Question to the Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office:

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, whether his Department made any specific requests to the (a) Metropolitan Police and (b) City of London Police on the handling of protests during the state visit of President Xi in 2015.

Operational Independence is integral to the work of the Metropolitan Police Service and City of London Police. The Foreign and Commonwealth Office did not make specific requests to either on the handling of protests during the state visit of President Xi.