The row over why the case of two men accused of spying for China collapsed continues to rumble on and on for the government (not least, of course, because the opposition senses it is worth stoking).

The government does seem to have painted itself into a corner over the release of witness statements related to the case.

Suggesting that the Crown Prosecution Service was stopping their release, only for the CPS to say they weren't, makes it very awkward to do anything other than publish them.

At Prime Minister's Questions, Sir Keir Starmer clarified that the government would do just that.

The PM saw those documents for the first time this morning.