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Speaking in the House of Lords on 16 July 2025

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At the beginning of this year, I commissioned Paul Rimmer, a former senior civil servant and ex-Deputy Chief of Defence Intelligence, to conduct an independent review. The review was concluded and reported to Ministers last month. Today I am releasing a public version of Rimmer’s review, and I am placing a copy of it in the Library of the House. I am very grateful to him for his work.

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