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HMS Richmond: Taiwan Strait

Asked by Ben Obese-JectyConservativeForeign, Commonwealth and Development OfficeTabled Answered 8 September 2025UIN 73846

The question

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.

Answered by 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 Convention on the Law of the Sea (UNCLOS).

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