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Afghanistan: Resettlement

Asked by Mr Gregory CampbellDemocratic Unionist PartyMinistry of DefenceTabled Answered 21 July 2025UIN 68364

The question

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, with reference to his oral statement of 15 July 2025 on Afghanistan, Official Report, column 149-152, when was he first informed of the data protection breach.

Answered by Luke Pollard

As outlined in the oral statement of 15 July 2025, the Secretary of State for Defence stated that:

As shadow Defence Secretary, I was initially briefed on the ARR by James Heappey, the former Armed Forces Minister, on 12 December 2023, and issued with the super-injunction at the start of that meeting.

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