Security Vetting

Jerome Mayhew Excerpts

Monday 20th April 2026 Commons Chamber

[The Prime Minister]

I first knew last Tuesday, as I have set out to the House.

[Jerome Mayhew (Broadland and Fakenham) (Con)]

For the third time of asking, at the time when the Prime Minister appointed Peter Mandelson as ambassador, was he aware that Mandelson had been a director of Sistema?

[The Prime Minister]

I was aware of what was in the due diligence—I have dealt with that—but I was not aware of the issues that were dealt with in the security vetting, nor the recommendation of UKSV.