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HANSARD Ministerial Salaries (Amendment) BillHon. Members will be delighted to hear that I will speak only briefly, because the Opposition do not intend to oppose the legislation. My contribution is already substantially…17 Mar 2026HANSARD Ministerial Salaries (Amendment) BillI have just a few short remarks. First, it would be helpful if the Minister set out how the Government have come to the totals that they have come to: why one, four and nine in…17 Mar 2026HANSARDLord Mandelson: Response to Humble Address(Urgent Question ): To ask the Chief Secretary to the Prime Minister if he will make a statement on the Government’s compliance with the Humble Address of 4 February 2026 relating…16 Mar 2026HANSARDLord Mandelson: Response to Humble AddressSince last Wednesday, it has become increasingly clear that either the Government did not follow due process in their appointment of Peter Mandelson or that they have not…16 Mar 2026HANSARDLord Mandelson: Response to Humble Address MotionI thank you, Madam Deputy Speaker, for your remarks at the outset of this statement. I also thank the Minister for advance sight of the statement, which I received at 1.30 pm.…11 Mar 2026HANSARDTopical QuestionsOn a point of order, Mr Speaker. I am sorry to return to this subject. It is very clear that the Government do not wish to have an investigation into what happened at the meeting…05 Mar 2026HANSARDTopical QuestionsWell, it is not very clear, because FIRS is three years old. This morning, I spoke to my right hon. Friend the Member for Tonbridge (Tom Tugendhat), who established FIRS. When he…05 Mar 2026HANSARDTopical QuestionsYesterday, in the light of the new China spy case, I asked the Security Minister to place China on the enhanced tier of the foreign influence registration scheme. He told us that…05 Mar 2026HANSARDStandards in GovernmentI never had an undisclosed meeting with Palantir, with a person— [ Interruption. ] I never had an undisclosed meeting with Palantir, with a man who was advising that company. This…05 Mar 2026HANSARDStandards in GovernmentOn his visit to Washington in February last year, the Prime Minister and Peter Mandelson had an undisclosed meeting with US data company Palantir. Palantir at the time was a…05 Mar 2026HANSARDChina: Foreign Interference ArrestsI thank the Minister for advance sight of his statement, and I appreciate the speed with which he has come to the House today. Here we are again: another year, another Chinese spy…04 Mar 2026HANSARDAndrew Mountbatten-WindsorVery much so. I know that certain hon. Members across the House will be aware of just how bad it will look if the Government do not provide information as swiftly as possible. I…24 Feb 2026HANSARDAndrew Mountbatten-WindsorI congratulate the right hon. Member for Kingston and Surbiton (Ed Davey) on securing this debate. I should say at the outset that the Conservatives support the motion. The truth…24 Feb 2026HANSARDAndrew Mountbatten-WindsorThe Minister shakes his head, so I will go through the chronology again for him—there is no harm in doing so.24 Feb 2026HANSARDAndrew Mountbatten-WindsorVery humble. The leader of the Liberal Democrats referred to this as the first global political scandal. Indeed, it is a global political scandal whose tendrils have reached into…24 Feb 2026HANSARDAndrew Mountbatten-WindsorYes. I am afraid I do not know what year that—24 Feb 2026HANSARDAndrew Mountbatten-WindsorVery much so. As I say, it would have been better if the Government had been proactive on this and had not had to be brought to the House by Opposition parties in order to release…24 Feb 2026HANSARDAndrew Mountbatten-WindsorAh, 2000. Well, I agree with the hon. Lady—that is an interesting point. If one looks at the precise wording of the Liberal Democrats’ Humble Address, however, I am not sure that…24 Feb 2026HANSARDAndrew Mountbatten-WindsorWell, Hansard will show it—it may be that the numbers were jumbled up in the Minister’s head. In the summer of 2001, Mandelson met Epstein for the first time; in October 2001,…24 Feb 2026HANSARDLabour Together and APCO Worldwide: Cabinet Office Review(Urgent Question): To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster if he will make a statement on the Cabinet Office review into Labour Together and APCO Worldwide.23 Feb 2026