MPs Call for Wider Ban of Chinese CCTV Cameras

Published on April 12, 2024

MPs have called for a wider ban of Chinese CCTV cameras after a minister clarified that local governments can still use them. The government has banned the installation of surveillance equipment from Chinese makers on “sensitive” government sites since November 2022 over risks to national security, but other sites do not have to follow the ban. In a written answer published on Tuesday, government minister Baroness Neville-Rolfe, whose roles include supporting the deputy prime minister on cyber security, told Lord Alton of Liverpool, “While local authorities may choose to follow the lead of central government in removing surveillance equipment they are under no obligation to do so.”...

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