Question follow-through · 85380
Espionage: China
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, with reference to paragraph 23(b) of Witness Statement 1 by the Deputy National Security Adviser of 22 December 2023, what those back channels were.
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- Answering body
- Home Office
- Tabled
- 27 Oct 2025
- Target answer date
- 29 Oct 2025
- Answer
- 12 Nov 2025 · 16 calendar days after tabling
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Recorded timeline
27 Oct 2025
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, with reference to paragraph 23(b) of Witness Statement 1 by the Deputy National Security Adviser of 22 December 2023, what those back channels were.
29 Oct 2025
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
12 Nov 2025
Answer published
Upholding national security and keeping the public safe is the first duty of Government.This Government has been clear that we are extremely disappointed in the decision by the CPS not to proceed with prosecution of Christopher Cash and Christopher Berry....
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
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