Written Question·Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office·UIN 114180

Chinese Embassy: Planning Permission

Tabled: 20 February 2026
Answered: 4 March 2026

Question

Lee Anderson

Reform UKAshfield

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what security assessments her Department undertook ahead of the approval of the planned Chinese Embassy by the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Governmen

Answer

Seema Malhotra
I refer the Hon Member to the statement made by the Security Minister on 20 January.