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HANSARDLord Mandelson Humble Address: Government ResponseAs I confirmed in my statement, more than 300 individual documents were put before the ISC for its consideration of proposals from the Government for redaction. There were a small…01 Jun 2026HANSARDLord Mandelson Humble Address: Government ResponseWith permission, I would like to update the House on the Government’s response to the Humble Address of 4 February. Before I do, I think it is important for all of us to reflect…01 Jun 2026HANSARDLord Mandelson Humble Address: Government ResponseWe are concluding internal drafting of the peerages Bill, and will look to secure time to introduce it in this Session. I can assure my hon. Friend and the House that we want to…01 Jun 2026HANSARDLord Mandelson Humble Address: Government ResponseNo.01 Jun 2026HANSARDLord Mandelson Humble Address: Government ResponseI thank my hon. Friend for his excellent work in this area. The Government have learned a great deal from his expertise. The House knows that this area sits alongside other…01 Jun 2026HANSARDLord Mandelson Humble Address: Government ResponseI am afraid that I am not at the Dispatch Box to speak on behalf of Mr Mandelson, and I was not in the developed vetting interview process; nor have I seen that information, so I…01 Jun 2026HANSARDLord Mandelson Humble Address: Government Responseindicated assent .01 Jun 2026HANSARDLord Mandelson Humble Address: Government ResponseThe first part of my hon. Friend’s question goes to the point I made in my statement about the importance of allowing the developed vetting interviews to be fully confidential. We…01 Jun 2026HANSARDLord Mandelson Humble Address: Government ResponseI certainly agree with the sentiment of the hon. Lady’s question. In relation to the time made available to read the documents, I refer her to the general debate on Wednesday,…01 Jun 2026HANSARDLord Mandelson Humble Address: Government ResponseLet me make two points. As I made clear in my statement, vetting documents have been withheld by the Metropolitan police, although some of the documents have gone through the…01 Jun 2026HANSARDLord Mandelson Humble Address: Government ResponseI slightly challenge the assumption that the Government are developing a “close relationship” with Palantir. As far as I am aware, that is not true. I think Palantir has been…01 Jun 2026HANSARDLord Mandelson Humble Address: Government ResponseI share the right hon. Lady’s sentiment, but the Government do not have the legal power to require the disclosure of Peter Mandelson’s device. As I have said in earlier…01 Jun 2026HANSARDLord Mandelson Humble Address: Government ResponseMy hon. Friend is right to pull me up. That review has not concluded in the time in which I had initially hoped it would. Adrian Fulford is conducting the review at the moment,…01 Jun 2026HANSARDLord Mandelson Humble Address: Government ResponseWithout being able inadvertently to name specific documents, the best I can say to my right hon. Friend on the potential conflicts of interest, as I made clear in my statement, is…01 Jun 2026HANSARDLord Mandelson Humble Address: Government ResponseI refer my hon. Friend to my earlier answer at the Dispatch Box in relation to calls for an investigation of Labour Together, which is a privately owned organisation outside…01 Jun 2026HANSARDLord Mandelson Humble Address: Government ResponseThank you, Mr Speaker, but any encouragement is welcome. As I said to the hon. Gentleman, the documents relating to his questions are clearly set out in the bundle, and they speak…01 Jun 2026HANSARDLord Mandelson Humble Address: Government ResponseI thank the hon. Gentleman for his question. He knows, because I have said it repeatedly at the Dispatch Box, that I take very seriously the role of Parliament holding the…01 Jun 2026HANSARDLord Mandelson Humble Address: Government ResponseAll of the Prime Minister’s messages have been disclosed in the bundle, in the same way as those of every other Minister.01 Jun 2026HANSARDLord Mandelson Humble Address: Government ResponseI am grateful to the hon. Gentleman, and I would not want to displease a fan with an inadequate performance from the Dispatch Box. We have considered whether I should open and…01 Jun 2026HANSARDLord Mandelson Humble Address: Government ResponseThat is an important question, Mr Speaker, but a question I am unable to answer given I was not privy to those discussions at the time. Maybe if other Select Committees are able…01 Jun 2026