A minister will reply to a request for a statement ‘on the three witness statements in relation to alleged breach of Official Secrets Act on behalf of China’
The Commons authorities have announced that there will be an urgent question on the China spy case at 10.30am.
The Conservative MP Neil O’Brien has tabled the question, asking for a statement “on the three witness statements in relation to alleged breach of Official Secrets Act on behalf of China”. A minister will reply.
Stephen Kinnock, the care minister, was the government spokesperson on the media this morning. As Eleni Courea reports, asked about the China spy case witness statements, he said it was up to the CPS to explain why the prosecution was dropped. He told Sky News:
I believe the DPP [Stephen Parkinson, who as director of public prosecutions is head of the CPS] told MPs yesterday that he felt the evidence was 95% of the way there, but there was a 5% gap that was missing. I think he’s the best person to explain what that 5% that was missing was.
