Written Question·Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office·UIN 19224

China: Taiwan

Tabled: 11 December 2024
Answered: 19 December 2024

Question

Sir Iain Duncan Smith

ConservativeChingford and Woodford Green

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, with reference to the 1972 Communique on the Agreement between the Government of the People’s Republic of China and the Government of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and

Answer

Catherine West
The UK's longstanding position on Taiwan, as set out in the 1972 Communique, has not changed and remains the position of this Government.