00:00Look, I strongly think that the outcome of the security clearance exercise, the
00:09developed vetting exercise, was important and should have been brought to my
00:14attention and could have been brought to my attention and had it been brought to
00:16my attention before Peter Mandelson took up his post then I wouldn't have
00:21appointed them. I think it was a serious error of judgment. It's very important to
00:26make clear to everybody that Sir Ali Robbins does not suggest he did tell me
00:32that information, he makes it clear he took a decision not to give me that
00:35information. I think that was the wrong decision but all of the allegations that
00:40have been that he wouldn't have told me, he must have told me, I couldn't be telling
00:44the truth about this, they're all allegations by my political opponents,
00:48all of which have been found to be a case that just can't be substantiated.
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