Michael Ellis, the paymaster general and Cabinet Office minister, has said during a debate in parliament on the appointment of Evgeny Lebedev to the House of Lords in 2020 that the opposition 'should be careful of intolerant messaging'.
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Intervening, the Labour MP Stephen Kinnock said: 'We have no problem with the Russian people. We have a big problem with what he’s talking about today.'

Lord Lebedev wrote earlier in the afternoon on Twitter: 'Openness and transparency are pillars of our democratic system, so I welcome the call for security advice about me provided to Holac [the House of Lords appointments commission] to be released. I have nothing to hide'

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