00:16Oh
00:43To learn that there was a cabinet minister leaking sensitive information at the height
00:50of the response to the 2008 crash is beyond infuriating and I am as angry as the public
00:57and any member of this House.
01:00Mandelson betrayed our country, our Parliament and my party.
01:08He lied repeatedly to my team when asked about his relationship with Epstein before and during
01:15his tenure as ambassador.
01:17I regret appointing him.
01:19If I knew then what I know now, he would never have been anywhere near government.
01:25That is why, Mr Speaker, yesterday the Cabinet Secretary, with my support, took the decision
01:31to refer material to the police and there is now a criminal investigation.
01:37I have instructed my team to draft legislation to strip Mandelson of his title and wider legislation
01:45to remove disgraced peers.
01:47And this morning I have agreed with His Majesty the King that Mandelson should be removed from
01:55the list of Privy Councillors on grounds that he has brought the reputation of the Privy Council
01:59to disrepute.
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