Ministerial Corrections

Tuesday 29th March 2022 Ministerial Corrections

Tuesday 29 March 2022

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Tuesday 29th March 2022 Ministerial Corrections

Daniel Morgan Independent Panel Report

The following is an extract from the statement on the Daniel Morgan Independent Panel Report on 23 March 2022.

[Kit Malthouse]

One of the improvements that the inspectorate did note that the Metropolitan police has achieved over the past couple of years is an elimination almost of the vetting backlog, which just three or four years ago stood at something like 37,000, astonishingly.

[Official Report, 23 March 2022, Vol. 711, c. 381.]

Letter of correction from the Minister for Crime and Policing, the right hon. Member for North West Hampshire (Kit Malthouse):

An error has been identified in the response given to the hon. Member for Westminster North (Ms Buck).

The information should have been:

[Kit Malthouse]

One of the improvements that the inspectorate did note that the Metropolitan police has achieved over the past couple of years is an elimination almost of the vetting backlog, which just three or four years ago stood at something like 16,000, astonishingly.

Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

Tuesday 29th March 2022 Ministerial Corrections

Ukraine

The following is an extract from the statement on Ukraine on 28 March 2022.

[Elizabeth Truss]

President Zelensky and the Ukrainian people know that everybody in the United Kingdom stands firm with them. We were the first European country to recognise Ukraine’s independence from the Soviet Union. Thirty years on, we are the first to strengthen its defences against Putin’s invasion, and lead the way in our support.

[Official Report, 28 March 2022, Vol. 711, c. 593.]

Letter of correction from the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs:

An error has been identified in my statement.

The correct information should have been:

[Elizabeth Truss]

President Zelensky and the Ukrainian people know that everybody in the United Kingdom stands firm with them. We were the first to strengthen Ukraine’s defences against Putin’s invasion, and lead the way in our support.