Written Question·Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office·UIN 22636

Chinese Embassy: Planning Permission

Tabled: 8 January 2025
Answered: 16 January 2025

Question

Kevin Hollinrake

Conservative — Thirsk and Malton

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, if he will publish any (a) electronic and (b) written communication from Downing Street to his Department on the Chinese Embassy before the decision was made to call in the p

Answer

Catherine West
The planning application has been called in by the Secretary of State for the Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government and she will make this decision independent from the rest of Government corresponding to her quasi-judicial role. Other Gov...
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