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PRIME MINISTER – NATO SUMMIT & SECURITY OF CRITICAL NATIONAL INFRASTRUCTURE - 16 June 2021

PRIME MINISTER – NATO SUMMIT & SECURITY OF CRITICAL NATIONAL INFRASTRUCTURE - 16 June 2021

Dr Julian Lewis: Given our shared belief that without the US and NATO there can be no security for the UK and Europe, does my right hon. Friend recall the strain on Anglo-American relations caused by Huawei’s infiltration of our critical national infrastructure? Will he therefore ensure that companies with dodgy and dubious links to the Chinese and Russian regimes will be firmly and fully shut out from building or operating our vital data and power pipelines in future?

[The Prime Minister: My right hon. Friend knows a great deal about what he speaks of. That is why we have passed the recent legislation to ensure that we protect this country from the loss of intellectual property and the sale of crucial national security businesses to unreliable partners overseas.]