Security Vetting Debate

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Department: Cabinet Office

Security Vetting

Jacob Collier Excerpts
Monday 20th April 2026

(1 day, 9 hours ago)

Commons Chamber
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Keir Starmer Portrait The Prime Minister
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No, I did not mislead the House of Commons. I accept that information that I should have had, and that the House should have had, should have been before the House, but I did not mislead the House, and that is why I have set out the account in full.

Jacob Collier Portrait Jacob Collier (Burton and Uttoxeter) (Lab)
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The Bloomberg files, which caused the Prime Minister to sack Peter Mandelson, revealed that Mandelson had been leaking confidential Government information to a convicted paedophile during Gordon Brown’s Government. Mandelson will have had access to highly sensitive and top secret documents in his role as ambassador to Washington, so given his previous behaviour, has there been any investigation by the Government or the security services of potential leaks during his tenure?

Keir Starmer Portrait The Prime Minister
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That is why I have asked for a review to be carried out in relation to material that could have caused any national security issues.