Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer said they will publish witness statement in the China spy trial

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00:00I have therefore carefully considered this question this morning and after

00:05legal advice I have decided to publish the witness statement. Given the

00:13information contained we will conduct a short process but I want to make

00:18clear I intend to publish the witness statements in full. Let me say this to be

00:26clear, had the Conservatives been quicker in updating our legislation, a review

00:31that started in 2015, these individuals could have been prosecuted and we would

00:37not be where we are now. I'm happy to answer any questions on this.