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Written Question
China: Embassies
Wednesday 2nd November 2022

Asked by: Tim Loughton (Conservative - East Worthing and Shoreham)

Question to the Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office:

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, if he will make a further assessment of the adequacy of the proposed site for the new Chinese Embassy at the Royal Mint Court following the events outside the Chinese consulate in Manchester.

Answered by Anne-Marie Trevelyan

The apparent behaviour of Consulate-General officials during the incident in Manchester on 16 October, as it appears from the footage, is completely unacceptable. We await details of the police investigation. In the meantime, the UK Government has delivered clear messages to the Chinese Embassy in London and the Ministry of Foreign Affairs in Beijing about the depth of our concern. If the police determine there are grounds to charge any officials, we would expect the Chinese consulate to waive immunity for those officials.

A planning application for a new Chinese Embassy is currently before the London Borough of Tower Hamlets. As the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities has a quasi-judicial role in the planning system, it would not be appropriate to comment on the merits of the proposal, as it could come before Ministers at some point in the future.

Speech in Commons Chamber - Thu 20 Oct 2022
Chinese Consul General: Manchester Protest

"Thank you, Mr Speaker, for the steadfast support that you have continued to show those of us sanctioned by China.

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Speech in Commons Chamber - Thu 21 Jul 2022
Human Rights Abuses and Corruption: UK Sanctions

"I declare an interest as one of only three Members of this House to be sanctioned by both China and Russia. My rather lightweight right hon. Friend the Member for Chingford and Woodford Green (Sir Iain Duncan Smith) has been sanctioned only by China.

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Speech in Commons Chamber - Thu 14 Jul 2022
Srebrenica

"I congratulate the hon. Lady on securing this important debate. I admit to not having been completely up to speed with the horror of the events in Srebrenica—many of us have perhaps been complacent—until I was asked to give a talk at my local mosque as part of a previous …..."
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Speech in Westminster Hall - Tue 24 May 2022
Georgia and the War in Ukraine

"I, too, should declare an interest as one of the recent visitors to Georgia—and a great and enlightening visit it was as well. During our trip, I spent some time in the main museum in Tbilisi, where there was an exhibition about the Soviet era. We often forget that Georgia …..."
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Tue 24 May 2022
Xinjiang Internment Camps: Shoot-to-Kill Policy

"This is shocking new evidence: 250,000 Uyghurs detained; re-education camps; in one county, 12% of the adult population actually detained over a couple years; shoot-to-kill policies; and everything else we already know about. This is genocide. What more evidence do we need that this is genocide? The Minister referred to …..."
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Thu 10 Feb 2022
UK-Taiwan Friendship and Co-operation

"I am enormously grateful to my right hon. Friend for giving way. What he is putting so well is the very many shared values we have with Taiwan, the sort of freedom, openness and innovation that the people of Hong Kong used to enjoy as well. That is surely a …..."
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Thu 20 Jan 2022
Uyghur Tribunal Judgment

"I am delighted to be able to speak in this debate—yet another on China’s abuse of human rights. They are virtually a weekly event in this place, which is good. It is also good that many hon. Members from all parties—a growing number—are here in support of this cause, although …..."
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Thu 20 Jan 2022
Uyghur Tribunal Judgment

"My right hon. Friend is absolutely right. Leadership from the Government is essential. All of us—certainly the three musketeers on the Conservative Benches who are sanctioned—have asked repeatedly for a proper audit of the tentacles of the Chinese Communist party, which extend into our boardrooms, our university campuses, our schools, …..."
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Thu 20 Jan 2022
Uyghur Tribunal Judgment

"The right hon. Gentleman is absolutely right and has been a doughty champion of the cause. We cannot stand by and wait for further atrocities to happen. We are under a duty to trigger the processes that recognise that genocide has been and is still being committed, and to take …..."
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