Question to the Home Office:

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps her Department is taking to prevent people with known links to Chinese organised crime groups from being treated as community representatives by public bodies.

The Government are absolutely committed to ensuring appropriate due diligence when making decisions on who to engage on particular issues.

More broadly, if individuals are linked to organised crime, we will pursue all avenues to ensure the perpetrators of crimes are brought to justice. We are also working closely with law enforcement partners to strengthen understanding of Chinese related organised crime activity in the UK.