Foreign Influence Registration Scheme: China
The question
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, pursuant to the Answer of 21 October 2025 to Question 79231 on Foreign Influence Registration Scheme: China, what discussions she has had with Cabinet colleagues on adding China to the enhanced tier of the Foreign Influence Registration Scheme.
Answered by Dan Jarvis
As set out in the National Security Act 2023, the Secretary of State may make a specification under the enhanced tier of the Foreign Influence Registration Scheme (FIRS) where they consider it is reasonably necessary to do so to protect the safety or interests of the United Kingdom.
On China, no decision has been made in relation to specifying this country on the enhanced tier of FIRS. Any changes to the countries listed will be announced first in Parliament in the usual way.
It is a long established precedent that information about the discussions taking place in Cabinet and its Committees is not shared publicly as part of the principle of Cabinet Collective Responsibility.
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