Written questions

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...