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Chinese Embassy: Planning Permission

Asked by Alicia KearnsConservativeMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled Answered 19 December 2024UIN 20283

The question

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, whether (a) Ministers and (b) officials in her Department have had discussions with representatives of the Chinese government on the application to build a new Chinese Embassy in Tower Hamlets.

Answered by Matthew Pennycook

Officials in my Department have met with representatives of the People’s Republic of China. The purpose of this engagement was to explain the operation of the UK planning system. Details of the application for a new Chinese embassy were not discussed.

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