Written Question·Home Office·UIN 85380

Espionage: China

Tabled: 27 October 2025
Answered: 12 November 2025

Question

Max Wilkinson

Liberal DemocratCheltenham

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, with reference to paragraph 23(b) of Witness Statement 1 by the Deputy National Security Adviser of 22 December 2023, what those back channels were.

Answer

Dan Jarvis
Upholding national security and keeping the public safe is the first duty of Government.This Government has been clear that we are extremely disappointed in the decision by the CPS not to proceed with prosecution of Christopher Cash and Christopher Berry....

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