"It is, quite rightly, for the police and not for Ministers to determine the way in which they want their investigation to proceed and to identify documents that they feel are reasonable lines of inquiry. However, to give the House reassurance, even that class of documents was viewed by the …..." Nick Thomas-Symonds - View Speech
"I reject the suggestion that there is any wrongdoing, as regards Palantir contracts being renewed—I think one was renewed by the Ministry of Defence—in the way that the hon. Gentleman suggests. I reject that absolutely. On the meeting between the Prime Minister and Peter Thiel, to be clear, that did …..." Nick Thomas-Symonds - View Speech
"We have set off a surge of interventions. I will give way to the hon. Lady and then the right hon. Gentleman, and that is it...." Nick Thomas-Symonds - View Speech
"I do not expect that to happen, but of course if it did, we would consider it. I will finally give way to the right hon. Member for Islington North...." Nick Thomas-Symonds - View Speech
"That of course strays into the conflict of interests class of documents, which is still one of the classes that is with the Metropolitan police.
I conclude by saying again that it is very important that the House has this debate today. From the debate in February to today, I …..." Nick Thomas-Symonds - View Speech
"It was an official-led process. Let me just make that clear, because the right hon. Gentleman points towards a pretty important issue. We had the Humble Address and its wording—hon. Members can read that wording—with the quite extensive list drafted by the shadow Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster, the …..." Nick Thomas-Symonds - View Speech
"That was another important part of what was done, and the House should also take reassurance from that. I made the point about precedents to the right hon. Member for South Holland and The Deepings (Sir John Hayes), and the Government also sought to take that independent legal advice on …..." Nick Thomas-Symonds - View Speech
"I agree with the right hon. Gentleman. It is just that if he looks at the wording of the Humble Address, he will see that it lists a series of classes of documents, and then it says, “except papers”—those that were referred to the ISC. That is our compliance with …..." Nick Thomas-Symonds - View Speech