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Lord Hannan of Kingsclere (Con)

Speaking in the House of Lords on 29 January 2025

Debate

Embassy of China: Proposed New Site

Contribution

My Lords, when the Chancellor of the Exchequer came back from her recent visit to China, she boasted about having got £600 million of investment over 10 years. This is about what our bloated government spends every 12.5 hours. If that is all that the Chinese are ponying up, why do they need such a big embassy?

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