Every military asset the US has in Britain is being assessed to understand the knock-on implications of Huawei taking part in the new wireless network.
The Chinese government has urged Australia not to interfere as it takes the next step in the case of Dr Yang Hengjun.
"This is one of those occasions when a point has to be made,"said one MP who voted against his own party.
The company's US-based chief cyber security officer says European rivals should be scrutinised for their Chinese manufacturing operations.
The debate was led by former Tory leader Iain Duncan-Smith and backed by a more than half a dozen government MPs.
The former foreign secretary predicted the rebellion would end in failure.
The chairman of a powerful parliamentary committee has called on the former SA senator,who is now a legal advocate for the Chinese telecommunications giant,to sign up to the foreign influence register
A former cabinet colleague has warned Johnson that he will go down in history as the PM that put the nation's security at risk by greenlighting Huawei for Britain's 5G network.
It comes as US House Speaker Nancy Pelosi told European nations that allowing Huawei into 5G would be like having Chinese state police'right in your pocket'.
A mobile data network under construction for Perth's public trains by Chinese telecommunications giant Huawei could be used to support body worn cameras,CCTV and live tracking of personnel.
Chinese telco giant Huawei is organising a series of public forums it says is aimed at letting Australians form their own view of the controversial company.