A committee of MPs on Tuesday removed parts of the Procurement Bill that aim to purge Chinese security cameras and accomplices of forced organ harvesting from the UK’s public supply chain.
The two clauses were passed in the House of Lords on Dec. 2 despite the fact that the government opposed the proposals, citing technicality issues. But the government, which has a majority in Parliament, managed to remove them in the House of Commons.
MPs will attempt to push back on at least one of the removals in a later stage.
Security Cameras
One of the clauses, inserted by Lord Alton of Liverpool, would have compelled the government to publish a timeline for the removal of physical technology or surveillance equipment from the government’s procurement supply chain where there is established evidence that a provider has been involved in modern slavery, genocide, or crimes against humanity….