The husband of Labour Party member in the British Parliament is among three people arrested Wednesday for allegedly spying for China.

David Taylor, the spouse of Labour Member of Parliament Joani Reid, was arrested by counterterrorism detectives in London on suspicion of assisting a foreign intelligence service, and as part of a wider investigation into national security offenses related to China, according to The Guardian newspaper.

Detectives also arrested a 68-year-old man in Powys, Wales, and a 43-year-old man in Pontyclun, Wales, but the police have not identified those men, who remain in custody.

“I have never seen anything to make me suspect my husband has broken any law," Reid, who is the MP for East Kilbride and Strathaven and a member of the home affairs committee, said in a statement. 

An MP in the Labour Party is an elected member of the House of Commons representing a specific constituency.

“I am not part of my husband’s business activities and neither I nor my children are part of this investigation, and we should not be treated by media organisations as though we are," her statement also reads. “I have never been to China. I have never spoken on China or China-related matters in the Commons. I have never asked a question on China-related matters,” she added.

“As far as I am aware I have never met any Chinese businesses whilst I have been an MP, any Chinese diplomats or government employees, nor raised any concern with ministers or anyone else on behalf of, even coincidentally, Chinese interests.”

Conservative MP Greg Stafford suggest that Reid “sits on a select committee that would have information which is sensitive, maybe even secret” and would have visited defense sites across the United Kingdom.

The police said the three arrests were part of a “proactive investigation,” and that there was no “imminent or direct threat to the public.”

Dan Jarvis, the security minister, confirmed in a Commons statement that the arrests related to China, but could give no further details of the ongoing police investigation.

“Today’s arrests are part of a proactive investigation and while these are serious matters, we do not believe there to be any imminent or direct threat to the public relating to this, said Cmdr. Helen Flanagan, who leads the Metropolitan Police's counterterrorism unit.

In addition to searches at the addresses where the arrests were made, counterterrorism detectives are searching what are understood to be residential addresses in London, East Kilbride and Cardiff.

Jarvis told MPs that British officials had formally protested to their Chinese counterparts in London and Beijing about the allegations “to raise our strong concerns.”

He also said that he told MPs that they should realize that foreign powers would not just target politicians, but people close to them.