| Heading: |
China: Press Freedom |
| Question ID: |
1751043 |
| UIN: |
20915 |
| House: |
Commons |
| Date tabled: |
2024-12-18 |
| Asking Member ID: |
152 |
| Asking Member display name: |
Sir Iain Duncan Smith
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Sir Iain Duncan Smith
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| Member interest: |
false |
| Question text: |
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, whether he has made representations to his counterparts in the People’s Republic of China on the expulsion of the British press corps from the room in which Xi Jinping and th |
| Is named day: |
true |
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| Date answered: |
2025-01-07 |
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| Is holding answer: |
false |
| Is correcting answer: |
false |
| Answering Member ID: |
4523 |
| Answering Member display name: |
Catherine West
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| Answering Member handle: |
catherinewest1
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| Answering Member Twitter reference: |
@catherinewest1
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| Answer text: |
Members of the press were present at the start of the meeting between the Prime Minister and President Xi Jingping on November 18. It is standard practice in diplomatic meetings for the press to remain in the room for opening remarks only, as was the case... |
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| Answering body ID: |
208 |
| Answering body name: |
Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office |
| Tweeted: |
true |