Written Question·Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office·UIN 73846

HMS Richmond: Taiwan Strait

Tabled: 1 September 2025

Answered: 8 September 2025

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Question

Ben Obese-Jecty

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what assessment he has made of the potential impact of HMS Richmond's planned use of the Taiwan Strait in September on UK relations with China.

Answer

Seema Malhotra

We do not routinely comment on operational details. Wherever the Royal Navy operates, it does so in full compliance with international laws and norms and exercises its rights to freedom of navigation and overflight provided for by United Nations Conventio...

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