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philip barton, the secretary at the foreign office. the most senior civil servant, and he was on holiday in august, as was the foreign secretary at the time. just as all of this was playing out. dominic raab returned from his holiday on the 16th of august, and sir phyllis did not return until the 16th max or philip. the taliban had seized the. lots of questions over and over again relating to his time on holiday. he wouldn t confirm where he was, although he said some of it was outside the uk and some of it was outside the uk and some of it was within. here s a little flavour of the opening exchanges around the whole question. the conservative mp whole question. the conservative mp who chairs the committee is putting the question, and then you ll hear from sir philip. kabul was the top of the list. it was clear
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