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HANSARDOfficial Secrets Act and EspionageI honestly do not believe that that is a fair and reasonable characterisation of the role played by the National Security Adviser. The National Security Adviser is an extremely…03 Dec 2025HANSARDOfficial Secrets Act and EspionageI completely agree with my hon. Friend’s assessment of the work of the Joint Committee. She is right to say it is a great example of the work of a Select Committee that has…03 Dec 2025HANSARDOfficial Secrets Act and EspionageI am grateful to the right hon. Gentleman for the experience that he brings to this House, not least because he has sat on both the Committees to which we have been referring. I…03 Dec 2025HANSARDOfficial Secrets Act and EspionageI am grateful to my hon. Friend for his work on the Joint Committee, and I completely agree with the premise of his point: the Committee considered these matters in a non-partisan…03 Dec 2025HANSARDOfficial Secrets Act and EspionageI am grateful to my hon. Friend for the contribution that she has made and for the work that she has done previously. I am joined on the Treasury Bench by the Under-Secretary of…03 Dec 2025HANSARDOfficial Secrets Act and EspionageMy hon. Friend will understand that there is nothing more I can add with regard to his point about the Crown Prosecution Service. As for his substantive point about engagement…03 Dec 2025HANSARDOfficial Secrets Act and EspionageI know my hon. Friend takes a very close interest in this subject. I hope he will have seen the very significant package of measures that the Government brought forward a couple…03 Dec 2025HANSARDOfficial Secrets Act and EspionageThat is an entirely fair and reasonable question, and I can give the hon. Gentleman a very straight response. One of the things that has changed is that the Prime…03 Dec 2025HANSARDOfficial Secrets Act and EspionageThe hon. Member will understand that it would not be appropriate for me, as a Government Minister, to make commentary about the performance of the Director of Public Prosecutions.…03 Dec 2025HANSARDOfficial Secrets Act and EspionageAs Mr Speaker has rightly acknowledged, these issues require a great deal of scrutiny from Parliament, and the Government are grateful for the opportunity to engage and work…03 Dec 2025HANSARDOfficial Secrets Act and EspionageI thank my hon. Friend for securing this urgent question, following the deeply disappointing collapse of the prosecution case concerning two individuals charged under the Official…03 Dec 2025HANSARDOfficial Secrets Act and EspionageI am not sure that anybody really thinks that the 1911 Act was appropriate. As the hon. and learned Member will know, because it is a statement of obvious truth, the decision to…03 Dec 2025HANSARDState Threat Prevention and Investigation Measures: 20 March to 19 September 2025Section 55(1) of the National Security Act 2023 requires the Home Secretary to report to Parliament as soon as reasonably practicable after the end of every relevant three-month…26 Nov 2025HANSARDTerrorism Prevention and Investigation Measures: 1 June 2025 to 31 August 2025Section 19(1) of the Terrorism Prevention and Investigation Measures Act 2011 requires the Home Secretary to report to Parliament as soon as reasonably practicable after the end…25 Nov 2025HANSARDNational Day for Victims and Survivors of TerrorismThe impact of terrorism is deep and enduring, changing the lives of victims and their loved ones in a moment. Families and communities have suffered immeasurable loss, grief, and…24 Nov 2025HANSARDChina Espionage: Government Security ResponseThe right hon. Member makes an important point about leaking, which is something I take very seriously as the Minister responsible for the Government security group. I can give…18 Nov 2025HANSARDChina Espionage: Government Security ResponseWith your permission, Mr Speaker, I would like to make a statement on Chinese espionage targeting UK democratic institutions, and on the Government’s action to counter the breadth…18 Nov 2025HANSARDChina Espionage: Government Security ResponseI am grateful to the right hon. Gentleman, as I always am. I am conscious that I have now been joined on the Treasury Bench by the Foreign Secretary, so I will have to be…18 Nov 2025HANSARDChina Espionage: Government Security ResponseThis is a strong package of measures we have announced today, but I have also been crystal clear about our determination to act further where necessary. That is the right…18 Nov 2025HANSARDChina Espionage: Government Security ResponseI am grateful to the Chair of the Select Committee, as I always am. On her second point, let me come back to her. She raises a valid concern and, rather than give her a response…18 Nov 2025