Mr. Speaker, the minister considers this to be serious, but not the Prime Minister. Funny, that.
In the guide Accountable Government: A Guide for Ministers and Secretaries of State , we can read the following:
Ministers and Ministers of State are required to notify the deputy minister immediately of any potential compromise of Cabinet confidences or other security incident.
How can the Prime Minister still be defending his Minister of Natural Resources, the person who took six days to realize that secret documents had been left at a television station ?