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Top Secret Document Leaks

Sarah Atherton Excerpts
Tuesday 18th April 2023

(1 year, 8 months ago)

Commons Chamber
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James Heappey Portrait James Heappey
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In the interests of not only expectation management but accuracy, I will say to the right hon. Gentleman that I will ensure we do all that we are allowed to do and that the Committee is serviced with whatever is releasable, accepting, of course, that the content that has been leaked is US content, which might mean that that is very difficult for us to do.

Sarah Atherton Portrait Sarah Atherton (Wrexham) (Con)
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We know that Russia is a master of propagating disinformation, and this is an evolving tactic increasingly used by hostile states, so can the Minister assure us that this issue is being considered in the Defence Command Paper refresh?