Question / Department for Transport: Taiwan

Question for Department for Transport
UIN 187965, tabled on 6 June 2023

Question
Elizabeth Truss
Conservative

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether his Department has had discussions with representatives of the Government of Taiwan in each of the last five years.

Answer
Jesse Norman
Conservative

Answered on
13 June 2023

The UK has no diplomatic relations with Taiwan but there is a strong, unofficial relationship, based on deep and growing ties in a wide range of areas, underpinned by shared democratic values.

The Department for Transport has had discussions with representatives of the Taiwan administration in each of the last 5 years.