Downing Street has defended Defence Secretary John Healey after accusations he misled MPs when saying no serving armed forces personnel were put at risk by the Afghan data breach.
Number 10 said the Defence Secretary’s statement to the Commons, in which he said that “to the best of my knowledge” no serving armed forces personnel were put at risk by the breach, was “accurate.”
Opposition critics have demanded the minister “correct the record” after it emerged days later that MI6 spies and members of the SAS were among those named in a list emailed out “in error” February 2022.
Asked whether Mr Healey had misled MPs, a Number 10 spokesperson said: “I believe it was an accurate statement.”
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