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No 10 tried to quietly install Lord Doyle as an ambassador - a move kept secret from the foreign secretary - the Mandelson vetting scandal has heard.
Downing Street pushed for an ambassadorship for Lord Matthew Doyle despite his links to a convicted sex offender.
Revelation came as sacked Foreign Office chief Olly Robbins gave evidence on Peter Mandelson appointment to MPs
Pat McFadden was grilled by Sky News' Sophy Ridge on Wednesday.
PM also refuses to deny No 10 considered offering Matthew Doyle diplomatic post, as Robbins told MPs in his evidence