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HANSARDLord MandelsonI will give way one more time.04 Feb 2026HANSARDLord MandelsonI will give way one more time and then I intend to make some progress.04 Feb 2026HANSARDLord MandelsonThat is a significant representation from a member of the Foreign Affairs Committee. It must be said that a failure of transparency at each stage of the process appears to have…04 Feb 2026HANSARDLord MandelsonThe right hon. Gentleman appears to be correct in that there is certainly an indication that serious corruption may have taken place. In the light of that, the House must consider…04 Feb 2026HANSARDLord MandelsonI am grateful to the Minister for giving way; he is being very generous with his time. The Humble Address is obviously about Lord Mandelson’s appointment. However, the point…04 Feb 2026HANSARDLord MandelsonMy right hon. and learned Friend speaks from a position of experience. He is entirely right; the House is fortunate to have the ISC and that is one of the functions that it can…04 Feb 2026HANSARDLord MandelsonI am glad that the hon. Lady agrees with us that the ISC should be used in this context. I am glad that there is agreement between her and me that those on the Government Front…04 Feb 2026HANSARDUS Department of Justice Release of FilesI thank the Minister for advance sight of his statement. The crimes of Jeffrey Epstein were truly terrible—paedophilia, sex trafficking, child prostitution. It was an awful abuse…02 Feb 2026HANSARDTopical QuestionsIn his role as Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster, will he please write to all other Government Departments to make sure that the good example that will now be set by the…22 Jan 2026HANSARDTopical QuestionsAt the risk of overworking the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster, I would like to ask him a question. It is boring but important; my last boring question was to the Paymaster…22 Jan 2026HANSARDTopical QuestionsI am very grateful to the right hon. Gentleman for that reply; I really appreciate it. In his role as chief of staff to the Prime Minister—22 Jan 2026HANSARDUK-EU RelationsI certainly support the right hon. Gentleman in telling the rest of the Labour party that they are wrong, although, given the success of the Labour Back Benchers in forcing…22 Jan 2026HANSARDUK-EU RelationsSince the Paymaster General was last in the Commons, the Health Secretary has said that Britain should rejoin the customs union, the Deputy Prime Minister has suggested rejoining…22 Jan 2026HANSARD Northern Ireland Troubles: Legacy and ReconciliationIf my right hon. Friend will allow me, I will respond to the hon. Member for Strangford (Jim Shannon) briefly and then allow my right hon. Friend to supplement my answer. The hon.…21 Jan 2026HANSARD Northern Ireland Troubles: Legacy and Reconciliationrose—21 Jan 2026HANSARD Northern Ireland Troubles: Legacy and ReconciliationI would have been very open to that idea, but I believe that the previous Administration did not feel that there was the opportunity to proceed in that way. If we are thinking…21 Jan 2026HANSARD Northern Ireland Troubles: Legacy and ReconciliationIndeed. Those are all things that we would all love to get to the bottom of. As I draw my remarks to a close, I say to Labour Back Benchers who are considering how they might…21 Jan 2026HANSARD Northern Ireland Troubles: Legacy and ReconciliationThe right hon. Gentleman is generous in giving way. Does he accept that conditional immunity, which is all that was in the legacy Act, is the very foundation of all the…21 Jan 2026HANSARD Northern Ireland Troubles: Legacy and ReconciliationI am very pleased that my hon. Friend had the opportunity to put on the record. Sadly, there are not many Labour Back Benchers here to hear the debate. I wish there were, because,…21 Jan 2026HANSARD Northern Ireland Troubles: Legacy and ReconciliationI suspect very strongly that the hon. Gentleman is right. I suspect that this is bound up in the agreement that the Secretary of State made with the Irish Government. He can…21 Jan 2026