Speaker admits to passing on Mandelson info to Met

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Speaker Sir Lindsay Hoyle admits to MPs in the House of Commons that he passed information "in good faith" to the Metropolitan Police following reports someone had informed the force that Lord Mandelson could be a flight risk. Peter Mandelson was arrested at his north London home on Tuesday and insists there is “no truth whatsoever in any such suggestion” that he is a flight risk. Report by Blairm. Like us on Facebook at http://www.facebook.com/itn and follow us on Twitter at http://twitter.com/itn

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00:00Members will be aware of comments in the media regarding the arrest of Lord Mandelson.

00:08To prevent any inaccurate speculation, I would like to confirm that upon receipt of information

00:16that I felt it was relevant, I passed this on to the Metropolitan Police in good faith

00:23as is my duty and responsibility.

00:26It is regrettable this rapidly ended in the media, as this is a live investigation.

00:34Members will understand that it would not be appropriate to make any further comment

00:39and I would like to caution Members from doing so.

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