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Is some breaking news now. According to the PA News Agency,
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the Common Speaker to Lindsay hole said he passed information
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in good faith to the Metropolitan Police following reports someone
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had informed the force that Lord Peter Mandison could be
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a flight risk. So, like I say, this is a
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developing situation being brought to us by the Press Association
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news agency, citing Lindsay Hoyle, the Speaker of the House
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of Commons, saying that he had acted in good faith
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by passing on information Like I say, this is a
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developing story saying on he passed information in quote good
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faith to the Metropolitan Police following reports someone had informed
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the force that Lord Peter Manderson could be a flight risk.
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We know that Peter Mandison was arrested at his home
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by officers. He was taken for questioning for around eight
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or so hours and return back home at two o'clock
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in the early hours of the morning at his property.
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This is the moment of that arrest and taken to
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custody on Monday. You can see there the CCTV bodycam
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footage camera on that attending officer and Peter Manderson entering
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that car. Arrest on suspicion of misconduct in public office.
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His lawyers in recent hours have queried and challenged the
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details of that arrest. They say that Peter Madison had
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agreed to a voluntary police interview next month with officers
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who are investigating those allegations from the Metropolitan Police. They
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say that there was no need for that arrest and
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had challenged the evidence on the basis of that arrest.
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We were now hearing from the Press Association. They understand
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that the Common Speakers to Lindsay Hoyle said that he
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passed the information in good faith to the Metropolitan Police
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following reports that someone had informed the force that Lord
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Peter Mandison could be a flight risk. There had been
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previous reports that it may have been other individuals that
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had passed on that information, but the
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Press Association understands
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the Sky News is reporting that it was the Common Speaker,
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so to Lindsay Hoyle, who is reportedly being quoted to
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say that he passed on information in what's been described
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as good faith to the Metropolitan Police. We'll bring you
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more details on that story as it happens. We've got
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PMQ's Prime Minister's Questions coming up in around fifteen or
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so minutes time at the Prime Minister to Kirs Stahmer
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taking to his feet in the Commons to bring you
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more on that. But let me just bring you a
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few more elements of this. Like I say, this is
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the Press Association Sky News understanding from the Press Association
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that Lindsay Hoyle confirmed he passed quote relevant information to
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the police about Mandelssohn. This is some statements in the Commons,
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I believe. Let me just take a look what's being said.
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This is quoting Lindzay around ten minutes or so ago,
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saying that members will be aware of comments in the
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media regarding the arrest of Lord Mandilsson. To prevent any
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inaccurate speculation. I'd like to confirm that upon receipt of
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information that I felt it was relevant, I passed this
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on to the Metropolitan Police in good faith, as is
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my duty and responsibility. Is regrettable this rapidly ended in
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the media as it was a live investigation. Members will
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understand that it would be it would not be appropriate,
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he says, to make any further comment, and I'd like
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to caution members from doing so. So those comments. There
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is a transcript of Lindsay Hoyle speaking in the Commons
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a little earlier at around eleven thirty four, And let
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me just read that to you again. Like I say,
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this is a transcript, so it's not a direct statement,
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but he said in the Commons regarding the arrest of
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Lord Mandilsson. To prevent any inaccurate speculation, I'd like to
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confirm that upon receipt of information that I felt was relevant,
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I passed this on to the Metropolitan Police in good faith,
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as is my duty and responsibility. It's regrettable this rapidly
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ended in the media as it is a live investigation.
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Members understand it's not appropriate to make any further comment,
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and I'd like to caution members from doing so. So
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how's the common speaker Lindsey Hool confirming he was passed
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quote relevant information to the police about Peter Mandlsson. That
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was regarding reports that Peter Manderson had been considered that
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a possible flight risk. Sky News cannot confirm that this
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relevant information is in relation to the flight risk information,
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but that Lindsay Hoil was saying that he had passed
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on relevant information quite exactly what he's referring to there
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in terms that conversation terms that information being passed on
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the Metropolitan Police. I can't explicitly tell you at this moment,
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but we do know there was a wider reporting about
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the possibility of Peter Manderson, some quarters reporting considered a
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flight rip. His lawyers denying that, saying that was based
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on inaccurate information, and that he had actually voluntarily agreed
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to a voluntary interview with officers from the Metropolitan Police
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investigating those allegations of misconduct in public office, and that
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the arrest came about because of what his lawyers are
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describing as kind of inaccurate reporting. So that's kind of
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the background to why we're talking about this right now.
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Like I say that, kind of the development here is
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that at eleven thirty four, Lindsey Holl, the speaker who
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you can see in that image to the side of
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the screen there and who you would normally see sat
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in the speaker's chair directly at the center of that
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live shot of the Commons, was addressing the Commons and
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saying that he passed on relevant information to the Metropolitan
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Police in good faith and it is his duty and responsibility. Now,
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I can't explicitly tell you what he's referring to with
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regards to that relevant information. I can't confirm yet
that
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it's information regarding a flight risk, but he did say
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that he passed on and it wouldn't be appropriate to
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comment further as there is an ongoing investigation and there
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are many ongoing investigations. Ten police forces across the United
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Kingdom investigating various elements of the Epstein files and allegations
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made about those as well. We know that Thames Valley
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Police investigating and have arrested Andrew Mountbatten Windsor on suspicion
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of misconduct in public office. We know that Thames Valley
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Police carried out that arrest, and we know that Manchester
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Metropolitan Police my apologies Metropolitan Police carrying out that arrest
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of Peter Mandelson. In prior instances, both individuals have denied
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any wrongdoing and have denied the allegations against them. We
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have not heard from Peter Manderson and we have not
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heard from Andrew Mountbatten Windsor following their arrests and questioning
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in custody, the two individuals spending around eleven and eight
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hours respectively at being questioned by officers. So it's been
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quite a turbulent few days in the development of this
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scandal and situation that has gripped British politics, Britain more broadly,
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and of course the world more widely. As a result
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of the disclosure by the Department of Justice in the
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United States of the Epstein files that trans most recently
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of three and a half million documents. It pointed to
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some of the relationships, some of the interactions, some of
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the alleged conversations between so many people, but notably at
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the moment here in the UK, allegations that then arose
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challenges put to Peter Manderson and also to Andrew Mountbatten Windsor.
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Let me bring you some of the latest images and
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latest comments from Lindsay Hoyle.
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Order members will be aware of comments in the media
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regarding the arrest of Lord Mandels. To prevent any inaccurate speculation,
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I'd like to confirm that, upon receipt of information that
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I felt it was relevant, I passed this on to
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the Metropolitan Police in good faith, as is my duty
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and responsibility. It is regrettable this rapidly ended in the media.
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As this is a live investigation. Members will understand that
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it would be would not be appropriate to make any
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further comment, and I'd like to caution members from doing so,