Question follow-through · 129807
China: Shipping
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, if she will make representations to her Chinese counterpart on Chinese naval and commercial shipping blocking the Scarborough Shoal in the South China Sea.
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- Answering body
- Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
- Tabled
- 27 Apr 2026
- Target answer date
- 29 Apr 2026
- Answer
- 29 Apr 2026 · 2 calendar days after tabling
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Recorded timeline
27 Apr 2026
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, if she will make representations to her Chinese counterpart on Chinese naval and commercial shipping blocking the Scarborough Shoal in the South China Sea.
29 Apr 2026
Target answer date
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29 Apr 2026
Answer published
I refer the Hon Member to the answer provided in the House of Lords on 23 July 2025 in response to Question HL9318.
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
Later records
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