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HANSARDChina Espionage: Government Security ResponseIt is worth my being clear about the importance this Government attach to academic freedom. We are incredibly proud of our universities, and as a Yorkshire MP, I am incredibly…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 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 2025HANSARDOfficial Secrets Act: Alleged BreachThis was an independent decision by the CPS, and we have repeatedly made clear that there was no political interference in the evidence provided. This Government are extremely…17 Nov 2025HANSARDTopical QuestionsEveryone deserves to feel safe and to be able fully to participate in public and political life, free from the threat of violence or exclusion driven by hateful prejudice. We will…17 Nov 2025HANSARDTopical QuestionsMy hon. Friend raises an important point. The assessment of the terrorist threat to the UK is made independently by the Joint Terrorism Analysis Centre. Government partners,…17 Nov 2025HANSARDTopical QuestionsThe Department is committed to reinvesting criminal proceeds into asset recovery and tackling related economic crime. In 2024-25, £174 million supported law enforcement, including…17 Nov 2025HANSARDOfficial Secrets Act: Alleged BreachAs set out on multiple occasions in this House, no Ministers and no special advisers played any role in the provision of evidence. The Director of Public Prosecutions has…17 Nov 2025HANSARDPrevent ProgrammeOn Thursday 6 November, the Home Office published official statistics for “Individuals referred to and supported through the Prevent Programme from April 2024 to March 2025”.…12 Nov 2025HANSARDTelecoms Fraud CharterMy noble Friend the Minister of State, Home Office, Lord Hanson of Flint, has today made the following written ministerial statement: Today, I am pleased to inform the House that…05 Nov 2025HANSARDBirmingham Pub Bombings: Request for Public InquiryI wish to update the House on the Government’s consideration of the request for a statutory public inquiry into the events of the 1974 Birmingham pub bombings. First and foremost,…30 Oct 2025HANSARDChina Spying CaseThe Government have given a very clear commitment that we will co-operate and work closely with all of the Committees of this House. It is precisely because everything this…28 Oct 2025HANSARDChina Spying CaseThe Liberal Democrats spokesman, the hon. Member for Cheltenham (Max Wilkinson), offered his service as a marriage guidance counsellor. I would advise him not to give up his job.28 Oct 2025HANSARDChina Spying CaseThe right hon. and learned Gentleman served in a Government a number of years ago. I can give him an assurance that this Government work collaboratively across Government with…28 Oct 2025HANSARDChina Spying CaseSimply because a number of Departments were represented at this meeting, as would normally be the case.28 Oct 2025HANSARDChina Spying CaseYes.28 Oct 2025HANSARDChina Spying CaseI am going to make a bit of progress, because time is against me. Meetings such as this are a routine part of the National Security Adviser’s role of co-ordinating Departments…28 Oct 2025HANSARDChina Spying CaseLet me just finish my point. I will come back to the right hon. and learned Gentleman if time allows. The meeting was specifically set up to provide the FCDO with an opportunity…28 Oct 2025HANSARDChina Spying CaseAs the hon. Gentleman knows—I think I may have even said this to him previously, and certainly to the House—China presents a series of threats to the Government. I will say a…28 Oct 2025HANSARDChina Spying CaseI say to the right hon. Gentleman—whom I hold in high regard, not least for the work that he did on the ISC—that I can give him the assurances that he seeks. I can also assure him…28 Oct 2025