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HANSARD Ukrainerose —25 Feb 2026HANSARD UkraineI entirely agree with every word my right hon. Friend has said. Perhaps an area where we—the previous Government or this one—have not succeeded is in sufficiently sharing, or…25 Feb 2026HANSARD UkraineI apologise for coming to the debate so late and intervening so quickly, Madam Deputy Speaker, but I have just returned from Ukraine, along with a few colleagues. We were able to…25 Feb 2026HANSARD UkraineI am grateful to the Minister for giving way; he is being most generous. While we were in Ukraine we also met the hon. Member for Dudley (Sonia Kumar), who had led a delegation of…25 Feb 2026HANSARD Lord Mandelson: Government Response to Humble Address MotionThe Prime Minister said that the Cabinet Secretary’s integrity should not be questioned and then immediately briefed out that he was going to be sacked, having given him the…12 Feb 2026HANSARD Police Grant ReportAs ever, I am afraid that this Minister gets her facts wrong. Despite that frailty, she is none the less straightforward and pretty outspoken. We get so few direct answers these…11 Feb 2026HANSARD Local Government FinanceWill the Secretary of State give way?11 Feb 2026HANSARD Police Grant ReportOn that point, will the Minister give way?11 Feb 2026HANSARD Police Grant ReportIn his powerful speech, the hon. Member for North Norfolk (Steff Aquarone) talked about the rise in scammers and fraudsters. I am concerned about the fact that Humberside will get…11 Feb 2026HANSARD Local Government Financerose —11 Feb 2026HANSARD Police Grant ReportOne of the dangers, while the Government are cutting the police—1,300 last year alone, estimated by my police and crime commissioner, and another 4,000 nationally could go next…11 Feb 2026HANSARD Police Grant ReportMy right hon. Friend will have noted, as I did, that the Minister failed to answer on the “how”. She said that she wishes to ensure that the creation of massive new police…11 Feb 2026HANSARD Local Government FinanceIt is far from my typical habit to get involved in political knockabout, but following that astonishing intervention that showed a total lack of self-awareness, does my hon.…11 Feb 2026HANSARD Local Government FinanceI thank the hon. Lady, who always speaks passionately and with deep knowledge of her community. As she says, she does not make unnecessary party political points. The one thing…11 Feb 2026HANSARD Police Grant ReportI mentioned no individual, Madam Deputy Speaker, but “inadvertently”, of course, in any Minister’s case.11 Feb 2026HANSARD Local Government FinanceThe Secretary of State has been tremendously generous in giving way. He has also been making his usual barnstorming political knockabout speech, but perhaps he should start to act…11 Feb 2026HANSARD Police Grant ReportI have never heard someone so passionately misinformed in my life. The Labour Government left a massive, gaping overspend. In other speeches the hon. Gentleman has mentioned the…11 Feb 2026HANSARD Police Grant ReportIt is just that sort of incoherence that is upsetting my constituents. Humberside police force—the finest in the country—has a mayor on the north bank and another mayor on the…11 Feb 2026HANSARD Local Government FinanceWill the Minister give way?11 Feb 2026HANSARD Police Grant ReportI am extremely grateful. My right hon. Friend is being most generous, and he has barely begun his speech. I must have misheard, because I have listened to so many speeches about…11 Feb 2026