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HANSARDMinisterial Code: BreachesMy Lords, with the leave of the House, I will repeat, in the form of a Statement, the Answer given to an Urgent Question in the other place by my right honourable friend the…02 Mar 2020HANSARDMinisterial Code: BreachesMy Lords, in answer to the second question, any Minister holds office at the wish of the Prime Minister and if he considers, in the case of any Minister on any subject, that that…02 Mar 2020HANSARDMinisterial Code: BreachesNo, my Lords, the allegation of a hitlist is false and has been denied. All in this House would agree that good government depends on all the elements of a ministry and a…02 Mar 2020HANSARDMinisterial Code: BreachesMy Lords, I used the term “Home Secretary” because the person engaged is Home Secretary, but where allegations of breach of the Ministerial Code has been made against a Minister,…02 Mar 2020HANSARDMinisters: TrainingMy Lords, first, I am grateful to the noble Lord for what he said on a personal basis. The noble Lord is addressing an extraordinarily important point, which we all share;…27 Feb 2020HANSARDMinisters: TrainingMy Lords, the Ministerial Code provides advice and guidance to Ministers on the standards of conduct that they are expected to uphold and the way in which they should discharge…27 Feb 2020HANSARDEU: Future RelationshipI thank my noble friend and agree with him, but this Government are not going to lecture the European Union on how it should manage its own home. We respect their right, as 27…27 Feb 2020HANSARDEU: Future RelationshipMy Lords, with the leave of the House, I shall repeat a Statement made today in another place by my right honourable friend the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster and Minister…27 Feb 2020HANSARDEU: Future RelationshipI thank the noble Baroness and the noble Lord. Obviously, I thank them for their references to my arrival here. I feel privileged to follow my noble friend Lord Callanan in…27 Feb 2020HANSARDMinisters: TrainingMy Lords, there is a code for special advisers.27 Feb 2020HANSARDEU: Future RelationshipMy Lords, international security will be a separate strand in discussions. On my first outing at the Dispatch Box I am not going to interpose my body between what the Prime…27 Feb 2020HANSARDEU: Future RelationshipMy Lords, I am not going to be critical of the EU. As I have said, we respect its right to conduct itself as it wishes. I repeat: we certainly do not accept the proximity argument…27 Feb 2020HANSARDEU: Future RelationshipMy Lords, I do not answer for Vote Leave; I was not a member of Vote Leave. I was trying to lead a local authority at the time. Business in this House is a matter for the usual…27 Feb 2020HANSARDEU: Future RelationshipMy Lords, as my noble friend Lord Howell said, the United Kingdom will never be a solitary nation state. The United Kingdom seeks friendship and alliance with every other nation…27 Feb 2020HANSARDEU: Future RelationshipMy Lords, I am not very good at doing triumphalism, and I do not believe that either this Statement or anything the Government have done has that tone. It is not triumphalism but…27 Feb 2020HANSARDMinisters: TrainingMy Lords, I do not agree with the implied statement of criticism of the Prime Minister. The current Prime Minister expects the highest standards of performance and behaviour from…27 Feb 2020HANSARDMinisters: TrainingMy Lords, I repeat: Ministers hold office at the Prime Minister’s request and remain in office only for as long as they retain the Prime Minister’s confidence. I note what the…27 Feb 2020HANSARDEU: Future RelationshipMy Lords, that argument was put in 2016 and has been put ever since, but in that time the UK has benefited from enormous inward investment and I have every confidence that it will…27 Feb 2020HANSARDEU: Future RelationshipMy Lords, the Government do not anticipate that these discussions will fail.27 Feb 2020HANSARDMinisters: TrainingThe noble Lord is wise and knows very well that whether people remain in office is a matter not for me or him but for the Prime Minister. In fact, this Prime Minister updated the…27 Feb 2020