00:00Minister, politicians resign when they mislead the public and mislead Parliament.
00:03Are you considering your position?
00:05That I wasn't told that Peter Mandelson had failed security vetting when he's appointed is staggering.
00:13That I wasn't told that he'd failed security vetting when I was telling Parliament that due process had been followed
00:21is unforgivable.
00:23Not only was I not told, no minister was told.
00:27And I'm absolutely furious about that.
00:30What I intend to do is to go to Parliament on Monday to set out all the relevant facts in
00:36true transparency so Parliament has the full picture.
00:40Prime Minister, why do you always end up sounding like the passenger in this government rather than the driver?
00:45Are you really expecting us to believe that a senior civil servant, off his own back, without any sort of
00:52direction about the importance of Peter Mandelson being ambassador, unilaterally overruled security vetting to approve a political appointment?
01:00And they made clear it was political.
01:02I was not told that he had failed security vetting.
01:07No minister was told that he'd failed security vetting.
01:10Number 10 wasn't told that he'd failed security vetting.
01:14That is completely unacceptable.
01:17That is why I intend to go to Parliament and set out all of the relevant facts so Parliament has
01:22full transparency and full accountability.
01:25It is totally unacceptable that the Prime Minister making an appointment is not told that security vetting has been failed.
01:34Totally unacceptable.
01:35You're almost two years in post.
01:36Doesn't this just sound like you don't have a grip on your government?
01:38I was not told that security vetting had failed.
01:43That is shocking.
01:45It is unacceptable.
01:46And I intend to set out the full facts to Parliament on Monday.
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