Written Question·Department for Business and Trade·UIN 47580

Department for Business and Trade: China

Tabled: 23 April 2025
Answered: 28 April 2025
Named Day

Question

Calum Miller

Liberal DemocratBicester and Woodstock

To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, if his Department will publish the minutes from meetings between the Minister of Trade and the Chief of Defence Staff and their Chinese interlocutors on the week commencing 7 April 2025.

Answer

Mr Douglas Alexander
In line with the practice of successive administrations, detailed minutes of ministerial meetings - even those that are declared publicly - are not normally disclosed.