MPs to hold inquiry into collapsed China spy case after No 10 publishes key evidence

Chris Ward, a Cabinet Office minister, said the decision to abandon the trial ‘was taken purely by the Crown Prosecution Service’. Photograph: House of Commons/UK Parliament/PA

MPs will hold an inquiry into the collapse of the caseagainst two men accused of spying for China, after No 10 published key evidence in an attempt to draw a line under the row.

Matt Western, a Labour MP and chair of the joint committee on the national security strategy, told the House of Commons there were “a lot of questions yet to be asked” and announced a formal inquiry.