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HANSARD Police Service of Northern Ireland Training CollegeAs ever, the hon. Gentleman makes an extremely astute observation. I suggest that we perhaps try to find the time to have a full Westminster Hall debate on the Barnett…09 Jun 2026HANSARD Police Service of Northern Ireland Training CollegeI should say at the outset that I associate myself with the remarks made by other hon. Members about the terrible attack in north Belfast last night. Although there are still many…09 Jun 2026HANSARD Police Service of Northern Ireland Training CollegeThe hon. Gentleman makes an excellent point. I will turn to it in a moment.09 Jun 2026HANSARDLord Mandelson: Response to Humble AddressThe right hon. Lady is making an important series of points. Does she not also think that the fact that the vetting was not done before Mandelson arrived in Washington, as we now…03 Jun 2026HANSARDReplacing the Northern Ireland Troubles (Legacy and Reconciliation) Act 2023With all due respect, the Secretary of State did not answer my question. This is an extraordinary missing piece of the puzzle in the story of the troubles—in the story of how the…03 Jun 2026HANSARDReplacing the Northern Ireland Troubles (Legacy and Reconciliation) Act 2023The Secretary of State will have seen reports in the Belfast Telegraph that prior to 1985, a large part of the gelignite used in IRA bombs was routinely stolen from a single…03 Jun 2026HANSARDLord Mandelson: Response to Humble AddressI also find that very difficult to believe. We have these comments about the due diligence documents, and we have these comments about Epstein. We also have the comments about…03 Jun 2026HANSARDLord Mandelson: Response to Humble AddressMy right hon. Friend is right. The Chief Secretary to the Prime Minister will have heard his remarks, and I hope he will respond to them. Further to what my right hon. Friend…03 Jun 2026HANSARDLord Mandelson: Response to Humble AddressI thank the Paymaster General for his remarks and look forward to hearing what the Chief Secretary to the Prime Minister has to say at the end of the debate. As we made clear…03 Jun 2026HANSARDLord Mandelson: Response to Humble AddressI just want to make sure that I understand—I hope the Minister will forgive me if I do not. In his case, was it his permanent secretary as the accounting officer who verified that…03 Jun 2026HANSARDLord Mandelson: Response to Humble AddressI congratulate the hon. Lady on taking the opportunity to put that on the record. This is information that the House deserves to have. In what cases are we dealing with messages…03 Jun 2026HANSARDLord Mandelson: Response to Humble AddressI open my remarks by paying tribute to Sir Alex Younger, the former head of MI6, who we learned had passed away during this debate. He was an incredible public servant who gave an…03 Jun 2026HANSARDLord Mandelson: Response to Humble AddressThe hon. Lady makes a good point. It may be because it was on a group message and somebody else had retained their phone, so he provided it. We have to assume that Morgan…03 Jun 2026HANSARDLord Mandelson: Response to Humble AddressThat is entirely true. I believe that the ISC said as much in one of its responses to Government disclosure, saying it was very troubled by the fact that this guidance, which all…03 Jun 2026HANSARDLord Mandelson: Response to Humble AddressI am very grateful to my right hon. Friend for his intervention. He is absolutely right: there is no higher authority than Parliament and consequently the Government should bear…03 Jun 2026HANSARDLord Mandelson: Response to Humble AddressI thank my right hon. Friend for that timely spelling out of exactly what the Prime Minister read—and yet he went ahead and made the appointment anyway. I take the remarks of the…03 Jun 2026HANSARDLord Mandelson: Response to Humble AddressThe reason I brought this up is that on Monday the right hon. Gentleman said: “I do recall having some limited exchanges with Peter Mandelson over WhatsApp, including those I have…03 Jun 2026HANSARDLord Mandelson Humble Address: Government ResponseIt was on the news. The case of Peter Mandelson’s appointment remains of the utmost national importance simply because it touches on national security and on the Prime Minister’s…01 Jun 2026HANSARDLord Mandelson Humble Address: Government ResponseI thank the Chief Secretary to the Prime Minister for advance sight of his statement. If the story in The Times is to be believed, he may be positioning himself to be the chief…01 Jun 2026HANSARDReferral of Prime Minister to Committee of PrivilegesThis has been a long and sometimes interesting debate. We have had some revelations. I was interested to hear the speech by the leader of the Liberal Democrats, the right hon.…28 Apr 2026