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Speech in Commons Chamber - Tue 18 Nov 2025
China Espionage: Government Security Response

"I have great respect for the Minister. However, listening to what he has said today about the China espionage case, which follows the collapsed spy case, the Christine Lee case and the other spying that took place here in the House, does he not look back and think that it …..."
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Written Question
Official Cars: Security
Tuesday 17th January 2023

Asked by: Iain Duncan Smith (Conservative - Chingford and Woodford Green)

Question to the Cabinet Office:

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what steps (a) 10 Downing Street and (b) other Government departments have taken to ensure government cars do not contain preinstalled electronic devices that may threaten the security of both the occupants and HM Government.

Answered by Jeremy Quin

As has been the case under successive administrations, it is government policy not to comment on security procedures.

Government cars are subject to regular security checks and have robust protections in place.

Speech in Commons Chamber - Fri 09 Sep 2022
Tributes to Her Late Majesty The Queen

"So much has already been said and I do not intend to repeat it much, but I do want to say that it is a sad day for all of us. It is tragic news, bringing to an end a remarkable career spanning 70 years, endless Prime Ministers and endless …..."
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Thu 24 Feb 2022
Ukraine

"With Ukrainian men and women dying to fight against the Russians for their freedom today, those who are calling for negotiation at this point can only please that rambling wreck of a neo-Nazi sitting in the Kremlin, and they should be shunned.

Today the ambassador from Ukraine asked desperately whether …..."
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Tue 22 Feb 2022
Ukraine

"I commend my right hon. Friend and his colleagues for their stalwart action so far. The fact is, Mr Lavrov said today that Ukraine does not have a right to sovereignty, so the scale of the ambition is surely clear to anyone who doubted it. I commend what he has …..."
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Tue 25 Jan 2022
Ukraine

"I congratulate my right hon. Friend, the Foreign Secretary and the Defence Secretary on forming a very robust leadership with NATO and our European allies, and with the United States. Does my right hon. Friend agree, however, that right now we are facing an even wider threat? It is Ukraine …..."
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Wed 08 Dec 2021
Oral Answers to Questions

"The Prime Minister has already been asked about the winter Olympics, but having listened to his answer, I have to say that, sadly, it was not strong enough. I support the request that the UK Government now act against the dictatorial brutal Chinese regime that is persecuting everybody from Christians …..."
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Mon 18 Oct 2021
Tributes to Sir David Amess

"I am going to be, or at least intend to be, brief; after all, pretty much everything about David has been said, but that does not mean I cannot repeat it.

I knew David for 29 years. When I first came into this place in 1992, he was outstandingly and …..."
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Tue 07 Sep 2021
Elections Bill

"On a point of order, Mr Deputy Speaker. I apologise to colleagues for this brief intervention, but I have heard that the all-party parliamentary China group has invited the ambassador of China on to the estate next week. As one of many in this place who has been sanctioned by …..."
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Mon 06 Sep 2021
Afghanistan

"I thank my right hon. Friend for his statement. Has he noticed that the Chinese Government, since our departure from Afghanistan, have used Afghanistan to up their threats on Taiwan, with hundreds of overflights threatening the Taiwanese and telling them that, when the war comes, the US will not be …..."
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