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HANSARDChina Spying CaseThe previous Government were clear on a number of occasions that China was a threat, but if the hon. Gentleman had been listening to what I just said, he would have heard that the…28 Oct 2025HANSARDChina Spying CaseI have always admired the shine on the Minister’s brass neck, and never so much as at this moment. I remember the Brexit debates, when he and many of the other gentlemen and…28 Oct 2025HANSARDChina Spying CaseMy right hon. Friend makes a very pertinent point and is personally very experienced in such things. It has been reported that the National Security Adviser chaired that meeting.…28 Oct 2025HANSARDChina Spying CaseYou didn’t know that!28 Oct 2025HANSARDChina Spying CaseMy right hon. Friend is absolutely correct, and the Director of Public Prosecutions has been very clear and consistent on that point.28 Oct 2025HANSARDChina Spying CaseMy right hon. Friend is right: the National Security Adviser showed a great reluctance to attend. I understand that he has now agreed to attend, although the report I read said…28 Oct 2025HANSARDStrengthening National ResilienceI would like to take this opportunity to welcome the new Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster to his post. I know that he is one of the most able performers in the Government, and…23 Oct 2025HANSARDTopical QuestionsI believe the right hon. Gentleman, but I find that answer extraordinary, and I think he should find it extraordinary, too. As we have already said, the right hon. Gentleman…23 Oct 2025HANSARDTopical QuestionsI thank the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster for giving us a degree more clarity. Perhaps he will give us a degree more clarity again. Was he told that the alleged case of…23 Oct 2025HANSARDStrengthening National ResilienceOkay, I will repeat the question for the Security Minister, because either he did not hear it or he chose not to answer it. My question was very specific. We know that the Prime…23 Oct 2025HANSARDNorthern Ireland Troubles (Legacy and Reconciliation) Act 2023: ReplacementThis morning, unusually, I congratulate the Government on having admitted a terrible mistake. Earlier this year, we on this side of the House voted against Labour’s draft remedial…15 Oct 2025HANSARDNorthern Ireland Troubles (Legacy and Reconciliation) Act 2023: ReplacementI invite the Secretary of State to look at his own legislation, because clauses 89 and 90 are markedly similar to the sections that we left him. We on this side of the House may…15 Oct 2025HANSARD Northern Ireland TroublesI thank the Secretary of State for advance sight of his statement. The last Government legislated to draw a line under troubles-era litigation. That litigation was inevitably…14 Oct 2025HANSARD House of Lords (Hereditary Peers) BillSit down. Those public servants are in the Lords because the last Labour Government put them there as part of the deal that it struck on long-term constitutional change.04 Sept 2025HANSARD House of Lords (Hereditary Peers) BillI fully accept that the Labour party has changed its mind, but in doing so it has reneged on the deal that it struck in the late ’90s. Let us be clear about what is happening. The…04 Sept 2025HANSARD House of Lords (Hereditary Peers) BillThe hon. Gentleman will understand that this legislation is not being blocked but improved. That is what Parliament does, and that is how the process of scrutiny works. He will…04 Sept 2025HANSARD House of Lords (Hereditary Peers) BillI do not recall us saying that it was a terrible idea. I distinctly remember many Conservative peers speaking in favour of it actually, but that is part of the joy of the…04 Sept 2025HANSARD House of Lords (Hereditary Peers) BillGo on—one more time.04 Sept 2025HANSARD House of Lords (Hereditary Peers) BillNo I haven’t.04 Sept 2025HANSARD House of Lords (Hereditary Peers) BillWith the amendment, what the Government could do is reduce the number of paid Ministers in the Commons and have more paid Ministers in the Lords. That would be possible under the…04 Sept 2025