Five key questions MPs are hoping will be answered when records are released after security committee vetting
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It remains to be seen how many documents connected to Peter Mandelson’s appointment as US ambassador will be released, and also when they will emerge, given they need to be vetted by parliament’s intelligence and security committee.
But when the information does arrive, these are some of the key questions that Labour MPs in particular will be keen to have answered.
This is the central issue, albeit one where we do already know one answer. As conceded by Keir Starmer in the Commons on Wednesday, when he made the appointment late last year he knew Mandelson had maintained his links with Epstein even after the disgraced financier had served a jail term for soliciting a minor for prostitution.
