But the MP for Sheffield Brightside and Hillsborough warned that the issue of second generation biometric passports "would not go away".

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Former Labour home secretary David Blunkett, MP for Sheffield Brightside and Hillsborough, said the unpopularity of his fellow Sheffield MP Mr Clegg was to blame for Lib Dem council losses.

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His fellow Sheffield Brightside MP and former Home Secretary David Blunkett said it was difficult to determine who, outside of the family, could have been expected to take steps to intervene.

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