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HANSARD Lord Mandelson: Government Response to Humble Address MotionAs I said, I am not going to comment on the Cabinet Secretary—it is not appropriate for a Cabinet Office Minister to do so. I reassure the right hon. Gentleman that the process is…12 Feb 2026HANSARD Lord Mandelson: Government Response to Humble Address MotionYes, absolutely; as I say, we will be fully transparent and comply fully with the motion, and we will do so as quickly as possible. My hon. Friend’s second point is the central…12 Feb 2026HANSARD Lord Mandelson: Government Response to Humble Address MotionThe hon. Gentleman is absolutely right to say that victims should remain at the heart of this. In answer to his question on the legislation to strip Lord Mandelson of his peerage…12 Feb 2026HANSARD Lord Mandelson: Government Response to Humble Address MotionEveryone in this House has been sickened and dismayed by the revelations from all the Epstein papers that have come through and in relation to what my hon. Friend just said. That…12 Feb 2026HANSARD Lord Mandelson: Government Response to Humble Address MotionI think the hon. Member is referring to severance pay. I think the Foreign Office is providing an update on that. I am afraid it is not a question that I can provide an answer to.12 Feb 2026HANSARD Lord Mandelson: Government Response to Humble Address MotionMy hon. Friend makes the point incredibly powerfully. It is one that we have lost somewhat in the discussion about technicalities around the process, but it is the central point…12 Feb 2026HANSARD Lord Mandelson: Government Response to Humble Address MotionThankfully, I am no longer an adviser. I am a Cabinet Office Minister, and it would not be appropriate for a Cabinet Office Minister to talk about the Cabinet Secretary. Let me…12 Feb 2026HANSARD Lord Mandelson: Government Response to Humble Address MotionI thank the right hon. Gentleman for that. Let me try to rattle through those questions. First, and most importantly, we will comply fully. I made that clear in the House. The…12 Feb 2026HANSARD Lord Mandelson: Government Response to Humble Address MotionThere is no part of the revelations about Lord Mandelson that I am not dismayed and appalled at. On the hon. Gentleman’s broader point, I am afraid I am not across the detail.…12 Feb 2026HANSARD Lord Mandelson: Government Response to Humble Address MotionI completely endorse the point that the right hon. and learned Gentleman makes about the independence and integrity of the ISC. He identifies two very fair points. I say that not…12 Feb 2026HANSARD Lord Mandelson: Government Response to Humble Address MotionAs I said in the House last week in response to a question from the former Attorney General, full resourcing will be given to the ISC to do that. I take the right hon. Gentleman’s…12 Feb 2026HANSARD Lord Mandelson: Government Response to Humble Address MotionLast week, the House made a Humble Address to His Majesty for the Government to disclose material surrounding the appointment of Peter Mandelson as ambassador to the United States…12 Feb 2026HANSARD Lord Mandelson: Government Response to Humble Address MotionI really wouldn’t believe everything you read in the press. Let me be very clear from the Dispatch Box: the Government are complying fully and transparently, and are working very…12 Feb 2026HANSARD Lord Mandelson: Government Response to Humble Address MotionI was not involved in that matter at all, so the answer simply is no.12 Feb 2026HANSARD Lord Mandelson: Government Response to Humble Address MotionAs I say, the Government are looking at legislation that addresses the broader question of how to remove people from the Lords; it will be broad legislation, rather than just for…12 Feb 2026HANSARD Lord Mandelson: Government Response to Humble Address MotionThe Chief Secretary to the Prime Minister set that out to the House on Monday, and we will come forward with further detail soon. This is an important part of restoring trust, and…12 Feb 2026HANSARDLord MandelsonI will give way once more, and then I will come to the motion.04 Feb 2026HANSARDLord MandelsonNo, I am winding up now. It is absolutely right for the House to have debated this incredibly important issue, and I thank right hon. and hon. Members for the spirit in which they…04 Feb 2026HANSARDLord MandelsonLet me try one more time. It will either be made public by the Cabinet Secretary, or it will go to the ISC and a decision will be made through the Committee. It will be done with…04 Feb 2026HANSARDLord MandelsonObviously anyone who made any allegation or report such as that would be treated seriously. I will take that up with Foreign Office Ministers and come back to the hon. Lady,…04 Feb 2026