He also did due-diligence work for companies including Hakluyt, a strategic business intelligence company founded by former members of the British foreign intelligence service, MI6, according to a spokesman for the company.

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Liberal Democrat Baroness Hamwee wished to add the Security Service (MI5), the Secret Intelligence Service (MI6) and GCHQ to the list of "strategic partners" that the bill would require the home secretary to consult.

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