Security Vetting Debate

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Security Vetting

Rupa Huq 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 assure the hon. Lady that I have ordered a review of any national security issues arising in relation to what I found out last Tuesday. I will obviously update the House when that review is complete.

Rupa Huq Portrait Dr Rupa Huq (Ealing Central and Acton) (Lab)
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I thank the Prime Minister for his heartfelt statement and—if we are judging parties on actions, not words—for reviving the post of anti-corruption tsar. It was vacant for years and years under three of his predecessors, starting with Boris Johnson’s lockdown breaches. Now that we have the heavyweight Margaret Hodge in post, what plans does the Prime Minister have for this broader policy area?

Keir Starmer Portrait The Prime Minister
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I am sure that Margaret Hodge will do a very good job in that role, as she has done in so many other roles previously.