Source · Select Committees · Foreign Affairs Committee
Recommendation 13
13
Accepted in Part
Paragraph: 45
Enumerate extra expenditure comprehensively for China capabilities and diplomatic relationship strengthening.
Recommendation
The Government should enumerate extra expenditure more comprehensively and transparently than it has done in the Refresh. We welcome the doubling of funding to build China capabilities; this should be itemised in broad terms so that it is clear what kind of resources will be added. The Government should spell out what will be needed to strengthen diplomatic contact and people-to-people relationships with China, as promised in the Refresh, and how much extra this will cost.
Government response summary AI-generated
The government agrees and provides detailed itemisation of the doubled funding for China capabilities, outlining curriculum, training, events, and language offers, but does not provide broader enumeration of other extra expenditure or costs for diplomatic and people-to-people relationships.
Summary of the government's response below — read the verbatim text to verify.
Paragraph Reference:
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Government Response
Accepted in Part
HM Government · verbatim extract
Accepted in Part
29. The Government agrees with the Committee. This Government has committed to investing in the skills and knowledge of civil servants, giving them the tools to better understand China in order to respond to the systemic challenge that China poses to the UK’s security, prosperity and values, but also to engage confidently where it is in our interests to do so.
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