Oral Answers to Questions

Ian Lavery Excerpts

Monday 17th November 2025 Commons Chamber

[Shabana Mahmood]

No, I will not, because immigration is a reserved matter. Trying to devolve this matter would create perverse pull factors all across the United Kingdom, which would be deeply inappropriate.

[Ian Lavery (Blyth and Ashington) (Lab)]

T3. The data centre in Cambois in my constituency has a £10 billion investment. Together with subsea interconnectors, for example, it looks as if my constituency is a plug-in centre for critical national infrastructure. With that in mind, can the Minister give me some advice on whether terrorism is being looked at as a serious issue because of the investment and what is happening in Cambois and patches such as mine?

[The Minister for Security (Dan Jarvis)]

My 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, including JTAC, the National Protective Security Authority and counter-terrorism police, work closely with industry to ensure that the latest threat picture is appropriately responded to by owners of CNI. I am happy to discuss that further with him.