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HANSARD Standards in Public LifeI agree with the hon. Gentleman; a number of changes evidently need to be brought forward. As he suggests in his question, that should be done on a cross-party basis in the…09 Feb 2026HANSARD Standards in Public LifeI agree with my hon. Friend. As I said, the Foreign Office will come forward with more information in due course.09 Feb 2026HANSARD Standards in Public LifeI remind the hon. Gentleman that the public had their say at the last general election, and they elected a landslide Labour majority, with the Conservatives suffering an historic…09 Feb 2026HANSARD Standards in Public LifeThe hon. Member will know that the Government are committed to working with peers in the other place to modernise the House of Lords and that we agree that that needs to happen.…09 Feb 2026HANSARD Standards in Public LifeThe hon. Member will know that it would not be appropriate for me to speak from the Dispatch Box on behalf of civil servants and special advisers. The statements released by…09 Feb 2026HANSARD Standards in Public LifeAs I have repeated to the House, there must be rules that apply in all circumstances, to all people, in respect of the House of Lords and the House of Commons, and to appointments…09 Feb 2026HANSARD Standards in Public LifeAs I said in my statement, on a number of those measures, we are looking at current procedures, and at whether they can be updated to provide more transparency. The hon. Member is…09 Feb 2026HANSARD Standards in Public LifeI point the hon. Lady to the duty of candour provisions that we are bringing forward in the Public Office (Accountability) Bill, which will include criminal sanctions for those…09 Feb 2026HANSARD Standards in Public LifeNo.09 Feb 2026HANSARD Standards in Public LifeThe Prime Minister apologised last Thursday for having appointed Peter Mandelson. Had information that is now available been available at the time of his appointment, he would not…09 Feb 2026HANSARD Standards in Public LifeOn the first part of the right hon. Gentleman’s question, I would just remind him that the reforms that this Government have made in the past 18 months, and those we are talking…09 Feb 2026HANSARD Standards in Public LifeThe right hon. Gentleman will, in due course, see papers disclosed, in compliance with the Humble Address, that will be very clear in showing the questions that the Prime Minister…09 Feb 2026HANSARD Standards in Public LifeI refer the right hon. Lady to my previous answer.09 Feb 2026HANSARD Standards in Public LifeThe hon. Gentleman seems to be wishing for more chaos in our country. The public voted to end that at the last general election, and that is why this Government are getting on…09 Feb 2026HANSARD Standards in Public LifeIt is important that we take good practice wherever it exists and learn the lessons where reforms have not worked, whether it is in our Parliament or in devolved Governments…09 Feb 2026HANSARD Standards in Public LifeThe right hon. Gentleman knows that there are different processes for the different types of role that we have in government, from due diligence through to developed national…09 Feb 2026HANSARD Standards in Public LifeAs the Prime Minister has made clear, he apologised for appointing Peter Mandelson to the position of ambassador. Had the information that is now available been available at the…09 Feb 2026HANSARD Standards in Public LifeNo.09 Feb 2026HANSARD Standards in Public LifeAs I have said to the hon. Lady’s Liberal Democrat colleagues, I am happy to receive further representations on reform of the law relating to whistleblowers. If we need to go…09 Feb 2026HANSARD Standards in Public LifeMy hon. Friend will know that it was a clear manifesto commitment of our party to ban second jobs for Members of Parliament, except in limited circumstances such as those…09 Feb 2026