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HANSARDRussian Shadow FleetThe Minister has several times failed to give any clear answer to the question of what is going to be done with the oil and the ship. He dodges that and, for some peculiar reason,…16 Jun 2026 · 4d agoHANSARDMiddle East: Economic UpdateMy Lords, one of the big problems that the Government faced when they took office was an unsustainable level of public debt and a totally unsustainable level of debt interest…28 Apr 2026HANSARDLord Mandelson Humble Address: Government Response UpdateMy Lords, one of the difficulties in discussing the vetting of Lord Mandelson seriously is that nobody outside the Government has the first idea what the grounds were for the…28 Apr 2026HANSARDSecurity VettingMy Lords, the totally new twist to this long-running saga is the discovery that the Foreign Office officials failed to give any information about this failed vetting to their…20 Apr 2026HANSARDFujitsu: Post Office Horizon CaseMy Lords, if there is sufficient evidence to support the assertions two noble Lords have made about the extent of Fujitsu’s knowledge of the failures in their system—and I believe…17 Mar 2026HANSARDLord Mandelson: Response to Humble Address MotionThe private lives of the decadent rich are always going to arouse interest in the media and with the general public. The Prime Minister has failed to answer some very embarrassing…17 Mar 2026HANSARDTobacco and Vapes BillMy Lords, I want to speak to my interest. About 30 years ago, I was a director of British American Tobacco. I started smoking when I was at school, and I have now been smoking for…24 Feb 2026HANSARDTobacco and Vapes BillMay I ask what evidence the noble Lord has for that? I well remember, when I was on the board of BAT, that we acknowledged the health risks. We were accused of somehow denying it,…24 Feb 2026HANSARDTobacco and Vapes BillDoes the noble Earl not agree that we would save many lives if we passed a law saying that nobody should be allowed to drive a motor car unless there is a man waving a stick…24 Feb 2026HANSARDUK Start-up CompaniesMy Lords, if the Government are as keen on entrepreneurship as the Minister keeps suggesting, why did the Chancellor in her last Budget reduce the tax relief for venture capital…28 Jan 2026HANSARDMotorway Speed CamerasAnyone who drives north out of London on the M1, as I do twice a week, knows that there is always a 60 mph variable speed limit throughout Bedfordshire, whatever the traffic…21 Jan 2026HANSARDEmployment Rights BillI was about to make exactly the same point, but the noble and right reverend Lord beat me to it. The Minister has not addressed this point at all. The strongest argument against…28 Oct 2025HANSARDPrisoners: ReoffendingMy Lords, does the Minister agree that the biggest problem facing the rehabilitation work in which he has been so involved for decades now is that many of the prisons in which the…14 Oct 2025HANSARDGaza Protests: Anti-terrorism LegislationMy Lords, a perfectly good case can be made for proscribing Palestine Action, and I agree with that decision, but does the Minister know that in this country there has always been…10 Sept 2025HANSARDGilt YieldsMy Lords, the recent rise in yields on bonds should serve as a warning that this country is much nearer to the risk of a financial crisis than the Government are even remotely…02 Sept 2025HANSARDIllegal Migration: Pull FactorsImmigration is a global crisis, with every wealthy country in the world suffering social and political pressures from unsustainable levels of immigration from poorer countries. Do…22 Jul 2025HANSARDTaxesMy Lords, when the Treasury team are preparing the Budget, will they have a look at the precedent of Sir Geoffrey Howe’s Budget of 1981, which was delivered in very similar…15 Jul 2025HANSARDTrial by Jury: Proposed RestrictionsMy Lords, does the Minister accept that it is a scandalous disgrace that in this country some victims and people charged with offences have to wait months and sometimes years…14 Jul 2025HANSARDGovernment Performance against Fiscal RulesMy Lords, since the 2008 financial crisis, this country has built an unsustainable level of public debt in relation to our GDP, and the cost of servicing that debt is a serious…08 Jul 2025HANSARDNHS, Armed Forces and Civil Service Staff: Public MeetingsMy Lords—02 Jul 2025