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Debate between Lincoln Jopp and Jerome Mayhew
Tuesday 2nd December 2025

(1 month, 2 weeks ago)

Commons Chamber
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Lincoln Jopp Portrait Lincoln Jopp (Spelthorne) (Con)
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8. What assessment she has made of the level of threat that China poses to UK interests.

Jerome Mayhew Portrait Jerome Mayhew (Broadland and Fakenham) (Con)
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15. What assessment she has made of the level of threat that China poses to UK interests.

Yvette Cooper Portrait The Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs (Yvette Cooper)
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China poses a series of national security threats, including on espionage, cyber-attacks, transnational repression and support for Russia in its war against Ukraine. We challenge China robustly in relation to all those threats. China is also our third-largest trading partner, and a country that we need to co-operate with on international issues, including trade and climate change.

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