“And I can guarantee you that MPs are not in the market for letting anything slip through the cracks,” he added.
“My job as the chair is to make sure that the options are on the table in front of them when we consider it next week when Parliament resumes.”
The former Duke of York served as a UK trade envoy between 2001 and 2011. In this role he travelled globally and enjoyed privileged access to senior government and business contacts around the world.
In 2010, Andrew appears to have forwarded government reports from visits to Vietnam, Singapore and China to Epstein, according to the recently published files.
The documents also appear to show Andrew forwarded Epstein information on investment opportunities in gold and uranium in Afghanistan.
Under official guidance, trade envoys have a duty of confidentiality over sensitive, commercial, or political information about their official visits.
Being named in the Epstein files is not an indication of misconduct. Andrew has previously strongly denied any wrongdoing in his associations with Epstein and rejected any suggestion he used his time as trade envoy to further his own interests.
Earlier in February, Thames Valley Police confirmed it was assessing whether there are grounds to investigate a complaint by the anti-monarchy group Republic, which reported Mountbatten-Windsor for suspected misconduct in public office and breach of official secrets.
King Charles has previously said Buckingham Palace was ready to support the police as they considered allegations against his brother Andrew.
Byrne said parliamentary recess meant the Business and Trade Committee had not yet had a chance to consider the allegations about Andrew, but added he was working to ensure “the committee’s got options in front of them when they meet on Tuesday for how we might or might not take this investigation forward”.
He said he couldn’t “pre-judge” the committee’s decision about whether an investigation was necessary, but added: “At this stage, all I can say is nothing is off the table”.