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HANSARDAndrew Mountbatten-WindsorI hear the points that my hon. Friend makes, and of course I sympathise with them. However, it is remarkably difficult to disentangle some of those from possible offences on which…24 Feb 2026HANSARDAndrew Mountbatten-WindsorI spoke earlier, so I need to be sure that the House is happy for me to speak again. I am not going to speak at great length. [Hon. Members: “Hear, hear!”] I have united the House…24 Feb 2026HANSARDAndrew Mountbatten-WindsorI completely respect my hon. Friend. He has made that point several times, not only in the Chamber but also to me privately, and I agree with him: that is the direction of travel…24 Feb 2026HANSARDAndrew Mountbatten-WindsorI hate to add to the hon. Gentleman’s anguish, but there is a convention in the House that we do not refer to requests for urgent questions that have been made to the Speaker.24 Feb 2026HANSARDAndrew Mountbatten-WindsorI urge hon. Members not to speculate on what the police might or might not be investigating.24 Feb 2026HANSARDAndrew Mountbatten-WindsorYou’ve got the names wrong.24 Feb 2026HANSARDAndrew Mountbatten-Windsorindicated dissent.24 Feb 2026HANSARDAndrew Mountbatten-WindsorI think he might. Just sometimes, he agrees with me, but not very often. Small mercies and all. I want to make it absolutely clear to the House that the former Duke of York’s role…24 Feb 2026HANSARDAndrew Mountbatten-WindsorIf the hon. and learned Gentleman does not mind, I will quite happily explain to him outside the Chamber precisely why I disagree with him. Again, if I were to explain more fully…24 Feb 2026HANSARDAndrew Mountbatten-WindsorI will in a moment. If there are things that are embarrassing to the Government, who cares? I want to make sure that we end up getting the proper justice that is necessary for the…24 Feb 2026HANSARDAndrew Mountbatten-WindsorI am happy to commit to updating the House as often as I possibly can in a way that is informative to the House. The hon. Lady is quite right, however, that I am slightly trying…24 Feb 2026HANSARDAndrew Mountbatten-WindsorOh, all right.24 Feb 2026HANSARDAndrew Mountbatten-WindsorI return to what I said earlier: we will put everything into the public domain when we can. I do not want to do so at a time that would make it impossible for the police to secure…24 Feb 2026HANSARDAndrew Mountbatten-WindsorThe hon. Lady might have to repeat what she thinks the answer that thus far evades me might be.24 Feb 2026HANSARDAndrew Mountbatten-WindsorI do not want to give way to every single Liberal Democrat Member, but I will, of course, give way to the hon. Lady.24 Feb 2026HANSARDAndrew Mountbatten-WindsorWe will do two things. First, we will seek to comply with the Humble Address as soon as we possibly can, given the caveat that I have already issued about the police…24 Feb 2026HANSARDAndrew Mountbatten-WindsorI could not agree more. I want to ensure that we move as fast as we possibly can, but I also want to ensure that justice happens, and I do not want to do anything that would…24 Feb 2026HANSARDAndrew Mountbatten-WindsorYes, he left his post in, I believe, July 2011. It could not have come soon enough for many of us, and it is a regret to many that the Government were not able to listen faster…24 Feb 2026HANSARDAndrew Mountbatten-WindsorI agree 100%. I think we should also be referring to statutory rape, because that is what it is. Statutory rape is no better than any other kind of rape. It is rape—end of story.24 Feb 2026HANSARDAndrew Mountbatten-Windsorindicated dissent.24 Feb 2026