Question follow-through · 110077
Foreign Investment in UK: China
To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, if he will publish a break down of the billions in investment secured on his visit to China in January 2026.
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- Answering body
- Department for Business and Trade
- Tabled
- 2 Feb 2026
- Target answer date
- 5 Feb 2026
- Answer
- 5 Feb 2026 · 3 calendar days after tabling
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Recorded timeline
2 Feb 2026
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, if he will publish a break down of the billions in investment secured on his visit to China in January 2026.
5 Feb 2026
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
5 Feb 2026
Answer published
As set out in the 30 January press release, hundreds of millions worth of new investment was secured as part of the visit, alongside £2.2 billion in export deals. This includes investment from HiTHIUM, Chery Commercial Vehicle, Asymchem, and POP MART.Furt...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
Later records
Possible follow-up questions
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Construction: Insolvency
27 Feb 2026 · To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what steps his Department is taking to support small and medium-sized construction businesses facing insolvency as a result of planning delays and late payment practices.
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1 Jun 2026 · To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, whether Ministers from his Department took Government phones and laptops on recent delegations to the People's Republic of China.