Security Vetting Debate

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Security Vetting

Manuela Perteghella 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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I did know the difference.

Manuela Perteghella Portrait Manuela Perteghella (Stratford-on-Avon) (LD)
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After years of sleaze and scandal under the previous Government, the Prime Minister promised integrity and accountability, but my constituents in Stratford-on-Avon are not seeing change; they are seeing more of the same—a continuity Government in which warnings are ignored and standards slip. Why should anyone believe that the Prime Minister is still capable of delivering the change that he promised?

Keir Starmer Portrait The Prime Minister
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I made sure that the relevant inquiries were made so that I could put the full picture before the House. That is the approach I have taken, as Members have seen this afternoon.