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Speech in Commons Chamber - Tue 28 Oct 2025
China Spying Case

"I beg to move,

That this House calls on the Government to release the minutes of the meeting chaired by the National Security Adviser on 1 September 2025, at which the prosecution of the two alleged Chinese spies, since dropped by the Crown Prosecution Service, was discussed, including all actions …..."

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Speech in Commons Chamber - Tue 28 Oct 2025
China Spying Case

"Ministers do get involved; it is their job to be involved. Ministers represent the Government. Ministers represent all of us. It is not good enough for the Government to say that they are entirely powerless in this instance—they are not.

A fifth example is that yesterday, the Cabinet Secretary said …..."

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Speech in Commons Chamber - Tue 28 Oct 2025
China Spying Case

"My right hon. Friend is right: the National Security Adviser showed a great reluctance to attend. I understand that he has now agreed to attend, although the report I read said that he was going to attend in camera. If that report is correct—the Minister has the opportunity to say …..."
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Tue 28 Oct 2025
China Spying Case

"My right hon. Friend makes a very pertinent point and is personally very experienced in such things. It has been reported that the National Security Adviser chaired that meeting. That is to say that he was taking a very active role in what was going on. That is why it …..."
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Tue 28 Oct 2025
China Spying Case

"I have always admired the shine on the Minister’s brass neck, and never so much as at this moment. I remember the Brexit debates, when he and many of the other gentlemen and ladies on the Labour Benches overrode legal privilege and asked for classified documents week after week. Members …..."
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Tue 28 Oct 2025
China Spying Case

"Will the Minister give way?..."
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Tue 28 Oct 2025
China Spying Case

"The previous Government were clear on a number of occasions that China was a threat, but if the hon. Gentleman had been listening to what I just said, he would have heard that the Director of Public Prosecutions said last week that it was categorically not a question of what …..."
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Tue 28 Oct 2025
China Spying Case

"I think there are basically two possible answers to my hon. Friend’s question. The first is that the Government cannot tell their elbow from their posterior; the second is that they do not want this House to know the truth. Either way, on a matter as serious as this, it …..."
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Tue 28 Oct 2025
China Spying Case

"The hon. Gentleman will have a perfectly good opportunity to question the people responsible in a few moments’ time. The point is that the Government have been unclear, inconsistent and inaccurate, and we are giving them an opportunity to clear this up right now...."
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Tue 28 Oct 2025
China Spying Case

"My right hon. Friend is absolutely correct, and the Director of Public Prosecutions has been very clear and consistent on that point...."
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