MPs and peers to grill Attorney General over collapsed spying case

Lord Hermer, the Attorney General, has said it would have been inappropriate for him to have interfered in the prosecution of two alleged Chinese spies (Ben Whitley/PA) - (PA Archive)

The Attorney General is set to be grilled by MPs and peers over the collapse of the trial of two alleged Chinese spies last month.

His appearance comes in the second round of hearings by the Joint Committee on the National Security Strategy (JCNSS) as it investigates the collapse of the case against Christopher Cash and Christopher Berry.