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Evening Standard
Evening Standard
Politics
Sophie Wingate

Hermer and Jones summoned to public hearing on China spy case collapse

Attorney General Lord Richard Hermer has been asked to attend the inquiry later this month (PA) - (PA Archive)

Attorney General Lord Hermer and Chief Secretary to the Prime Minister Darren Jones have been summoned to a public hearing on the collapse of the China spy case.

Parliament’s Joint Committee on the National Security Strategy has asked both men to give evidence to its inquiry on October 28, as scrutiny on the Government continues over the dropping of charges against Christopher Cash, a former parliamentary researcher, and Christopher Berry last month.

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