Question to the Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government:

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, whether any reports were made (a) within her Department, or (b) to the appropriate authorities, of suspected (i) surveillance of anyone in her Department, or (ii) interference from outside her Department, related to the decision on the redevelopment of the Royal Mint Court site into a new Chinese Embassy.

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