27 November 2025, are already on the public record.
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
Later records
Possible follow-up questions
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