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HANSARDProceeds of Crime Act Consultation: Extension of Accredited Financial Investigation PowersToday the Government are launching a consultation document relating to the granting of accredited financial investigator powers under the Proceeds of Crime Act 2002 to an…22 Oct 2025HANSARDDeproscription of Hay’at Tahrir al-ShamAfter careful consideration and following extensive consultation across Government and with operational partners, the Government have decided to remove Hay’at Tahrir al-Sham from…22 Oct 2025HANSARDAlleged Spying Case: Home Office InvolvementThe shadow Home Secretary would be well advised to listen to the points being made. I am seeking to respond to the questions that he and other right hon. and hon. Members have…20 Oct 2025HANSARDAlleged Spying Case: Home Office InvolvementI am happy to debate issues of leadership with anyone in this House, not least because I have spent all my professional life trying to keep the country safe. I will continue to…20 Oct 2025HANSARDAlleged Spying Case: Home Office InvolvementThe right hon. Gentleman refers to what he described as a “highly political” appointment. With great respect to him, and he knows that I hold him in the highest regard, I disagree…20 Oct 2025HANSARDAlleged Spying Case: Home Office InvolvementI am grateful to the hon. Member because she asks an entirely reasonable and constructive question. She acknowledges, I am sure, that the previous Foreign Secretary made a…20 Oct 2025HANSARDAlleged Spying Case: Home Office InvolvementI am grateful to my hon. Friend because he raises an important point. We have a defending democracy taskforce precisely to ensure that our response is rooted across government—not…20 Oct 2025HANSARDAlleged Spying Case: Home Office InvolvementI do wonder whether at any point the shadow Home Secretary and certain Conservative Members—not all, but certain Members—have considered the need to have some humility and…20 Oct 2025HANSARDAlleged Spying Case: Home Office InvolvementMy hon. Friend is absolutely right to raise her concerns in the way that she does. I hope that she understands, as the House does, that this Government have been absolutely clear…20 Oct 2025HANSARDAlleged Spying Case: Home Office InvolvementI am grateful to my hon. Friend, not only for his question but for his previous service and for the work of his constituents with regard to underpinning our national security. He…20 Oct 2025HANSARDAlleged Spying Case: Home Office InvolvementFor the sake of clarity, “extremely disappointed” is the phraseology that we have used. We seem to have moved on from the original question about the Home Office, and the hon.…20 Oct 2025HANSARDAlleged Spying Case: Home Office InvolvementThe hon. Lady raises an important case that will be a matter of concern to Members from right across the House. I can assure her that we take these matters incredibly seriously,…20 Oct 2025HANSARDAlleged Spying Case: Home Office InvolvementThis is the third time that I have appeared at the Dispatch Box to answer questions from Members, including from the hon. Gentleman, so I hope that he will forgive me if I cannot…20 Oct 2025HANSARDAlleged Spying Case: Home Office InvolvementWith great respect, a lot of what has just been said does not actually relate to the urgent question that was initially asked by the shadow Home Secretary. I have to say, the…20 Oct 2025HANSARDAlleged Spying Case: Home Office InvolvementI am grateful for your guidance, Mr Speaker. I am simply pointing out to the shadow Home Secretary that Conservative Members have previously criticised Ministers and the…20 Oct 2025HANSARDAlleged Spying Case: Home Office InvolvementLet me make this point crystal clear: no member of this Government, nor any special adviser, was in any way involved in the evidence submitted to the CPS or the decision by the…20 Oct 2025HANSARDAlleged Spying Case: Home Office InvolvementI have done my very best to provide the clarity that hon. Members are asking for. There is, of course, still an unanswered question about the position of the previous Government.…20 Oct 2025HANSARDAlleged Spying Case: Home Office InvolvementI have given the House the response— [ Interruption. ]20 Oct 2025HANSARDAlleged Spying Case: Home Office InvolvementIt is always good to hear from the hon. Member, and I agree with the sentiment that he has expressed. I hope there is a unity of view across this House that collectively we can be…20 Oct 2025HANSARDAlleged Spying Case: Home Office InvolvementThe hon. Gentleman has asked quite a technical question. I am not entirely clear which meeting he is referring to, but I am very happy to write to him with the details.20 Oct 2025