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HANSARDLord Mandelson: Response to Humble AddressI thank the right hon. Member for his comment about the ISC. I will continue to take advice from that vetting process: it needs to be even more hermetically sealed. We need to…03 Jun 2026HANSARDLord Mandelson: Response to Humble AddressI give way for the last time.03 Jun 2026HANSARDLord Mandelson: Response to Humble AddressI start, as I must, with the victims of Jeffrey Epstein. I thank my hon. Friend the Member for Pontypridd (Alex Davies-Jones) for raising the testimony of Lisa Phillips and naming…03 Jun 2026HANSARDLord Mandelson: Response to Humble AddressI absolutely agree with my right hon. Friend the Chair of the Foreign Affairs Committee. Foreign affairs money is being spent on this, when it could have been spent on…03 Jun 2026HANSARDSupreme Court Dillon Judgment: Policy ImplicationsThe Supreme Court found wholly in the Government’s favour. Does the Secretary of State agree that the Government now have a responsibility to put in place legislation that…03 Jun 2026HANSARDLord Mandelson: Response to Humble AddressMy right hon. Friend has made the point very well. There are minority groups. There are people who do not know whether what they are worried about in respect of their past will be…03 Jun 2026HANSARDLord Mandelson: Response to Humble AddressThis Humble Address has been worked on by Ministers and civil servants very diligently, independently and scrupulously, but that has led to some huge costs, which I am going to…03 Jun 2026HANSARDLord Mandelson: Response to Humble AddressI absolutely agree. My hon. Friend talked about the inquiry during her speech, and I thought exactly that: should there not be one so that, with all this money being spent, we can…03 Jun 2026HANSARD Preparedness for National EmergenciesNo, I only have two minutes; I am afraid I will not be able to give way. The message from stakeholders has been unequivocal. The UK is fundamentally unprepared for the scale of…02 Jun 2026HANSARD Preparedness for National EmergenciesIt is a pleasure to serve under your chairship, Mrs Barker. I thank my hon. Friend the Member for Dunfermline and Dollar (Graeme Downie) for securing this important debate, with…02 Jun 2026HANSARDDebate on the AddressI absolutely respect the work that the hon. Member does in his constituency and across Northern Ireland to bring about reconciliation, but I would say that the Bill does put…13 May 2026HANSARDDebate on the AddressI certainly will withdraw that. Thank you very much, Madam Deputy Speaker. The cost is being borne by families who cannot magic away the detrimental economic consequences of…13 May 2026HANSARDDebate on the AddressIt is a privilege to speak in this debate on the Loyal Address in reply to the King’s Speech. I thank my hon. Friends the Members for Bradford West (Naz Shah) and for Harlow…13 May 2026HANSARD Hammersmith BridgeI thank the hon. Member for that question; I will ask the Minister the same thing. Where is that funding? Has agreement been reached between the three bodies, Transport for…21 Apr 2026HANSARD Hammersmith BridgeI beg to move, That this House has considered the future of Hammersmith Bridge. It is a pleasure to serve under your chairship, Sir Alec. I thank my hon. Friend the Minister for…21 Apr 2026HANSARD Hammersmith BridgeI thank the hon. Member for his acknowledgment of the many years that I have been campaigning on this issue and that he has seen me raising it in the Chamber. I agree that there…21 Apr 2026HANSARD Hammersmith BridgeI thank the Minister for his response. I am obviously disappointed that he did not suddenly announce when the taskforce will be, when the funding will be given, when the funding…21 Apr 2026HANSARDSchool Food StandardsI am pleased that the consultation on school food standards was launched last week. Many constituents have contacted me about the benefits of having more and better vegetarian…20 Apr 2026HANSARDSecurity VettingI welcome the Prime Minister saying that he should not have appointed Peter Mandelson. In November, in the Foreign Affairs Committee, I asked who saw the vetting and was told this…20 Apr 2026HANSARDSchool Food Standards7. What plans she has to review school food standards requiring mandatory servings of meat, fish and dairy.20 Apr 2026