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HANSARDSocial Media Ban for Under-16sIt sounds like the Secretary of State is hearing a fairly unanimous view from members of the Science, Innovation and Technology Committee, which is good. Today’s ban is a welcome…15 Jun 2026 · 5d agoHANSARDPolice: AI Trials5. What discussions her Department has had with police forces on the adequacy of competitive tendering for trials of AI.08 Jun 2026HANSARDPolice: AI TrialsPalantir appears to have a habit of avoiding competitive tender and scrutiny by using free trials and locking up the contract specifications after getting a foot in the door. I…08 Jun 2026HANSARDLord Mandelson: Response to Humble AddressWill the right hon. Gentleman give way?03 Jun 2026HANSARDLord Mandelson: Response to Humble AddressI was trying not to interrupt his flow— [Interruption.] Until I did. Throughout the files there are mentions of Palantir and Peter Mandelson, including a memo in which he tries to…03 Jun 2026HANSARD Health BillI absolutely agree with the hon. Member. We heard earlier how Kevin Dixon of Devon gives us excellent reports of what is happening with Healthwatch. The modern NHS must run on…01 Jun 2026HANSARD Health BillI will focus on two things: the changes in data privacy and access to support a centralised single patient record, and the abolition of Healthwatch. Healthwatch is not the same as…01 Jun 2026HANSARD Health BillAll the features that the hon. Member is asking for are available to people within the Greater Manchester area. Exactly those things are there and work today, even down to the…01 Jun 2026HANSARDDefence ReadinessWe have had a very interesting debate, with interesting speeches from many Members. I, too, am fully behind the rapid increase in funds for defence and I wish to add my thanks to…20 May 2026HANSARDPark Home OwnersI thank the hon. Member for securing this valuable debate. I have a good number of park home sites in my constituency. Not only do they suffer the 10% commission, poor maintenance…28 Apr 2026HANSARD Peter Mandelson: Government AppointmentYesterday, I asked the Prime Minister about the security vetting condition that required Peter Mandelson to be accompanied when visiting previous clients. Does my right hon.…21 Apr 2026HANSARDSecurity VettingI understand that Peter Mandelson’s vetting clearance was conditional on his being accompanied to meetings with former clients, such as Palantir. Will the Prime Minister clarify…20 Apr 2026HANSARDNeuroscience and Digital ChildhoodsIt is a pleasure to serve under your chairship, Ms Butler. I thank the hon. Member for her report from our Select Committee, which I particularly enjoy working on. I find it very…16 Apr 2026HANSARD NHS Federated Data PlatformI beg to move, That this House has considered the NHS Federated Data Platform. We are at a key time for the NHS as it changes from analogue to digital, and data is key to…16 Apr 2026HANSARD NHS Federated Data PlatformI agree with the hon. Lady entirely. The secret meeting in 2019 between Boris Johnson and Dominic Cummings and Peter Thiel—the founder and chair of Palantir—that started this…16 Apr 2026HANSARD NHS Federated Data PlatformI think my hon. Friend has been reading my speech in advance. I absolutely agree with him. I see that the outgoing NHS England chief data and analytics officer, Ming Tang, has…16 Apr 2026HANSARD NHS Federated Data PlatformI absolutely agree with my hon. Friend, as do the Prime Minister and the Science and Research Minister. Turning to the solution, the solution is wrong. There have been many…16 Apr 2026HANSARD NHS Federated Data PlatformI thank the Minister for his comments. However, I do not think he has been accurately informed about the status of the contract. I have the unredacted contract with me, which says…16 Apr 2026HANSARD NHS Federated Data PlatformI do agree. Palantir will not enable GPs, paramedics or anybody else to see hospital data. They will have to go through Palantir to see that data, and they will not be able to…16 Apr 2026HANSARD NHS Federated Data PlatformIf the right hon. Gentleman looks at the contract, he will see that it is subscription only: deliveries under supplier software—none; deliveries under third-party software—none.…16 Apr 2026