Monday 20th July 2020

(4 years, 3 months ago)

Commons Chamber
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Dominic Raab Portrait Dominic Raab
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I share the hon. Lady’s horror and shock at the appalling human rights abuses in Xinjiang and more broadly. Of course, we carefully assess not just individual investment decisions but the integrity and resilience of the processes, and we keep that under constant review.

John Redwood Portrait John Redwood (Wokingham) (Con)
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Could we make a study of essential technologies where dependence on China would leave us very vulnerable and then have a strategy for developing those at home or with our allies?

Dominic Raab Portrait Dominic Raab
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My right hon. Friend is right, particularly in relation to 5G, but there are the other areas, and that is exactly what we are doing.