Chinese Espionage: Parliament Debate
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Lord Parkinson of Whitley Bay
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Chinese Espionage: Parliament
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Baroness Anderson of Stoke-on-Trent (Lab)
Just for the noble Lord, I will read from my pack: “The Government knows that China poses a series of threats to UK national security. We have seen Chinese espionage and cyberattacks on our soil and transnational repression of Hong Kongers”. Based on that, I think I can say yes.
Lord Parkinson of Whitley Bay (Con)
My Lords, have His Majesty’s Government had any discussions with the Crown Prosecution Service about the wording of the Official Secrets Acts, in light of the collapse of this case? Is it the Government’s understanding that the wording of the Acts was a factor in the collapse of that case?
Baroness Anderson of Stoke-on-Trent (Lab)
The noble Lord raises an important point, which I hope will be discussed this afternoon in the other place, so we can have a conversation about it later this week.