Question to the Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office:

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, whether he has had discussions with his counterpart in China on attempts made by cyber attackers based in China to unlawfully access UK Parliament systems.

We continually monitor threats to our national security and do not hesitate to take action when necessary. During his recent visit, the Foreign Secretary challenged his Chinese counterparts on a number of areas of disagreement, including calling on China to cease its malign activities in cyberspace. Building strong defences and resilient systems remains the best way of countering malicious cyber activity, and we continue to invest in the National Cyber Security Centre. We have also implemented deterrents to prevent foreign actors conducting hostile acts against the UK, including through the Defending Democracy Taskforce and the newly established National Security Act.