Concealed Surveillance Equipment in Government Offices and Vehicles Debate
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Lord Purvis of Tweed
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Concealed Surveillance Equipment in Government Offices and Vehicles
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Lord Purvis of Tweed (LD)
To return to an element of the original Question from the noble Lord, Lord Alton, does the Minister agree with the director-general of MI5 that China is seeking to influence our political system?
Lord Hanson of Flint (Lab)
China influences our political system in many ways, and the Government will not tolerate any foreign interference from any state actor targeting the UK. We have been consistent and unambiguous in our assessment that China presents a series of threats to the UK. We have to do business with China still and recognise China, and we have to work with China on a number of areas of common interest—but, self-evidently, there are a number of significant threats that China poses. We keep those under review and, in all our dealings with the nation of China, we bear those aspects of work in mind.