Peter Mandelson: Government Appointment Debate
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Carolyn Harris
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Peter Mandelson: Government Appointment
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Carolyn Harris (Neath and Swansea East) (Lab)
I will be very brief, as I am not attempting to audition for a BAFTA, unlike some colleagues. Neither am I trying to attempt any factional point scoring, as some colleagues have done today. The Prime Minister himself said yesterday that Peter Mandelson should never have been appointed as our ambassador to the US, so let me ask simply this: can the Chief Secretary tell the House how the Prime Minister has changed the way due diligence and security vetting will be conducted before appointments are announced in the future?