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1109245

	registered interest
	date	02/04/2019
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	National Security
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps he is taking to counter activity from hostile states in the UK.
	tabling member constituency	Solihull
	tabling member printed	Julian Knight
	uin	240015
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/04/2019 answer text <p>We are living in a period where the UK and our international partners face sustained hostile activity from certain states, and the Government takes this threat to the country very seriously.</p><p><br>The Home Office has taken a number of steps to counter hostile state activity. For example, the Counter-Terrorism and Border Security Act, which gained Royal Assent on 12 February 2019, provides a new power to stop, question, search and detain an individual at a port or border area to determine whether they are, or have been, involved in hostile state activity.</p><p><br>In addition, the Home Office is currently leading a review of existing Coun-ter-Hostile State Activity legislation in the UK, to establish whether further legislation is required to strengthen our response to all forms of hostile state activity.</p> answering member constituency Wyre and Preston North answering member printed Mr Ben Wallace question first answered 05/04/2019 12:49:12 answering member 1539 label Biography information for Mr Ben Wallace
	tabling member	4410 label Biography information for Julian Knight

1247755

	registered interest
	date	02/11/2020
	answering body	Ministry of Defence
	answering dept id	11
	answering dept short name	Defence
	answering dept sort name	Defence
	hansard heading	National Security
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, whether he has made an assessment of the potential effect on UK security threats of reducing Army personnel numbers by 7,000.
	tabling member constituency	Portsmouth South
	tabling member printed	Stephen Morgan
	uin	110228
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/11/2020 answer text <p>Our Armed Forces work tirelessly to protect the UK and our interests at home and abroad, and deliver against the UK's strategic priorities. We will always prioritise our response to the threats that the UK faces.</p><p>No decisions have been taken on the Integrated Review. In light of the decision to move to a one-year Spending Review, the Government is considering the implications for the completion of the Review and will provide an update to Parliament once these have been decided.</p> answering member constituency Wells answering member printed James Heappey grouped question UIN 110229 question first answered 09/11/2020 16:43:34 answering member 4528 label Biography information for James Heappey
	tabling member	4653 label Biography information for Stephen Morgan

1247756

	registered interest
	date	02/11/2020
	answering body	Ministry of Defence
	answering dept id	11
	answering dept short name	Defence
	answering dept sort name	Defence
	hansard heading	National Security
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, whether he has made an assessment of the potential effect on UK strategic security priorities of reducing Army personnel numbers by 7,000.
	tabling member constituency	Portsmouth South
	tabling member printed	Stephen Morgan
	uin	110229
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/11/2020 answer text <p>Our Armed Forces work tirelessly to protect the UK and our interests at home and abroad, and deliver against the UK's strategic priorities. We will always prioritise our response to the threats that the UK faces.</p><p>No decisions have been taken on the Integrated Review. In light of the decision to move to a one-year Spending Review, the Government is considering the implications for the completion of the Review and will provide an update to Parliament once these have been decided.</p> answering member constituency Wells answering member printed James Heappey grouped question UIN 110228 question first answered 09/11/2020 16:43:34 answering member 4528 label Biography information for James Heappey
	tabling member	4653 label Biography information for Stephen Morgan

1256833

	registered interest
	date	30/11/2020
	answering body	Ministry of Defence
	answering dept id	11
	answering dept short name	Defence
	answering dept sort name	Defence
	hansard heading	National Security
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, whether he plans to update the National Security Strategy.
	tabling member constituency	North Durham
	tabling member printed	Mr Kevan Jones
	uin	122601
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/12/2020 answer text <p>In his statement on 19 November, the Prime Minister said the Government will announce the full conclusions of the Integrated Review early in the new year. Through these conclusions we will set out the Government's overarching strategy for national security and foreign policy, including defence, diplomacy, development and national resilience, setting direction for more detailed strategies and departmental activity in the coming years.</p> answering member constituency Wells answering member printed James Heappey question first answered 03/12/2020 11:37:57 answering member 4528 label Biography information for James Heappey
	tabling member	1438 label Biography information for Mr Kevan Jones

1258476

	registered interest
	date	04/12/2020
	answering body	Ministry of Defence
	answering dept id	11
	answering dept short name	Defence
	answering dept sort name	Defence
	hansard heading	National Security
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, if he will make an assessment of the potential effect of China's thousand talents programme on UK national security.
	tabling member constituency	Midlothian
	tabling member printed	Owen Thompson
	uin	125280
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/12/2020 answer text <p>I refer the hon. Member to the answer I gave him on Monday 30 November to Question 120919.</p> answering member constituency Wells answering member printed James Heappey question first answered 09/12/2020 13:13:45 answering member 4528 label Biography information for James Heappey attachment 1 file name Hansard Extract 120919.docx title 120919 - Science; China
	tabling member	4482 label Biography information for Owen Thompson

1639845

	registered interest
	date	23/05/2023
	answering body	Prime Minister
	answering dept id	23
	answering dept short name	Prime Minister
	answering dept sort name	Prime Minister
	hansard heading	National Security
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Prime Minister, with reference to his oral contribution of 2 November 2022, Official Report ,column 861, what the evidential basis was for his statement that Labour was committed to abolishing the armed forces, scrapping the nuclear deterrent, withdrawing from NATO. and befriending Hamas and Hezbollah.
	tabling member constituency	South Shields
	tabling member printed	Mrs Emma Lewell-Buck
	uin	186524
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/06/2023 answer text <p>I have been asked to reply.</p><p>To assist the hon. Member, I have placed in the Library of the House documentation kindly provided by the Conservative Research Department, which outlines the evidential basis for this statement about the right hon. Member for Islington North’s (Jeremy Corbyn MP) security agenda.</p> answering member constituency Wells answering member printed James Heappey question first answered 06/06/2023 08:35:51 answering member 4528 label Biography information for James Heappey previous answer version 79073 answering member constituency Richmond (Yorks) answering member printed Rishi Sunak answering member 4483
	tabling member	4277 label Biography information for Mrs Emma Lewell-Buck

