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HANSARDAmbassador to the United StatesThe hon. Member has made a theoretical argument and a general argument, but the actual argument is that Karen Pierce was a brilliant campaigner who would never have made the…16 Sept 2025HANSARDAmbassador to the United StatesI understand all too well the point that the hon. Gentleman is making. Many have made it in the newspapers, although generally anonymously. A double standard applies to the top of…16 Sept 2025HANSARDAmbassador to the United StatesNo, I really am coming to an end. I will quote just one of them. This is a long-standing senior Labour Member: “I care that this culture of turning a blind eye to horrendous…16 Sept 2025HANSARDAmbassador to the United StatesI beg to move, That this House has considered the appointment process and the circumstances leading to the dismissal of the former United Kingdom Ambassador to the United States,…16 Sept 2025HANSARDAmbassador to the United StatesI am being frowned at by Mr Speaker for taking so much time. I will give way for the last time.16 Sept 2025HANSARDAmbassador to the United StatesThe hon. Gentleman is absolutely right. When we look at the mechanisms engaged, as I hope we will in the course of this debate, we will see why the Prime Minister made the wrong…16 Sept 2025HANSARDAmbassador to the United StatesThe right hon. Gentleman is exactly right. We will come to a number of circumstances in which information was available and should have been, but was not, acted upon. This was not…16 Sept 2025HANSARDAmbassador to the United StatesI am very glad to say that I am not the Prime Minister’s speechwriter, but all I can say to the hon. Gentleman is that I hope the issue does not come up, because it would…16 Sept 2025HANSARDAmbassador to the United StatesThere is no doubt that the right hon. Lady is correct. Frankly, I am going to try not to make this ad hominem about the Ministers who made decisions; we need to make that decision…16 Sept 2025HANSARDAmbassador to the United StatesMy right hon. Friend is exactly right, and the Senators to whom these documents were sent are very responsible ones. They would not frivolously pass on such documents to the FBI,…16 Sept 2025HANSARDAmbassador to the United StatesI am going to be very gentle. Let me just say that we are talking about a very serious issue, in which the national interest is engaged, and about somebody who in my view has used…16 Sept 2025HANSARDAmbassador to the United StatesHad the hon. Gentleman been here before the last election, he would have sat in this Chamber, I hope, and heard me opine on all those subjects and raise prospective laws to deal…16 Sept 2025HANSARDAmbassador to the United StatesExactly, and in fact earlier than that point. I will come back to that when I talk briefly about the vetting process. What precisely did the Prime Minister learn from reading the…16 Sept 2025HANSARDAmbassador to the United StatesI will give way, but then I must make some progress.16 Sept 2025HANSARDAmbassador to the United StatesMy right hon. Friend makes a very good point. I certainly think that that would be the right way to go for political appointments. It would probably be the right way to go for the…16 Sept 2025HANSARDAmbassador to the United StatesI agree—the hon. Member is right. Lord Mandelson’s continued support of Epstein shows an attitude that I find completely reprehensible in exactly that respect, because Epstein’s…16 Sept 2025HANSARDAmbassador to the United StatesI am going to pause for a second. Let me say first to the Minster that I think everyone who spoke remembered the victims. After the sound of this political gunfire is long…16 Sept 2025HANSARD Ambassador to the United States: Appointment and DismissalI seek leave to propose that the House debates a specific and important matter requiring urgent consideration, namely the appointment process and circumstances leading to the…15 Sept 2025HANSARDSustainable Aviation Fuel IndustryI congratulate my parliamentary neighbour on his accession. It is good to see his talents recognised. Much of the technology currently used in sustainable aviation fuel is of…11 Sept 2025HANSARDSustainable Aviation Fuel Industry19. What steps she is taking to support the sustainable aviation fuel industry.11 Sept 2025