Found: Written evidence submitted by Hikvision (PB19)
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Oral Evidence Jan. 31 2023
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Asked by: Lord Alton of Liverpool (Crossbench - Life peer)
Question to the Cabinet Office:
To ask His Majesty's Government what is their timetable for the removal of Hikvision cameras from all buildings in public ownership in the UK.
Answered by Baroness Neville-Rolfe - Minister of State (Cabinet Office)
On 24 November 2022, the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster laid a Written Ministerial Statement (WMS) instructing departments to cease deployment of surveillance equipment on sensitive sites on the government estate, where such equipment is produced by companies subject to the National Intelligence Law of the People’s Republic of China. Departments have been advised to consider whether there are sites outside the definition of sensitive sites to which they would wish to extend the same risk mitigation.
Wider public bodies generally operate with some independence from central government and are free to make their own choices around purchasing and contracting. 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.
Specific details regarding the use of security systems by government departments are withheld on national security grounds. This has been the case under successive administrations. Government keeps the security of our personnel, information, assets, and estate under constant review.
Mentions:
1: None every police officer entering the home of a constituent in Rutland and Melton could be sent back to China - Speech Link
2: None Despite the Government’s unwillingness to blacklist Hikvision, for example, even though we know its cameras - Speech Link
3: None I mention Hikvision because such a high percentage of public authorities use cameras made by the company - Speech Link
4: None The Government could start by following the Scottish Government’s lead in getting rid of Hikvision cameras - Speech Link
Mentions:
1: Alistair Carmichael (LDEM - Orkney and Shetland) Gentleman will be aware that China has a very prescriptive regime, particularly in relation to people - Speech Link
2: Jim Shannon (DUP - Strangford) made by the forced labour of Christians, Tibetans, Uyghurs and Falun Gong practitioners in Xinjiang, China - Speech Link
3: Kirsty Blackman (SNP - Aberdeen North) Some 61% of UK public authorities use Hikvision cameras. That is not a small number. - Speech Link
Mentions:
1: Tim Loughton (CON - East Worthing and Shoreham) that we do not procure from countries found guilty of genocide or human rights abuses, particularly China - Speech Link
2: Kirsty Blackman (SNP - Aberdeen North) telecommunications infrastructure, and there is no reason why they cannot do the same with other companies, such as Hikvision - Speech Link
3: Alicia Kearns (CON - Rutland and Melton) The Foreign Affairs Committee has found that the same Hikvision cameras that guard our council buildings - Speech Link
4: Anthony Mangnall (CON - Totnes) Friend the Member for Rutland and Melton (Alicia Kearns) referred to Hikvision. - Speech Link
Found: actively excluding bidders from non -members of the WTO Agreement on Government Procurement – such as China
Mentions:
1: Margaret Ferrier (IND - Rutherglen and Hamilton West) That is also the case in China, North Korea, Vietnam, Egypt and Iran. - Speech Link
2: Chris Bryant (LAB - Rhondda) Far too often we vacillate on China. The hon. - Speech Link
3: Alistair Carmichael (LDEM - Orkney and Shetland) against China through that route for what is happening in Xinjiang province. - Speech Link
Mentions:
1: Hamilton, Rachael (Con - Ettrick, Roxburgh and Berwickshire) we know human rights are under threat.Just last week, we heard of the illegal arrest and assault in China - Speech Link
2: Hamilton, Rachael (Con - Ettrick, Roxburgh and Berwickshire) across the world, particularly in Ukraine, the Islamic Republic of Iran and the People’s Republic of China - Speech Link
3: Cole-Hamilton, Alex (LD - Edinburgh Western) by research, which was undertaken by my party, that more than a dozen councils in Scotland are using Hikvision - Speech Link