00:00...to the leader of the Liberal Democrat for giving away. He's making a powerful speech.
00:03I'm sure he will agree.
00:05Can there be many people more symbolic of the rot that eats away at the British establishment
00:10than the former Duke of York and Special Trade Envoy,
00:14and the former Business Secretary, First Secretary of State, and Ambassador to the United States?
00:20Their association with Epstein and their actions on his behalf,
00:24while trusted with the privilege of public office, are a stain on our country.
00:30Today, we must begin to clean away that stain with the disinfectant of transparency.
00:36Because, whether it is the President of the United States and his Commerce Secretary,
00:41or Peter Mandelson, and Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor, or Epstein himself,
00:46their victims and survivors have seen those responsible evade accountability
00:50and escape justice for far too long.
00:54We support this motion today.
00:57Frankly, it is the least we owe the victims of the horrific abuse
01:01that was perpetrated by Jeffrey Epstein and others.
01:03The abuse that was enabled, aided and abetted
01:09by a very extensive group of arrogant, entitled and often very wealthy individuals
01:14in this country and elsewhere at some length.
01:21I doubt there is anyone in this House who is not shocked and appalled by the recent allegations.
01:28Colleagues and many civil servants have told me their own stories
01:31of their interactions with Mr Mountbatten-Windsor,
01:34and they all betray the same pattern.
01:37A man on a constant self-aggrandising and self-enriching hustle.
01:42A rude, arrogant and entitled man who could not distinguish
01:47between the public interest which he said he served
01:50and his own private interest.
01:51Giving way, a point of clarification regarding the police investigation.
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