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
government because a whole series of allegations from this whistle blower, and then we ve been hearing from the top civil servant about him not regretting coming back from holiday sooner. dominic raab was also on holiday. 50. from holiday sooner. dominic raab was also on holiday. was also on holiday. so, a huge amount of was also on holiday. so, a huge amount of focus was also on holiday. so, a huge amount of focus in was also on holiday. so, a huge amount of focus in this - was also on holiday. so, a huge . amount of focus in this communion hearing, about bluntly, their holiday arrangements in august. just the point that firstly, the taliban was advancing on kabul, and at the time after the fall of kabul, with the most senior civil servant was still on his holiday. we ve been hearing from the committee from three officials. nigel casey, the prime minister s special representative on afghanistan. the uk ambassador from afghanistan until the fall of the country. and in the weeks a