Question to the Ministry of Defence:

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, whether his Department plans to take steps to amend the National Security Bill to help tackle potential threats to national security arising from former Army Air Corps, Fleet Air Arm and Royal Air Force personnel being recruited by the People’s Liberation Army.

The Ministry of Defence has worked closely with the Home Office and the whole of Government on the development of the National Security Bill, currently before Parliament. This Bill will keep pace with this and the wider changing threat.

The Bill makes the UK an even harder target for any states seeking to conduct hostile acts against the UK, steal our information for their advantage, or interfere in our society covertly. It brings together vital new measures to protect the UK, modernising counter espionage laws and addressing the ever-evolving threat to our national security.