The revelation of a major data leak and subsequent relocation of thousands of Afghans to the UK has raised serious questions.

The Labour peer says the Commons Speaker Sir Lindsay Hoyle should have insisted that the Intelligence and Security Committee were told of the leak.

Former Armed Forces minister James Heappey has shared the "gut-wrenching" moment he learned of the Afghan data leak, admitting the previous government "let the country down badly" in a long apology.

The personal details of serving and former members of UK special forces, and the security services, were included in the Afghan data breach

Sensitive details exposed by the huge Afghan data breach that put tens of thousands of people at risk were revealed by the defence secretary – but the media are still banned from reporting them.John Healey offered a “sincere apology” on behalf of the British Government for a massive leak which shared information about Afghans seeking to escape to the UK because of their links to British troops and could only be reported after a two-year fight to lift an unprecedented superinjunction.

Ministry accused of not telling National Audit Office about leak in ‘the established way for sensitive defence matters’