Скачать или смотреть Boris Johnson wins Commons revolt over Huawei involvement in UK 5G network

There has been criticism of the plan to allow Huawei to supply parts of the network because of security fears. (Picture: Reuters) The prime minister has survived the first Tory rebellion of the new Parliament, over the involvement of Chinese company Huawei in the UK’s new 5G network.  Critics led by Sir Iain Duncan Smith tabled an amendment seeking to ban ‘high-risk vendors’ from the system after 2022. Despite 36 Tories voting against the Government, minister won with a majority of 24 this afternoon.  Once we get the 5G system, internet speeds should be faster meaning things are less glitchy and more instantaneous.  But there has been criticism of the plan to allow Huawei to supply parts of the network because of security fears. Some worry it could give China a ‘backdoor’ to spy on the UK. The telecoms firm has ties to the Chinese state (Picture: PA) The telecoms firm has ties to the Chinese state, and the United States has urged the UK not to allow it to have a role in its communications network. Advertisement Advertisement  Boris Johnson was able to fend off the rebellion thanks to winning an 80-strong majority at the general election in December.  Sir Iain had warned MPs that the rebels were ‘genuinely concerned’ about the involvement of the firm he described as being ‘essentially almost completely owned’ by Chinese trade unions controlled by the state.  ‘The reality is that when it comes to security versus cost, my view is security wins every single time because I worry when we start compromising security,’ he added.  The government has decided to allow Huawei to supply ‘non-core’ elements of the network. Boris Johnson fended off a Tory rebellion (Picture: Reuters) But the company has been banned completely from the US telecoms network, the the States had lobbied Britain to take a similar approach.  Conservative former trade secretary Liam Fox urged the UK to ‘avoid the risk’ by not using Huawei rather than seeking to mitigate it.  ‘In order to achieve greater trade with China, we do not need to sacrifice our national security by including Huawei as part of that risk,’ he added to the Commons.  Ahead of the vote defeated by 282 votes to 306, Culture Secretary Oliver Dowden wrote to Tory MPs setting out the measures the Government was taking to restrict Huawei’s involvement.  And he restated the commitment to see the firm replaced by competitors over time.  ‘I wish to stress again that the Government is clear-eyed about the challenges posed by Huawei,’ Mr Dowden wrote.  ‘That is why the National Security Council made a decision to: exclude them from the security critical network functions in 5G networks, and reduce their presence in other network functions up to a strict market share cap of 35%. Advertisement Advertisement  ‘This position is based on the comprehensive security advice provided by the cyber security branch of GCHQ, the National Cyber Security Centre.’  One of the rebels, backbencher Bob Seely, welcomed the ‘st