Written Question·Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office·UIN 105773

Chinese Embassy: Royal Mint

Tabled: 14 January 2026
Answered: 21 January 2026
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Question

Kevin Hollinrake

ConservativeThirsk and Malton

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, Pursuant to the answer of 25 November 2025, to Question 91404, on Embassies: Royal Mint, if he will publish the Note Verbale dated 4 May 2018 relating to the consent to the P

Answer

Seema Malhotra
The Government does not routinely publish Notes Verbales outside of legal proceedings, or comment on their contents, as they are regarded by international custom as private diplomatic correspondence and presumed confidential.