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HANSARDChina Espionage: Government Security ResponseI have a lot of respect for the right hon. Gentleman, who has engaged with these matters consistently for a number of years, and rightly so. We have today announced a…18 Nov 2025HANSARDChina Espionage: Government Security ResponseI admire the hon. Gentleman’s perseverance and patience on this issue. Unfortunately, I am going to disappoint him by referring him to the answer I gave previously.18 Nov 2025HANSARDChina Espionage: Government Security ResponseI am grateful to the hon. Lady for her broad welcoming of the plan. She makes a number of points, including several about which she has consistently raised concerns in the Chamber…18 Nov 2025HANSARDChina Espionage: Government Security ResponseI am grateful to my hon. Friend for his comments today and for his previous points about the importance of the defending democracy taskforce. It was not a given that the…18 Nov 2025HANSARDChina Espionage: Government Security ResponseAs I said in the House yesterday, and as I hope the hon. Lady and other Members will understand, those decisions were not taken by the Government; they were taken independently by…18 Nov 2025HANSARDChina Espionage: Government Security ResponseSun Tzu said a number of things, and perhaps they lend themselves to a debate all of its own. I am not aware of the specific point the hon. Member made, but I am happy to look…18 Nov 2025HANSARDChina Espionage: Government Security ResponseI am grateful to my hon. Friend. Sheffield is a great city, and she will know better than anyone that it is blessed with two outstanding academic institutions. She knows that as…18 Nov 2025HANSARDChina Espionage: Government Security ResponseThat is an entirely fair and reasonable point. Let me give the hon. Gentleman a reassurance, further to what I have already said today and on other occasions. The Government will…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 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 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 hon. Lady, who makes important points about her great city. I can give her an assurance that there is such engagement, but I will reflect on the points that…18 Nov 2025HANSARDChina Espionage: Government Security ResponseThe right hon. Gentleman speaks with great authority on this matter, and he will know that I am limited in the way in which I can describe the nature of the relationship. I have…18 Nov 2025HANSARDChina Espionage: Government Security ResponseI often find myself in violent agreement with the right hon. and learned Gentleman, who makes good points in a reasonable way. It is not necessarily for me to talk about the…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-manufactured Surveillance Equipment: Sensitive SitesThe Government continue to take the security of their systems and physical infrastructure extremely seriously. In November 2022, the previous Administration instructed all…18 Nov 2025HANSARDChina Espionage: Government Security ResponseI am always grateful to the right hon. Gentleman—one of my predecessors—for his contributions, to which I listen very carefully. On his final point, he knows precisely what the…18 Nov 2025HANSARDChina Espionage: Government Security ResponseI was in the hon. and learned Member’s part of the world just a couple of weeks ago. We take very seriously the importance of engaging with the devolved Administrations. I will…18 Nov 2025HANSARDChina Espionage: Government Security ResponseI am grateful to the right hon. Gentleman for his points and the advice that he has offered previously. His points about connected devices and vehicles are well made, and I can…18 Nov 2025HANSARDChina Espionage: Government Security ResponseI can give the hon. Member the assurance he seeks in terms of our desire to work closely with the devolved Administrations. That is absolutely the way in which I want to proceed,…18 Nov 2025