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Chinese ambassador to UK barred from British parliament

2021-09-15 08:56:32       source:The Guardian

September 14, 2021


The new Chinese ambassador to the UK has been barred from parliament by the Speakers in the Commons and Lords after the imposition of sanctions on British MPs by Beijing.


The new ambassador, Zheng Zeguang, was due to attend a meeting of the broadly pro-Chinese all-party group on China, but after a letter from MPs who were subjected to sanctions by China, including the former Conservative party leader Iain Duncan Smith, the Commons Speaker, Lindsay Hoyle, has said the meeting is not appropriate.


A similar decision has been endorsed by the Lords Speaker, John McFall.


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