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HANSARDLord MandelsonMy hon. Friend is absolutely right. I pay tribute to the hon. Member for Forest of Dean (Matt Bishop), and I say this as a Back Bencher who stood up to my Government because I…04 Feb 2026HANSARDLord MandelsonI would like to see the detail of it, but that was a helpful intervention from the former Deputy Prime Minister. I think there is a way forward for us, potentially. I also want to…04 Feb 2026HANSARDLord MandelsonI think some Labour Members do get it, which is why we are seeing furious activity with the usual channels at the moment. I think there is a whole movement of those Members who…04 Feb 2026HANSARDLord MandelsonAs I said, both the Prime Minister and, as we understand it, his chief of staff decided that it was worth the risk. There was lots of distraction today at Prime Minister’s…04 Feb 2026HANSARDLord MandelsonMy right hon. Friend is absolutely right, and there are many other questions that we want answered by the Government. That is why we want to pass this Humble Address so that we…04 Feb 2026HANSARDLord MandelsonRumours abound that a manuscript amendment will be tabled to bring forward something that Labour Members feel they can vote for. Does the hon. Lady agree that Labour Members…04 Feb 2026HANSARDLord MandelsonWe know that there is one thing that Mandelson did not lie about, because the Prime Minister knew it and said so today: that he continued his contact with Jeffrey Epstein after he…04 Feb 2026HANSARDLord MandelsonMy hon. Friend mentioned the revelations that are coming out of the emails. The point I made earlier—it is also very important that the Minister responds to this—is that the…04 Feb 2026HANSARDLord MandelsonI think the fact that the Prime Minister resisted giving that answer for so long proves that he knows it is incredibly damaging to his Government that he did not want people to…04 Feb 2026HANSARDLord MandelsonWill the Minister give way?04 Feb 2026HANSARDLord MandelsonIt is pretty underhand of the Minister to make himself the champion of public anger about the person Mandelson was, because I can tell the Minister that the House is angry—both…04 Feb 2026HANSARDTopical QuestionsIn a world where so many people walk on by or look the other way, I believe it is vital to the rule of law that our whole society gets behind people who are willing to stand up…03 Feb 2026HANSARDTopical QuestionsI welcome those remarks, and I am sure the public will want us to work across the parties on these issues, but this is not an isolated case. I have heard from employers…03 Feb 2026HANSARDChina and JapanThe whole House can see with its own eyes what is happening here. The Prime Minister, on paper, has the support of more than 400 MPs. If they want to show their support, they can…02 Feb 2026HANSARDBritish Indian Ocean TerritoryMy right hon. Friend highlights the lessons that the rest of the world will be drawing from this decision. A submissive approach to third party calls on these issues displays an…28 Jan 2026HANSARDBritish Indian Ocean TerritoryDoes my right hon. Friend agree that at every single point from 2010 onwards, all the Labour party has ever done is encourage us to spend more?28 Jan 2026HANSARDBritish Indian Ocean TerritoryEven if we accept the Government’s position that Mauritius does not get on particularly well with China, are we really leaving in the hands of fate the question of whether the…28 Jan 2026HANSARDBritish Indian Ocean TerritoryMy right hon. Friend is absolutely right. It is extraordinary that Labour Members are prepared to defend the deal, while admitting that they do not even know if our accusations…28 Jan 2026HANSARDBritish Indian Ocean TerritoryThat is a fact. My right hon. Friend will know that other UN bodies have supported Argentina for decades, and are pressuring us to continue negotiations around that issue. The…28 Jan 2026HANSARDBritish Indian Ocean TerritoryThe people who we should be worried about are not the people in charge of the British overseas territories—we should be worried about the people who are watching what we do and…28 Jan 2026