Sir Andrew Mitchell

Sir Andrew Mitchell

Conservative — Sutton Coldfield

Speaking in the House of Commons on 20 April 2026

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Further to the question asked by my right hon. Friend the Member for Hertsmere (Sir Oliver Dowden), is it not pretty poor form that the Prime Minister shovels the blame for this particularly on to Olly Robbins, a fine and experienced civil servant, who was appointed two days after the Prime Minister’s Mandelson announcement? Surely, the buck stops at the top.

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