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HANSARDChina AuditI remind the hon. Gentleman that, in December, we appointed my hon. Friend the Member for North Northumberland (David Smith) as the special envoy for freedom of religion and…24 Jun 2025HANSARDChina AuditWhat I see is naivety on the behalf of the hon. Gentleman. First, to be clear, the Deputy Prime Minister has not made her quasi-judicial decision. It is wrong, and he should…24 Jun 2025HANSARDChina AuditIt is a good question, and I refer my hon. Friend to the industrial strategy and the further work that we have to do on supply chains. From day one, this Government have taken a…24 Jun 2025HANSARDChina AuditI recognise, and it is right to put on the record, that Conservative Members, the right hon. Gentleman among them, have raised significant issues over the past decade or so about…24 Jun 2025HANSARDAlaa Abd el-FattahI am committed to securing Alaa Abd el-Fattah’s release—I was committed to this before coming to power, and I remain committed now. The Government are engaging intensively on this…24 Jun 2025HANSARDAlaa Abd el-FattahI can reassure the hon. Gentleman that I remain in close touch with Laila and the family, and that this is a No. 1 priority for me and I expect to see Alaa released. I gently…24 Jun 2025HANSARDChina AuditPrime Minister Johnson’s record on China is shocking. It led to the grave embarrassment of having to do a U-turn on Huawei, which would have been able to get into the most…24 Jun 2025HANSARDChina AuditI am grateful to my right hon. Friend for the interest that she has taken with the China audit. I did say that I would update the Committee, and I look forward to appearing before…24 Jun 2025HANSARDChina AuditI know that the right hon. Lady can be pretty brazen, but a lecture from her about China policy should make even her blush. The Conservative party oversaw more than a decade of…24 Jun 2025HANSARDChina AuditThe hon. Gentleman has put his views on the record, and I will consult my officials about what he has revealed.24 Jun 2025HANSARDTopical QuestionsI recognise the point that the hon. Gentleman has made, but let me make this clear to him. Once a country has acquired the ability to enrich uranium to 60%, that scientific…24 Jun 2025HANSARDTopical QuestionsI am grateful to my hon. Friend for reminding us of the horrendous human rights record of this regime, a regime that is the worst sponsor of state terrorism in the world.24 Jun 2025HANSARDTopical QuestionsI have spoken to Secretary of State Rubio every single week that I have been in office. The Prime Minister and the President of the United States have the best of relationships.…24 Jun 2025HANSARDFrozen Russian AssetsI am grateful to my hon. Friend for continuing to prosecute this issue and for raising it at every opportunity. It is a heinous crime. We have already sanctioned some of the…24 Jun 2025HANSARDTopical QuestionsMay I begin by congratulating my hon. Friend on her recent elevation? I thank her for her work on the APPG, and I assure her that we will review her report as part of our new…24 Jun 2025HANSARDChina AuditThe hon. Member is absolutely right that it is a fine balance. We need to invest more in our police capability, and that is an outcome of this audit. We need to continue to work…24 Jun 2025HANSARDChina AuditMy hon. Friend’s question goes to the heart of capabilities. We must have more diplomats with a fine understanding of China and more Mandarin speakers, and we are doing that.…24 Jun 2025HANSARDChina AuditI am grateful to the hon. Gentleman for raising that. May I also name-check the work of my hon. Friend the Member for Cities of London and Westminster (Rachel Blake) on this…24 Jun 2025HANSARDChina AuditThe right hon. Gentleman is right: we do have to be vigilant. As I said, sitting behind this audit is a lot of work at high classification. He will know that the Intelligence and…24 Jun 2025HANSARDChina AuditI recognise the sensitivity and the import of what the hon. Lady says. That is central to the considerations and discussions that are under way within Government as we look at…24 Jun 2025