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HANSARDFujitsu: Post Office Horizon CaseMy Lords, the situation outlined by my good friend, the noble Lord, Lord Arbuthnot, is right. Fujitsu provided the equipment for the Post Office and knew what was wrong with it,…17 Mar 2026HANSARDVictims and Courts BillMy Lords, I support my noble friend Lady Chakrabarti’s amendment. We discussed this in Committee. My involvement, like that of the noble Lord, Lord Arbuthnot, is through the…10 Mar 2026HANSARDMiddle EastMy Lords, I thank my noble friend for repeating the Statement. I also thank her, and through her the Government, for the intelligence brief I had this afternoon on the current…02 Mar 2026HANSARDLord Mandelson: Government Response to Humble AddressMy Lords, the noble Baroness, Lady Finn, raised ISC staff. Their job, and that of the committee, was made incredibly difficult by the previous Conservative Government cutting the…24 Feb 2026HANSARDEnvironment Agency: Waste CrimeI have been talking rubbish for many years; more accurately, I have been talking about waste crime and disposal for many years. I first got interested when I was the chair of…12 Feb 2026HANSARDPost Office Capture and Horizon ScandalsMy Lords, as the person who first exposed the Capture system, I welcome the fact that victims are now being paid. That was in spite, for example, of the Post Office, which, with…12 Feb 2026HANSARDVictims and Courts BillHaving been a Minister myself, I know that the Minister can do that tonight. She knows what will happen if she does not bring it forward: an amendment will be tabled, and it will…11 Feb 2026HANSARDVictims and Courts BillI am not opposed to consultation, but, I am sorry, this Government are hiding behind consultation. Once the consultation is finished, we then need action, but that is not…11 Feb 2026HANSARDVictims and Courts BillMy Lords, I too support Amendment 61 in the name of my noble friend Lady Chakrabarti. When I left my home in Durham on Monday morning, I had a phone call. It was from an…11 Feb 2026HANSARDChinese EmbassyMy Lords, my noble friend, in her answer, referred to the ISC. The ISC has looked at this very closely. We were given access to all the confidential and sensitive documentation,…26 Jan 2026HANSARDDiego Garcia Military Base and British Indian Ocean Territory BillMy Lords, my noble friend the Minister suggested that this agreement was supported by our Five Eyes partners, including the United States—the Secretary of State to the US made a…26 Jan 2026HANSARDIslamic Revolutionary Guard CorpsMy Lords, as has already been mentioned, the ISC’s report last year on Iran demonstrated the key role that the IRGC plays in the Iranian regime. People say that, for example, the…13 Jan 2026HANSARDDiego Garcia Military Base and British Indian Ocean Territory BillMy Lords, the noble Baroness, Lady Hoey, has just said that this was not part of a Labour manifesto, but it was part of the last Government’s determination to get a deal on the…12 Jan 2026HANSARDVenezuelaMy Lords, I do not want the Minister to comment on events in the North Atlantic, but does she agree that the UK has a proud tradition of enforcing international maritime law,…07 Jan 2026HANSARDLithuania: Balloon IncursionsMy Lords, as we approach Christmas, I am sure that my noble friend and all Members of the House would wish to thank the members of our Armed Forces and security services, who will…18 Dec 2025HANSARDUS National Security StrategyMy Lords, last week the US Congress, on a bipartisan basis, passed the National Defense Authorization Act, which was signed by the President on Thursday night. That Act commits US…16 Dec 2025HANSARDUnited States: Intelligence SharingMy Lords, my noble friend the Minister was on the Intelligence and Security Committee when it looked at detainee mistreatment and rendition in 2018. That report led to the…11 Dec 2025HANSARDDiego Garcia Military Base and British Indian Ocean Territory BillCould it not also be that when he came into office, he had not received the security briefings from his own intelligence services and possibly then he saw the importance of…25 Nov 2025HANSARDDiego Garcia Military Base and British Indian Ocean Territory BillWhat the noble Lord is saying is very interesting, but the treaty protects the outer islands from development. Mauritius is one of only two African countries that is not part of…25 Nov 2025HANSARDDiego Garcia Military Base and British Indian Ocean Territory BillMy Lords, I will speak on Amendment 67. This part of the agreement is being portrayed as though it has some type of special status. It is similar to the agreement we have with the…25 Nov 2025