Oral Question·Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
“What assessment she has made of the level of threat that China poses to UK interests.”
Tabled: 26 November 2025Answered: 2 December 2025
Asked by
Jerome Mayhew
Conservative — Broadland and Fakenham
Answering Minister
the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs
Answer from Hansard
The Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs (Yvette Cooper)
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.