Written Question·Cabinet Office·UIN 82727

National Security Adviser: China

Tabled: 16 October 2025
Answered: 3 November 2025
Named Day

Question

James Wild

ConservativeNorth West Norfolk

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, pursuant to his oral contribution of 13 October 2025, Official Report, column 67 which (a) minister and (b) civil servant gave the Deputy National Security Adviser full freedom to provide evidence without interf

Answer

Dan Jarvis
The decision that the Deputy National Security Advisor would give evidence was taken under the last Government in 2023.When this government came into office in 2024, the Deputy National Security Advisor was a witness in a criminal prosecution. That is why...

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