Security Minister: China embassy does not pose risk

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Security Minister Dan Jarvis tells MPs that the government's approval of the opening of a new Chinese 'super-embassy' in London does not pose a national security risk to the UK. Report by Keechl. Like us on Facebook at http://www.facebook.com/itn and follow us on Twitter at http://twitter.com/itn

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00:00National security is the first duty of any government and that is why the intelligence

00:06and security agencies have been absolutely integral to this process.

00:12The ISC, as the committee entrusted and empowered by this House to scrutinise the government's

00:18most sensitive information, have today released their judgement on the security implications.

00:25I thank them for their work and am reassured by the depth of their scrutiny throughout

00:30the process.

00:32The ISC concluded, and I am quoting from their statement, on the basis of the evidence we

00:37have received and having carefully reviewed the nuanced national security considerations,

00:43the committee has concluded that, taken as a whole, the national security concerns that

00:48arise can be satisfactorily mitigated.

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