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HANSARDLord MandelsonThe Government tried to stop the full disclosure of documents today. It was primarily Government Members who identified that and said that they would not put up with it, so it is…04 Feb 2026HANSARDLord MandelsonDoes my hon. Friend agree that the Minister should find out—if he does not already know—whether Mandelson was in No. 10 at the time of the last Government reshuffle? Was he…04 Feb 2026HANSARDLord MandelsonMy hon. Friend may have heard the powerful speech by the hon. Member for Leeds East (Richard Burgon) earlier in the day about factionalism in the Labour party. The Prime Minister…04 Feb 2026HANSARDLord MandelsonWill my hon. Friend give way?04 Feb 2026HANSARDLord MandelsonFurther to that last intervention, we need an assurance that we will have urgency. We have seen victims of child abuse in this country let down by a Government who resisted an…04 Feb 2026HANSARDLord MandelsonBefore the appointment of Peter Mandelson as our ambassador, he was appointed as a strategic adviser, a consultant, an advocate and a planner for the 2024 Labour party general…04 Feb 2026HANSARDUniversal Credit (Removal of Two Child Limit) BillI was not here earlier in the debate, so please forgive me, Madam Deputy Speaker. The hon. Gentleman talked about Members being able to back up their assertions. Who was it in the…03 Feb 2026HANSARDUniversal Credit (Removal of Two Child Limit) BillWill the hon. Member give way?03 Feb 2026HANSARDUniversal Credit (Removal of Two Child Limit) BillThe hon. Gentleman is being most generous with his time. I agree with the hon. Member for Harlow (Chris Vince). Does the hon. Member for Peterborough (Andrew Pakes) agree with him…03 Feb 2026HANSARDUniversal Credit (Removal of Two Child Limit) BillWill the hon. Lady give way?03 Feb 2026HANSARDUniversal Credit (Removal of Two Child Limit) BillThe hon. Lady is, as ever, showing a powerful oratorical style, but it is so easy when doing that to get one’s facts wrong. Unemployment, I am sure she will recognise, was at a…03 Feb 2026HANSARD Youth UnemploymentIt is a pleasure to take part in this debate. How do we, as so many colleagues have asked this afternoon—certainly on the Opposition Benches—persuade an employer? How do we create…28 Jan 2026HANSARD Youth UnemploymentThe Minister knows that youth unemployment was at 20% when the Conservatives came into power, and at 14% when we left. Can he commit that his Government, with their vast array of…28 Jan 2026HANSARD Youth UnemploymentDoes my hon. Friend look forward to the Minister’s reply, as I do? Youth unemployment has already gone up from 14% to 16%. Does she want to hear from the Minister at the Dispatch…28 Jan 2026HANSARDBritish Indian Ocean TerritoryLike my right hon. Friend, I am proud of the role that Conservative peers have played in this, but can we also take a moment to pay credit to Back-Bench Labour MPs? I think it is…28 Jan 2026HANSARD Youth UnemploymentUKHospitality says that we could be seeing the death of the great British summer job, and even Labour’s own Alan Milburn has warned that there is a long-standing decline in the…28 Jan 2026HANSARDBritish Indian Ocean TerritoryOn a point of order, Mr Speaker. The Minister said that she would address the issue of whether nuclear weapons could go to Diego Garcia, and now she says that she cannot comment.…28 Jan 2026HANSARDBritish Indian Ocean TerritoryWhere are they?28 Jan 2026HANSARD Youth UnemploymentI will make a little more progress, and then I will happily give way. Given that I have referred to the hon. Gentleman, it is the very least I can do. By 2024, the level had been…28 Jan 2026HANSARD Youth UnemploymentWill the hon. Lady give way?28 Jan 2026