The Globe and Mail reports in its Thursday edition that Britain is able to manage the security risks of using Huawei telecoms equipment and has not seen any evidence of malicious activity by the company, a senior official said on Wednesday, pushing back against U.S. allegations of potential Chinese state spying. A Reuters dispatch to The Globe says that Ciaran Martin, head of Britain's National Cyber Security Centre (NCSC), said that Britain had yet to decide on its security policy for national 5G networks, but that Huawei equipment was subject to detailed oversight and strict government controls. "Our regime is arguably the toughest and most rigorous oversight regime in the world for Huawei," Mr. Martin, whose NCSC is part of Britain's GCHQ intelligence agency, said at a cybersecurity conference in Brussels. Asked later whether Washington had presented Britain with any evidence to support its allegations, he told reporters: "I would be obliged to report if there was evidence of malevolence by Huawei. And we're yet to have to do that. So I hope that covers it." Huawei faces intense scrutiny in the West over its relationship with the Chinese government and U.S.-led allegations of enabling state espionage.