Labour<\/a> figure said, referring to the scandal that brought down Boris Johnson.<\/p>\nThe Conservatives have forced a vote on the release of the documents, and the government has said it will release the vetting process for Mandelson\u2019s appointment, which they claim will show he lied about his relationship with the disgraced financier Jeffery Epstein.<\/p>\n
But the government\u2019s amendment would mean the cabinet secretary could refuse to disclose documents that prejudiced national security or international relations \u2013 an exemption that many MPs have told the Guardian they believe is too broad.<\/p>\n
Instead Rayner and Hillier have said the government should allow the select committee to have oversight over what is disclosed.<\/p>\n
Questioned repeatedly at prime minister\u2019s questions, Starmer said Mandelson had \u201cbetrayed our country\u201d in his dealings with the convicted child sex offender. The Metropolitan police have opened an investigation into whether there had been misconduct in a public office over sensitive government documents which appeared to have been forwarded from Mandelson to Epstein.<\/p>\n
\u201cHe lied repeatedly to my team, when asked about his relationship with Epstein before and during his tenure as ambassador,\u201d the prime minister said. \u201cI regret appointing him. If I knew then what I know now, he would never been anywhere near government.<\/p>\n
\u201cI want to make sure this house sees the full documentation, so it will see for itself the extent to which, time and time again, Mandelson completely misrepresented the extent of his relationship with Epstein, and lied throughout the process, including in response to the due diligence,\u201d Starmer said.<\/p>\n
In the Conservative-led debate, Rayner said the government needed to go further. \u201cGiven the public disgust and the sickening behaviour of Peter Mandelson and the importance of transparency \u2026 should we not have the ISC not have the same role now [as in relation to a previous humble address] in keeping public confidence in the process?\u201d she said.<\/p>\n
The Cabinet Office minister, Nick Thomas-Symonds, said he would consider the changes. \u201cI am hearing what the house is saying and I will take that point away,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n
Ministers are willing to rewrite the government\u2019s amendment, insiders say, and to give the intelligence and security committee a role in deciding what gets published.<\/p>\n
MPs from across the house used the debate to call for the ISC to take charge of those decisions rather than the cabinet secretary.<\/p>\n
Officials say the prime minister is willing to rewrite his amendment, but wants to ensure the process does not become a \u201cparty political\u201d one that the Conservatives use to damage the government further.<\/p>\n
The chair of the ISC is Kevan Jones, a Labour peer and former defence minister. The committee is made up of a mix of MPs and peers from different parties, with Labour the most well represented.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n
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