Deputy Prime Minister Oliver Dowden said there is a 'strong case' to place Chinese agents on the 'enhanced' tier of the Foreign Influence Registration Scheme
Asked by Mr Loughton whether China would be placed in this enhanced tier, Mr Dowden said: “We are currently reviewing which countries are in that enhanced tier, but I think there is a strong case to be made, but he would not expect me to make that announcement from the dispatch box until we’ve gone through the proper process in respect of it.”
He told Times Radio: “What does amaze me is that people are surprised by it. There was a terrific report by the Intelligence and Security Committee in July, which I think the government tried to delay as long as they could … which went in detail through the acts of covert and overt espionage, influence seeking done by the Chinese.Asked whether he thought the people of Westminster were complacent, Lord Patten added: “Complacent. Absolutely. And many of them deluded.
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