Dan Jarvis

"My priority now is to make sure that our armed forces have the resources that they need to do a very difficult job."

"The Government has been consistent and unambiguous in our assessment that China presents a series of threats to the United Kingdom."

"We remain deeply concerned by an increasing pattern of covert activity from Chinese state-linked actors targeting UK democracy."

"I can confirm to the House that British officials have formally démarche Chinese counterparts in London and Beijing about these allegations to raise our strong concerns."

"This government stands resolute in our resolve to counter foreign interference activity targeting the UK from any state actor."