Mentions:
1: Lord Vaux of Harrowden (XB - Excepted Hereditary) surveillance and biometrics can be misused by states that wish to control their populations—just look at China - Speech Link
Asked by: Lord Alton of Liverpool (Crossbench - Life peer)
Question to the Cabinet Office:
To ask His Majesty's Government what is the total cost to date of the removal of Hikvision cameras from Whitehall departments; and what estimate they have made of the cost to local authorities of removing Hikvision cameras from local council buildings.
Answered by Baroness Neville-Rolfe - Minister of State (Cabinet Office)
It is a long-standing policy that the Government does not comment on security arrangements including the details of security systems. However, the UK takes national security extremely seriously and has taken robust action to secure and protect its national security infrastructure.
Following Royal Assent of the Procurement Act on 26 October 2023 the Government committed to publishing a timeline for the removal of surveillance equipment supplied by companies subject to the National Intelligence Law of China from sensitive sites within six months. This timeline is due to be published by 26 April.
Sensitive sites were defined “as any building or complex that routinely holds secret material or above; any location that hosts a significant proportion of officials holding developed vetting clearance; any location which is routinely used by Ministers; and any government location covered under the Serious Organised Crime and Police Act 2005.”
While local authorities may choose to follow the lead of central government in removing surveillance equipment they are under no obligation to do so. We encourage all organisations to follow NCSC supply chain security guidance when selecting a technology supplier. This guidance clearly sets the security standards that suppliers should meet and the considerations that organisations should be making during the procurement process.
Mentions:
1: None I have taken steps to reduce the Government’s exposure to Chinese operators, banning Hikvision and TikTok - Speech Link
2: Lord Fox (LD - Life peer) The Hikvision ban extends only to so-called sensitive sites, despite the fact that we have pushed hard - Speech Link
3: Lord Alton of Liverpool (XB - Life peer) The Minister has mentioned Hikvision, and I pay tribute to her for the way in which she interacted when - Speech Link
Mentions:
1: Kirsty Blackman (SNP - Aberdeen North) I have taken steps to reduce the Government’s exposure to Chinese operators, banning Hikvision and TikTok - Speech Link
2: Oliver Dowden (Con - Hertsmere) I have taken steps to reduce the Government’s exposure to Chinese operators, banning Hikvision and TikTok - Speech Link
3: Oliver Dowden (Con - Hertsmere) Lady is aware, we currently ban Hikvision, and indeed any other Chinese technology relating to CCTV. - Speech Link
4: Oliver Dowden (Con - Hertsmere) The sort of China we had hoped for even a decade ago is not the China we have now, whether we are talking - Speech Link
Special Report Mar. 22 2024
Committee: Foreign Affairs Committee (Department: Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office)Found: with our allies and partners; and engaging with China where it is in UK interests to do so.
Oral Evidence Feb. 06 2024
Committee: Foreign Affairs Committee (Department: Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office)Found: How do we prevent China doing what it is doing?
Oral Evidence Feb. 06 2024
Committee: Foreign Affairs Committee (Department: Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office)Found: How do we prevent China doing what it is doing?
Oral Evidence Feb. 06 2024
Committee: Foreign Affairs Committee (Department: Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office)Found: How do we prevent China doing what it is doing?
Oral Evidence Feb. 06 2024
Committee: Foreign Affairs Committee (Department: Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office)Found: How do we prevent China doing what it is doing?
Asked by: Liam Byrne (Labour - Birmingham, Hodge Hill)
Question to the Department for Business and Trade:
To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what restrictions the Government has imposed on (a) Huawei, (b) ZTE, (c) Hikvision, (d) Hytera, (e) Alibaba, (f) Tencent, (g) Dahua, (h) China Telecom, (i) China Mobile, (j) DJI, (k) ByteDance, (l) Kingsoft, (m) senseTime, (n) Megvil, (o) SMIC, (p) China Unicom and (q) Fujian Jinhua.
Answered by Nusrat Ghani - Minister of State (Minister for Europe)
This is a matter for the Cabinet Office.