The Foreign Affairs Committee has criticised the Government response to its report as “woefully inadequate” and failing to “engage meaningfully with its substance”.
Read the letter and the Government response: https://t.co/5iP8elq38P
Our session has resumed with Morgan McSweeney, former Downing Street Chief of Staff, giving evidence on Lord Mandelson’s security vetting.
Watch on YouTube: https://t.co/Ytbt4U1ccP
Our session questioning Sir Philip Barton, former Permanent Under-Secretary at @FCDOGovUK and Morgan McSweeney, former Downing Street Chief of Staff, on Lord Mandelson’s security vetting has begun.
Watch on YouTube: https://t.co/Ytbt4U1ccP
We will hear from Sir Philip Barton, former Permanent Under-Secretary at @FCDOGovUK, on Lord Mandelson’s security vetting tomorrow at 9am Tuesday 28 April.
Morgan McSweeney, former Downing Street Chief of Staff will also be giving evidence at 11am.
Our Chair @EmilyThornberry has written to the Foreign Secretary @YvetteCooperMP, to request that Ian Collard at the @FCDOGovUK to appear before the Foreign Affairs Committee on Tuesday 28 April on Lord Mandelson's security vetting.
➡️https://t.co/buhFyBxsC9
We will hear from Sir Philip Barton, former Permanent Under-Secretary at @FCDOGovUK, on Lord Mandelson’s security vetting at 9am Tuesday 28 April.
Details of our session with Morgan McSweeney will be announced soon.
Our session with Cat Little, Permanent Secretary at the Cabinet Office and Chief Operating Officer of the United Kingdom's Civil Service on Lord Mandelson's vetting has begun.
Watch on YouTube: https://t.co/8Up4eOfMGB
Our session speaking to @cabinetofficeuk Permanent Secretary and chief operating officer of the UK’s Civil Service Cat Little tomorrow at 9:30am will be livestreamed on YouTube ⬇️
https://t.co/3CVvbYEIbm
We will hear from former No 10 Chief of Staff Morgan McSweeney and Cabinet Office Permanent Secretary Cat Little on Lord Mandelson's security vetting across two sessions.
We will hear from Ms Little tomorrow at 9:30am, with Mr McSweeney due to appear on Tuesday 28 April.
Today, Sir Oliver Robbins told us that it would have been "a very difficult problem" to deny clearance to former Ambassador Lord Peter Mandelson after his appointment had been publicly announced.
Our session with former Permanent Under-Secretary at @FCDOGovUK Sir Oliver Robbins on the vetting process for former Ambassador Lord Peter Mandelson has begun.
Watch live ⬇️
https://t.co/AnQ39ELCfS
Our session speaking to former Permanent Under-Secretary at @FCDOGovUK Sir Oliver Robbins tomorrow at 9am will be livestreamed on YouTube ⬇️
https://t.co/IJdu5maDNS
We will be hearing from former Permanent Under-Secretary at @FCDOGovUK Sir Oliver Robbins about the vetting process for former Ambassador Lord Peter Mandelson tomorrow, Tuesday 21 April at 9am.
Find out more ⬇️
https://t.co/5Y0n1ZGLs0
The Foreign Secretary, @YvetteCooperMP@FCDOGovUK has written to our Chair @EmilyThornberry on the vetting process for former Ambassador Lord Peter Mandelson.
Read the letter 👇