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HANSARDAndrew Mountbatten-WindsorThank you Madam Deputy Speaker. You will have to forgive me for dancing around to aid my pained back. “Power tends to corrupt, and absolute power corrupts absolutely.” That quote…24 Feb 2026HANSARDAndrew Mountbatten-WindsorI completely agree with my hon. Friend. I thank the Minister for his early acknowledgment of support for the Humble Address. He has engaged constructively with comments about its…24 Feb 2026HANSARDAndrew Mountbatten-WindsorI apologise for breaking that convention, but it is a useful demonstration that, however right the Speaker is in acting with such utter wisdom that we will never question, it…24 Feb 2026HANSARDAndrew Mountbatten-WindsorDoes the point about what the protection officers knew not show the outrageous power imbalance between a royal and an employee? We are talking about whistleblowing and reporting…24 Feb 2026HANSARDAndrew Mountbatten-WindsorI hope this intervention adds to my hon. Friend’s point. Does she find it ironic that the only person who has been imprisoned as part of the Epstein scandal is a woman?24 Feb 2026HANSARDAndrew Mountbatten-Windsorrose —24 Feb 2026HANSARD Inner-London Local Authorities: FundingWill the hon. Member give way?10 Feb 2026HANSARD Inner-London Local Authorities: FundingThe Minister mentions additional flexibility. Within that does she include allowing what I think are five inner-London boroughs, including Wandsworth, to increase their council…10 Feb 2026HANSARD Inner-London Local Authorities: FundingI welcome the tone of the hon. Member’s comment at the end there. I will use the examples of Lambeth and Southwark. When we pull out the contributions from council tax and look…10 Feb 2026HANSARD Inner-London Local Authorities: FundingIt is, as always, a pleasure to serve under your chairship, Dr Murrison. I thank the hon. Member for Dulwich and West Norwood (Helen Hayes) for securing this important debate at…10 Feb 2026HANSARD Inner-London Local Authorities: FundingWill the hon. Member give way?10 Feb 2026HANSARDLord MandelsonOn the information available, does my hon. Friend share my discomfort about the fact that the situation became clear to us only after this mass release of information by the…04 Feb 2026HANSARDTown and City Centre SafetyI genuinely thank the hon. Member for his contribution; he must have read my next paragraph. CCTV cameras and facial recognition tech watching and monitoring us going about our…03 Feb 2026HANSARDTown and City Centre SafetyThank you, Mr Dowd. I also thank the hon. Member for Derby South (Baggy Shanker) for calling this important debate. No one can live freely live under the fear of crime. Across…03 Feb 2026HANSARDTown and City Centre SafetyDoes the hon. Member acknowledge that total crime figures are actually up over the last 15 years in London—from 87.1 crimes per thousand people in 2023-24 to 106.4 in 2024-25? Is…03 Feb 2026HANSARDChina and JapanI will have another try at the question asked by my right hon. Friend the Member for Kingston and Surbiton (Ed Davey) in his original statement. Can the Prime Minister tell us…02 Feb 2026HANSARDUS Department of Justice Release of FilesThe files released on Friday are an horrific record of the relationships among the rich and the powerful, including Elon Musk and Donald Trump, and we have seen mention of Andrew…02 Feb 2026HANSARD Consumer Energy Bills: Government SupportAbsolutely, and I will come on to the package that the Government outlined last week. It was very welcome, but we need to go further on immediate measures. More than 12 million…27 Jan 2026HANSARD Consumer Energy Bills: Government SupportI beg to move, That this House has considered Government support for consumer energy bills. It is an absolute pleasure to serve under your chairship for the first time, Ms…27 Jan 2026HANSARD Consumer Energy Bills: Government SupportThe hon. Member highlights the gap between families who are eligible for support and those who just cannot quite make ends meet. Clearly, there is a challenge in making any…27 Jan 2026