Written questions

Espionage: China

Commons · Question 96558 · Tabled 2 Dec 2025 · Home Office · Official record

Answered 9 Dec 2025

Question

Asked by David Simmonds

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, further to the oral statement of 18 November 2025, Official Report, Column 614, on China Espionage: Government Security Response, how the proscription-type tool to disrupt proxy organisations will ope

Answer

Answered by Dan Jarvis, 9 Dec 2025

Earlier this year, the Independent Reviewer for State Threats Legislation, Jonathan Hall KC, published a review evaluating what powers under terrorism legislation could be emulated to tackle state-based security threats to the UK. Mr Hall KC recommended i...