The sitting UK government has officially removed the clause in the UK's Procurement Bill that Parliamentarians expect would ban Hikvision usage by autorities.
The 'sitting UK government' here means the Prime Minister's office - known as the Cabinet Office and roughly equivalent to the US White House - represented by Alex Burghart, the Parliamentary Secretary for the Cabinet Office and Conservative MP.
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