A Chinese delegation will reportedly not be permitted to attend the late queen's lying-in-state at Westminster Hall.
The letter went on:"I hope you will agree that it would be wholly inappropriate that any representative of the Chinese government should be able to attend such an important occasion as the state funeral of our late monarch and that you can give us your assurance that the invitation will be immediately withdrawn.
"Inviting the Chinese government is an insult to the memory of the Queen and should be rescinded immediately," he continued."The government of China should be on the same banned list as the likes of Russia, Belarus and Myanmar." "Those sanctioned parliamentarians, including me, particularly welcome to swift action of the Speaker of the Commons in confirming that the ban put in place to prevent the Chinese ambassador coming to the Palace of Westminster still applies to him and any other Chinese government officials during the lying-in-state and beyond whilst the sanctions against British parliamentarians remain in place," Loughton said.
The lawmakers also sent their letter to the speakers of the House of Commons and the House of Lords and pointed to the sanctions and the fact that the Chinese ambassador to the U.K. was told last year he could not visit parliament following the imposition of the sanctions. The funeral will take place on Monday at Westminster Abbey and Chinese officials are expected to attend unless their invitations are rescinded. A
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