Formal minutes
Tuesday 26 March 2019
Members present:
Tom Tugendhat, in the Chair
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Ann Clywd |
Mr Bob Seely |
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Stephen Gethins |
Royston Smith |
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Conor McGinn |
Catherine West |
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Ian Murray |
The following declarations of interest relating to the inquiry were made:
Tuesday 23 October 2018
Ian Austin declared a non-pecuniary interest in relation to the Committee’s inquiry into China and the rules-based international system as a member of the All-Party Parliamentary China Group.
He also declared an interest in relation to the Committee’s inquiry into China and the rules-based international system as a participant on a visit to China in 2013 with and funded through the All-Party Parliamentary China Group, sponsored by HSBC, Arup, GKN, Cambridge Assessment, John Swire & Sons and City of London.
Ian Murray declared an interest in relation to the Committee’s inquiry into China and the rules-based international system as a participant on a visit to Taiwan in 2017 with the British-Taiwanese All-Party Parliamentary Group, funded by the Taiwanese Government.
Ian Murray repeated this declaration of interest on 15 January 2019.
Tuesday 15 January 2019
Mike Gapes declared an interest in relation to the Committee’s inquiry into China and the rules-based international system as a participant on two visits to Taiwan with the British-Taiwanese All-Party Parliamentary Group, funded by the Taiwanese Government.
Andrew Rosindell declared an interest in relation to the Committee’s inquiry into China and the rules-based international system as a participant on visits to Taiwan with the British-Taiwanese All-Party Parliamentary Group, funded by the Taiwanese Government.
He also declared a non-pecuniary interest in relation to the Committee’s inquiry into China and the rules-based international system as Chair of the Hong Kong Former Servicemen Parliamentary Support Group and Vice Chair of the British Taiwanese All-Party Parliamentary Group.
Draft Report (China and the Rules-Based International System), proposed by the Chair, brought up and read.
Ordered, That the draft Report be read a second time, paragraph by paragraph.
Paragraphs 1 to 130 read and agreed to.
Summary agreed to.
Resolved, That the Report be the Sixteenth Report of the Committee to the House.
Ordered, That the Chair make the Report to the House.
Ordered, That embargoed copies of the Report be made available, in accordance with the provisions of Standing Order No. 134.
[Adjourned till Tuesday 2 April at 2.15pm
Published: 4 April 2019