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Baroness Fox of Buckley (Non-Afl)

Speaking in the House of Lords on 10 February 2026

Debate

Ambassadors: Vetting Process

Contribution

My Lords, I appreciate that this is a Question about vetting, but behind it is potentially a question about political judgment. When choosing an ambassador for any country, rather than having an elaborate problem of vetting, one might google. When I googled this, I found out that that particular potential ambassador was friends with somebody running an international sex trafficking gang in which young women were exploited and abused. Therefore, although I want there to be good vetting, I suggest that maybe the problem is not vetting but one of political judgment. Does the Minister agree?

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