Written Question
Monday 11th September 2023
Asked by:
Elizabeth Truss (Conservative - South West Norfolk)
Question
to the Department for Transport:
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, pursuant to the Answer of 13 June 2023 to Question 187965 on Department for Transport: Taiwan, if he will identify which minister represented his Department for each meeting it held with representatives of the Taiwan Government in (a) 2018, (b) 2019, (c) 2020, (d) 2021, (e) 2022 and (f) 2023 ; and if he will identify the (i) job title and (ii) grade of the most senior official who represented his Department when a minister was not present for each meeting it held with representatives of the Taiwan Government in (A) 2018, (B) 2019, (C) 2020, (D) 2021, (E) 2022 and (F) 2023.
Answered by Jesse Norman
- Shadow Leader of the House of Commons
Between 2018 and 2023, DfT Ministers have met with representatives of Taiwan once. In 2020, Baroness Vere of Norbiton met with the Taipei Representative to the UK to discuss transport matters.
The Department also had regular official level meetings with representatives of the Taiwanese administration during this period, both in the UK and through the British Office in Taipei, in line with our longstanding policy on Taiwan.
Written Question
Tuesday 13th June 2023
Asked by:
Elizabeth Truss (Conservative - South West Norfolk)
Question
to the Department for Transport:
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether his Department has had discussions with representatives of the Government of Taiwan in each of the last five years.
Answered by Jesse Norman
- Shadow Leader of the House of Commons
The UK has no diplomatic relations with Taiwan but there is a strong, unofficial relationship, based on deep and growing ties in a wide range of areas, underpinned by shared democratic values.
The Department for Transport has had discussions with representatives of the Taiwan administration in each of the last 5 years.
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Rail Investment
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Speech in Westminster Hall - Tue 03 Jul 2012
Rail (East Anglia)
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Speech in Westminster Hall - Tue 03 Jul 2012
Rail (East Anglia)
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Speech in Westminster Hall - Tue 03 Jul 2012
Rail (East Anglia)
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Speech in Westminster Hall - Tue 03 Jul 2012
Rail (East Anglia)
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Thu 19 Apr 2012
Oral Answers to Questions
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Thu 23 Feb 2012
Oral Answers to Questions
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Thu 12 Jan 2012
Oral Answers to Questions
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