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Debate between Robin Swann and Seema Malhotra
Tuesday 2nd December 2025

(2 weeks, 4 days ago)

Commons Chamber
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Robin Swann Portrait Robin Swann (South Antrim) (UUP)
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In an earlier answer, the Foreign Secretary said that trade relations between China and the UK were “in our national interest”. To that extent, can I ask what conversations her Department had with Invest Northern Ireland prior to its signing a co-operation framework memorandum of understanding with the China Chamber of Commerce in the UK?

Seema Malhotra Portrait Seema Malhotra
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This Government support UK businesses to do business with China while being open-eyed to any risks.

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