Security Vetting Debate

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Department: Cabinet Office

Security Vetting

Martin Wrigley Excerpts
Monday 20th April 2026

(1 day, 8 hours ago)

Commons Chamber
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Keir Starmer Portrait The Prime Minister
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I have set out the facts to the House this afternoon. I have ordered a review of security vetting by Sir Adrian Fulford, so that if any further changes are needed, we can put them in place.

Martin Wrigley Portrait Martin Wrigley (Newton Abbot) (LD)
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I understand that Peter Mandelson’s vetting clearance was conditional on his being accompanied to meetings with former clients, such as Palantir. Will the Prime Minister clarify why there is no record of his and Peter Mandelson’s meeting with Palantir in Washington, and will he tell the House what it was all about?

Keir Starmer Portrait The Prime Minister
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That was a routine meeting in the course of a visit I was on in the US.