the sequence according to which the tense of a subordinate verb in a sentence is determined by the tense of the principal verb, as in I believe he is lying, I believed he was lying, etc
Examples of 'sequence of tenses' in a sentence
sequence of tenses
It would thus be sensible not to follow the sequence of tenses rule but to use the present tense.
Times, Sunday Times (2016)
A more traditional but less informative grammatical term for this sort of change of tense is 'sequence of tenses'.