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affairs committee published [a long memo](https://committees.parliament.uk/publications/52858/documents/294829/default/) from the Foreign Office giving answers to questions it had for **Ian Collard**, who was head of security at the Foreign Office at the time
Committee referral "premature" given the vetting process was being scrutinised elsewhere in Parliament. Cardiff West MP Alex Barros-Curtis said he did "not believe the case was made out" for the motion by the Conservatives
foreign affairs committee on Tuesday that [“constant pressure”](https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2026/apr/21/olly-robbins-peter-mandelson-vetting-keir-starmer) was applied. It comes as [divisions emerged in cabinet over Starmer’s decision to sack Robbins](https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2026/apr/22/olly-robbins-starmer-sacking-ministers-cabinet-meeting) – with some in Labour feeling
Commons vote on whether to refer him to parliament’s privileges committee. Senior Labour figures including Gordon Brown and former cabinet ministers Alan Johnson and David Blunkett called for restraint from backbenchers, dismissing the vote
affairs select committee what concerns UKSV had about Mandelson, although he did say they did not relate to his relationship with the convicted child sex offender Jeffrey Epstein, the issue that led to Mandelson
outcome – only for the decision to be internally overruled by the Foreign Office, allowing him to take up the post. On 2 September last year, the closeness of Mandelson’s relationship to Epstein was laid