National Security Adviser: China
Commons · Question 82727 · Tabled 16 Oct 2025 · Cabinet Office · Official record
Answered 3 Nov 2025
Question
Asked by James Wild
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, pursuant to his oral contribution of 13 October 2025, Official Report, column 67 which (a) minister and (b) civil servant gave the Deputy National Security Adviser full freedom to provide evidence without interf
Answer
Answered by Dan Jarvis, 3 Nov 2025
The decision that the Deputy National Security Advisor would give evidence was taken under the last Government in 2023.When this government came into office in 2024, the Deputy National Security Advisor was a witness in a criminal prosecution. That is why...