Speeches by Twigg.

“The first question is obvious: when and how did you hear about the breach?”

“Who was stopping it?”

“You knew nothing before then?”

“Are you aware of any Afghans arriving in the UK under the secret Afghan resettlement route during your time as Secretary of State? If so, roughly how many? It is unclear whether any arrived before the election. The first invitations were issued in April 2024.”

“How many?”

“You don’t know how many.”

“Are you aware of any Afghans arriving in the UK under the secret Afghan resettlement route during your time as Secretary of State?”

“Did they arrive before you left office?”

“I place on the record that I support completely what the deputy Chair of the ISC, of which I am also a member, just said. The process issue needs looking at urgently, and the deputy Chair was clear about the problems we faced. An important letter today from the GCHQ and MI5 heads to the Foreign and Home Secretaries say…”

“That is what you were told?”

“Before Mike Martin comes in and explores your role in more detail, could you tell us when and how you found out about the data breach?”

“Where did your private offices get the information from?”

“Are you aware of how the information first came to light? What were you told about that?”

“The tension on immigration we all know well. In your view, did that influence the length of the period that the injunction was kept for? Do you think that became a real concern of Government at any point?”

“I congratulate my hon. Friend the Member for Montgomeryshire and Glyndŵr (Steve Witherden) on securing the debate and on making such a brilliant case for science and discovery centres. I am not sure many of us could add much more to the core case he made, other than to talk about our own areas. I am very pleased to spe…”

“How much is that currently forecast to be? Sir Richard Knighton And I am not going to talk about that in public. Those conversations are happening right now between the accounting officer and Ministers and officials in the Treasury.”

“With the greatest respect, I understand the process. I am trying to find out whether you currently have an underspend or overspend on each of your budgets in each—”

“How much of that went into defence nuclear?”

“Maybe you can answer it.”

“They are not answers—”