Man is known to have had unescorted access to large parts of the Westminster estate
MPs have reacted with alarm after it emerged that a parliamentary researcher with links to senior Conservatives and potential access to sensitive information had been arrested over allegations of spying forThe man, who is in his 20s and was arrested in March along with another person, is known to have held a parliamentary pass, allowing him unescorted access to large parts of the Westminster estate.
At the end of his visit to the G20 summit in Delhi, Rishi Sunak personally challenged the Chinese premier, Li Qiang, over the allegations, first reportedAfter the meeting, Sunak said: “I obviously can’t comment on the specifics of an ongoing investigation but with regard to my meeting with Premier Li, what I said very specifically is that I raised a range of different concerns that we have in areas of disagreement, and in particular, my very strong concerns about any interference in our...
Some MPs have privately raised worries about the potential roles of Alicia Kearns, the Conservative MP who chairs the Commons foreign affairs committee, and Tom Tugendhat, the security minister. The revelations risk igniting a new row inside the Conservative party about the wisdom of normal ties with Beijing, afterthe first foreign secretary in five years to visit China last month, meeting a series of senior Chinese government members.
“If you can penetrate parliament like this over such a long period of time, then how many other institutions with less levels of security are being penetrated on a daily basis?”
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