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HANSARD 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 2026HANSARD Local Government FinanceWill the Minister give way?11 Feb 2026HANSARD Local Government FinanceI will come to the hon. Gentleman in a while. The impact for those in the cheapest or lowest-value homes in the East Riding—very often people in rural areas, with poorly insulated…11 Feb 2026HANSARD Local Government FinanceIt is a pleasure to take part in this debate, which has had a number of distinguished contributions, not least from the hon. Member for Knowsley (Anneliese Midgley). As she…11 Feb 2026HANSARD Local Government FinanceI do not remember the specifics of that, but I can say that, whereas the last Labour Government doubled council tax despite it being regressive, that did not happen under the…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 Financerose —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 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 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 ReportIt’s smoke and mirrors.11 Feb 2026HANSARD Local Government FinanceA £200,000 house in the East Riding of Yorkshire will be paying between £3,000 and £4,000 in council tax, depending on its 1991 valuation. A £2 million flat in Westminster will be…11 Feb 2026HANSARD Police Grant ReportOn that point, will the Minister give way?11 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 Police Grant ReportI am grateful to the hon. Lady for giving way. She is making a powerful speech. As she says, there will be a regressive impact from this police grant settlement, which is going to…11 Feb 2026HANSARD Police Grant ReportWill my right hon. Friend give way?11 Feb 2026HANSARDLord MandelsonMy hon. Friend is right to look at the process, but I do not think that it provides any cover for the Prime Minister’s decision. If the story in the New Statesman today is true,…04 Feb 2026HANSARDLord MandelsonDoes my hon. Friend agree that the Minister needs to tell us at the Dispatch Box whether the New Statesman report today is true—that the Prime Minister was directly told that…04 Feb 2026HANSARDLord MandelsonMy hon. Friend is making a powerful speech, grounded as it is in the Nolan principles. Does he agree that if the Prime Minister had appointed someone who went on to breach all the…04 Feb 2026HANSARDLord MandelsonThe right hon. Gentleman is making a powerful speech. He referred to the speech on factionalism made by his colleague on the Labour Benches, the hon. Member for Leeds East…04 Feb 2026