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Foreign Influence Registration Scheme: China

Asked by Mr Richard HoldenConservativeTreasuryTabled Answered 16 May 2025UIN 51965

The question

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, with reference to the document entitled HM Treasury: Ministers' Hospitality - February 2025, published 25 April 2025, whether the Economic Secretary to the Treasury discussed the (a) foreign influence registration scheme and (b) China with TheCityUK on 6 February 2025.

Answered by Emma Reynolds

I attended TheCityUK’s annual dinner on 6 February 2025. Each year, a minister and/or regulator addresses the dinner. Speakers in previous years have included the Chancellor of the Exchequer, the Governor of the Bank of England, and numerous Economic Secretaries to the Treasury

I delivered a speech highlighting the important role of the financial services sector in delivering growth and setting out the Government's vision for the sector's future development and continued global leadership

The foreign Influence Registration Scheme or China was not discussed.

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