Rishi Sunak’s spokesperson ‘can’t get into issue of interference with democracy’
Former MI6 boss suggests China should be categorised as state of concern under new National Security Act, the former head of MI6, told the Today programme this morning that the National Security Act passed earlier this year would help the UK deal with the threat posed by
He also said the threat/no threat debate “sounds a bit binary and, if I may say so, a bit immature”. He went on: With the introduction of the National Security Act, which I campaigned for along with many colleagues, and I think is a good piece of legislation, you now have the direct criminalisation of undisclosed attempts to influence on behalf of a foreign government, what we would call political interference, with an additional option to specify specific states as being of specific concern in that context.
The political influence tier will require the registration of arrangements to carry out political influence activities in the UK at the direction of a foreign power. The enhanced tier of FIRS gives the secretary of state the power to require registration of a broader range of activities for specified foreign powers or foreign power-controlled entities where this is necessary to protect the safety of interests of the UK.
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