Security Vetting

John Lamont 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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Yes, I can give that assurance. We will.

John Lamont Portrait John Lamont (Berwickshire, Roxburgh and Selkirk) (Con)
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The Prime Minister has said various things about Peter Mandelson’s vetting process over the past weeks and months that have now turned out not to be true. Does he accept that he inadvertently misled the House of Commons?

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.