Home Secretary: Resignation and Reappointment

Debate between Jeremy Quin and Feryal Clark

Wednesday 26th October 2022 Commons Chamber

[Jeremy Quin]

I do not know where the hon. Gentleman has got the concept of people not having full security clearance—I do not understand where that would come from. As I have said, the Home Secretary is doing the job of the Home Secretary, with all that that entails. I hope that that reassures him.

[Feryal Clark (Enfield North) (Lab)]

Is anyone in Government, including the members of the Cabinet, using personal email accounts to conduct Government business?

[Jeremy Quin]

By and large, we use Government communications to conduct Government business, but, as I understand it, there is not a total ban on this; there may be certain circumstances, when things are nugatory, where other forms of communication are used. We all live in a digital age, where we need to have rapid communications. As the hon. Lady will be aware, a range of communications are legitimately entered into by Ministers, including in relation to their constituency or to political issues, that cannot and should not be conducted on Government mechanisms.