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Evening Standard
Evening Standard
Politics
August Graham

Fact check: Most humble addresses filed without national security exemption

The claim was made at Prime Minister’s Questions (John Walton/PA) - (PA Wire)

During Prime Minister’s Questions on February 4, Sir Keir Starmer said that whenever his party filed a so-called humble address in the Commons while in opposition, he would include a national security exemption.

The Labour leader told the Commons: “When we were drafting humble addresses in opposition, we always made sure that that exemption was included because we knew how important it was to the then-government. I do not think I have seen a humble address without that exemption.”

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