Steve Reed: Conservatives to blame for China spy case

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Housing Secretary Steve Reed blames the Conservative party for the collapse of the China spy case saying, “the fault lies with the previous government in failing to strengthen the law when they could have done it”.  Report by Ajagbef. Like us on Facebook at http://www.facebook.com/itn and follow us on Twitter at http://twitter.com/itn

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00:00Well the facts are very clear in this case. The Crown Prosecution Service, which is an independent

00:05body, asked the government for evidence. That evidence was provided in the way that they had

00:11asked for it. The CPS then independently took the decision that the evidence didn't meet the

00:16threshold for prosecution under the law as it stood at the time. Now the law was subsequently

00:21strengthened. This was under the previous government. Had they strengthened the law

00:25earlier, then there's a better chance this case would have stood up in the courts. So if there

00:29is fault, it's not with the official who provided the evidence to the government. He had served

00:34this government and previous governments faithfully and loyally and is very, very well regarded.

00:39The fault lies with the previous government in failing to strengthen the law when they

00:42could have done it.

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