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National Security Adviser: China

Asked by Alicia KearnsConservativeCabinet OfficeTabled Answered 15 October 2025UIN 78686

The question

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, whether the National Security Advisor discussed the case on Chinese espionage recently dropped by the CPS with Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi during their meeting in Beijing on 14th July 2025.

Answered by Dan Jarvis

The Government has a clear and consistent policy to not comment on the NSA’s meetings to protect sensitive information pertaining to this country’s national security. This has been the case under successive governments.

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