Written Question·Attorney General·UIN 90309

National Security: China

Tabled: 12 November 2025
Answered: 17 November 2025
Named Day

Question

Alex Burghart

ConservativeBrentwood and Ongar

To ask the Solicitor General, with reference to the Oral Statement of 15 September 2025 on Official Secrets Act, whether the Crown Prosecution Service made a request for evidence to be submitted from the Government that the (a) Chinese Government and (b)

Answer

Ellie Reeves
While the outcome in this case is of course very disappointing, I am also confident that the National Security Act 2023, which was not in force at the time of the conduct concerned, now provides us with enhanced powers that properly reflect the modern-day...

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