Conservative MP Richard Holden said the Prime Minister’s remarks to Parliament about the collapsed China spy case were “demonstrably untrue”. He argued that there are “serious questions” about the government’s role in the decision not to proceed with the prosecution. Report by Covellm. Like us on Facebook at http://www.facebook.com/itn and follow us on Twitter at http://twitter.com/itn
00:00Well, it's quite clear that what the Prime Minister told the House of Commons on Wednesday is demonstrably untrue.
00:05And I think that's really serious. That's why the Speaker of the House of Commons allowed an urgent question yesterday.
00:12I don't think we've seen the end of this at all.
00:14When you're seeing parts of the Labour manifesto lifted, put into witness statements,
00:19which are then sent to the Crown Prosecution Service, and the Prime Minister says there's no political involvement at all,
00:25that does not stand up to credible questioning.
00:29I think that it's quite clear that there was really serious questions now to answer about the government's political involvement in the decisions not to proceed with the prosecution of these guys.
00:41They were charged under the Conservatives, and since the general election, the charges have basically gone away.
00:49And it's pretty clear to me that those decisions are political decisions.
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