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HANSARD Buckinghamshire Fire and Rescue ServiceLet me start by congratulating my hon. Friend the Member for Aylesbury (Rob Butler) on securing this evening’s Adjournment debate and on his eloquent and comprehensive speech. I…19 Apr 2023HANSARDChinese Police Stations in UKMy right hon. Friend is absolutely right in the point he made at the beginning of his question, as a former Police Minister, about the importance of not commenting in this House…19 Apr 2023HANSARDChinese Police Stations in UKOrdinarily, the Minister for Security, my right hon. Friend the Member for Tonbridge and Malling (Tom Tugendhat) would have responded to this urgent question, because it sits…19 Apr 2023HANSARDChinese Police Stations in UKI thank my right hon. Friend for his question and for his long-standing campaigning on this issue and the activities of China more widely, which are rightly of great concern to…19 Apr 2023HANSARDChinese Police Stations in UKI certainly share the hon. Member’s sentiments about the cross-party nature of this issue. I will take that point back to my right hon. Friend the Security Minister and put it to…19 Apr 2023HANSARDChinese Police Stations in UKI assure my hon. Friend that I was listening extremely carefully to what she was saying. She asserted in her question that these locations are still operating. If I may say so,…19 Apr 2023HANSARDChinese Police Stations in UKThat insinuation of party political influence is frankly a disgraceful slur. The hon. Lady is not doing Croydon residents a service by attempting to ask the question in the way…19 Apr 2023HANSARDChinese Police Stations in UKThe shadow Home Secretary asks a number of a questions relating to the specific individual named in The Times today in connection with his activities in Croydon, which is, as she…19 Apr 2023HANSARDChinese Police Stations in UKYes, I can provide my hon. Friend with the assurance she requires. The Government take this issue incredibly seriously. We do not think the operation of these facilities is…19 Apr 2023HANSARDChinese Police Stations in UKI agree with the thrust of my right hon. Friend’s thesis. Clearly, the Chinese Communist party is seeking to project its influence around the world, in a way that often undermines…19 Apr 2023HANSARDChinese Police Stations in UKI completely agree with what the right hon. Gentleman has said, particularly in relation to the British national overseas Hong Kong citizens who have come here. We have extended a…19 Apr 2023HANSARDChinese Police Stations in UKMy right hon. Friend is absolutely right. Matters of national security should be tackled on a bipartisan, or tripartisan, basis across the House. All democratic political parties…19 Apr 2023HANSARDChinese Police Stations in UKMy hon. Friend is absolutely right to draw attention to what the Chinese Government are doing in seeking to infiltrate academia and certain sensitive technologies. I saw that at…19 Apr 2023HANSARDChinese Police Stations in UKMy hon. Friend makes an extremely important point. It is a long-standing principle in this country that we will ensure the freedoms and rights of all those who reside on our soil.…19 Apr 2023HANSARDChinese Police Stations in UKI appreciate the hon. Member’s question. If he is aware of cases where constituents feel that they are being in any way targeted, I strongly urge him and his constituents to…19 Apr 2023HANSARDChinese Police Stations in UKFirst, I associate myself with the comment my hon. Friend made at the beginning of his question. In relation to press freedom, it is a long-standing, centuries-old principle in…19 Apr 2023HANSARDChinese Police Stations in UKI do not accept the suggestion that the Government have been asleep at the wheel. A whole range of actions are being taken to counter foreign state threats. I have mentioned the…19 Apr 2023HANSARDChinese Police Stations in UKFirst, I will, on the Security Minister’s behalf, recommit him to meeting the hon. Lady, along with the hon. Member for Croydon Central (Sarah Jones). Given that one of these…19 Apr 2023HANSARDChinese Police Stations in UKI am afraid that, not being a Foreign Office Minister or the Security Minister, I do not know. However, I am sure that the Security Minister will provide an update on that when he…19 Apr 2023HANSARDChinese Police Stations in UKI completely agree with the hon. Lady’s sentiment that international students—indeed, any students—at UK universities should be free from intimidation, a point I made in response…19 Apr 2023