1691729

	registered interest
	date	26/02/2024
	answering body	Ministry of Defence
	answering dept id	11
	answering dept short name	Defence
	answering dept sort name	Defence
	hansard heading	National Security
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, if he will update his Department's Fusion Doctrine to reflect lessons learned from the integration of civil society and private business responses as part of defence efforts in Ukraine.
	tabling member constituency	Romford
	tabling member printed	Andrew Rosindell
	uin	15591
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/03/2024 answer text <p>Fusion Doctrine is not published by the Ministry of Defence as it relates to the UK's whole government approach to orchestrating National Security capabilities. Military Joint doctrine is reviewed continually by the Development, Concepts and Doctrine Centre through a five yearly plan. Review of Military Joint doctrine is required to reflect best practice and agreed lessons from operations and training.</p> answering member constituency Wells answering member printed James Heappey question first answered 05/03/2024 17:31:15 answering member 4528 label Biography information for James Heappey
	tabling member	1447 label Biography information for Andrew Rosindell

1651111

	registered interest
	date	07/07/2023
	answering body	Cabinet Office
	answering dept id	53
	answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
	answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
	hansard heading	National Security
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, on how many occasions his Department has exercised powers under the Enterprise Act 2002 to intervene in transactions which raised national security concerns in each of the last three years.
	tabling member constituency	East Londonderry
	tabling member printed	Mr Gregory Campbell
	uin	192972
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/07/2023 answer text <p>Between July 2020 and January 2022, the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy has issued Public Interest Intervention Notices under the Enterprise Act 2002, on national security grounds, in relation to the following acquisitions:</p><p><strong> </strong></p><ul><li><p>the proposed acquisition of Ultra Electronics Holdings plc by Cobham Ultra Acquisitions Limited;</p></li><li><p>the proposed acquisition of The Perpetuus Group by Taurus International Ltd and others; and</p></li><li><p>the proposed acquisition of Meggitt plc by Parker-Hannifin corporation</p></li></ul><p><strong> </strong></p><p>In addition, the then Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport used the same powers in relation to the proposed acquisition of Arm by NVIDIA in April 2021.</p><p><strong> </strong></p><p>Since 4 January 2022, the Government has had powers under the National Security and Investment (NSI) Act 2021 to scrutinise and, where necessary, intervene in acquisitions which may raise national security concerns. These powers replaced the national security limb of public interest intervention powers under the Enterprise Act 2002. In February 2023, responsibility for NSI moved from the Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy to the Cabinet Office, under the Deputy Prime Minister.</p><p>The Government promised to deliver a regime that is as business-friendly as possible while protecting our national security. The National Security &amp; Investment Act Annual Report demonstrates that we are succeeding in that mission.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Wealden answering member printed Ms Nusrat Ghani question first answered 12/07/2023 16:36:22 answering member 4460 label Biography information for Ms Nusrat Ghani
	tabling member	1409 label Biography information for Mr Gregory Campbell

1176500

	registered interest
	date	05/02/2020
	answering body	Prime Minister
	answering dept id	23
	answering dept short name	Prime Minister
	answering dept sort name	Prime Minister
	hansard heading	National Security
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Prime Minister, what steps he is taking to ensure that the Intelligence and Security Committee of Parliament’s report on the Russian threat to the UK is published without delay.
	tabling member constituency	Bermondsey and Old Southwark
	tabling member printed	Neil Coyle
	uin	13031
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/02/2020 answer text <p>I refer the Hon. Member to the answer I gave the Hon. Member the Member for Midlothian on 5 February 2020, Official Report, Col. 314.</p><p> </p><p><a href="https://hansard.parliament.uk/commons/2020-02-05/debates/9EAB35C6-1EF6-4A18-B345-56F34D5D4504/Engagements" target="_blank">https://hansard.parliament.uk/commons/2020-02-05/debates/9EAB35C6-1EF6-4A18-B345-56F34D5D4504/Engagements</a></p> answering member constituency Uxbridge and South Ruislip answering member printed Boris Johnson question first answered 10/02/2020 16:55:44 answering member 1423 label Biography information for Boris Johnson
	tabling member	4368 label Biography information for Neil Coyle

1672423

	registered interest
	date	22/11/2023
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	National Security
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps his Department is taking to tackle hostile state activity.
	tabling member constituency	North East Hampshire
	tabling member printed	Mr Ranil Jayawardena
	uin	3303
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/11/2023 answer text <p>The Home Office has an important role in the cross-government response to state threats. Through the National Security Act 2023, we have brought together vital new measures to protect our national security, which will enable our law enforcement and intelligence agencies to deter, detect and disrupt the full range of modern-day state threats.</p><p>I also lead the Defending Democracy Taskforce, which seeks to protect the democratic integrity of the UK from threats of foreign interference</p> answering member constituency Tonbridge and Malling answering member printed Tom Tugendhat question first answered 29/11/2023 17:55:40 answering member 4462 label Biography information for Tom Tugendhat
	tabling member	4498 label Biography information for Mr Ranil Jayawardena