Question for Ministry of Defence
UIN 106371, tabled on 8 December 2022
Question
Andrew Rosindell
Conservative
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, whether his Department plans to take steps to provide naval patrols around Taiwan.
Answer
James Heappey
Conservative
Answered on
15 December 2022
The UK is committed to asserting its rights to freedom of navigation and overflight, as laid out in the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea. Wherever we operate in the world we do so in full compliance with international laws and norms. The last transit through the Taiwan Strait was carried out by the Royal Navy in 2021, when HMS Richmond (Type 23 Frigate) conducted a Taiwan Strait Navigation during CSG21 deployment en route to Vietnam.