Foreign Affairs Committee
28 April 2026
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Foreign Affairs Committee House of Commons
00:03 - 00:29
Speaker 1
We have another session of the work of the foreign office in relation to the appointment of Lord Mandelson starting this morning. And our first witness this morning is sir Philip Barton. Thank you very much for coming. Welcome. You've been in front of the committee a few times now and I when you were permanent undersecretary at the foreign office, I it's nice to see you.
I imagine that you thought one of the benefits of retirement was that you weren't gonna see us again.
00:29 - 00:35
Speaker 2
I'd like Phil to say, Joe, it's nice to be back. Thought not that I was entirely honest. But anyway, I might be making use of misleading you.
00:37 - 00:50
Speaker 1
But I think the thing to do is to remind you that you're no longer a civil servant. So I suppose the first is is you did have eight eight months left on your contract before you left. So why did you leave?
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