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Lord West of Spithead to ask Her Majesty's Government what representations they have made to the government of China about that government's naming of 80 reefs, seamounts, shoals and ridges and other geographical features in the South China Sea, 55 of those submerged at all states of the tide; and what assessment they have made of that government's claims to sovereignty on underwater features more than 12 nautical miles from Chinese land.  HL3883

Question HL3883: tabled on 5 May 2020 and due for answer by 20 May 2020

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Lord West of Spithead to ask Her Majesty's Government what representations they have made to the government of China about that government's naming of 80 reefs, seamounts, shoals and ridges and other geographical features in the South China Sea, 55 of those submerged at all states of the tide; and what assessment they have made of that government's claims to sovereignty on underwater features more than 12 nautical miles from Chinese land.  HL3883
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Monday 18 May 2020

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Lord West of Spithead
Labour
Life peer