Starmer says Labour ‘inherited Tories’ failings’ from Afghan data leak, must answer ‘serious questions’

Starmer says Tories have 'serious questions to answer' over Afghan data breach Source: Reuters

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00:00There's always been support across this House for the United Kingdom fulfilling our obligations

00:05to Afghans who served alongside British forces. We warned in opposition about conservative

00:12management of this policy and yesterday the Defence Secretary set out the full extent

00:18of the failings that we inherited. A major data breach, a super injunction,

00:25a secret route that has already cost hundreds of millions of pounds. Ministers who served under

00:32the party opposite have serious questions to answer about how this was ever allowed to happen.

00:38The Chair of the Defence Committee has indicated that he intends to hold further inquiries.

00:43I welcome that and hope that those who were in office at the time will welcome that scrutiny.