Sir Lindsay Hoyle said he told police he had heard that former US ambassador was planning to leave the country
Lindsay Hoyle, the Commons speaker, has revealed that he was the person who told the police that he had heard Peter Mandelson was planning to leave the country. Mandelson says this tip-off, which he says was wrong, led to him being arrested by the police, rather than being allowed to attend an interview voluntarily.
Mandelson told friends that the tip-off to the police had come from the lord speaker, Hoyle’s opposite number in the Lords, Michael Forsyth.
Hoyle told MPs today:
Members will be aware of comments in the media regarding the arrest of Lord Mandelson.
