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HANSARDDebate on the AddressThat was a nice try, but it is not going to work. You cannot solve the problems of the country unless you have a plan to fix the civil service, the regulators, the legislative…13 May 2026HANSARDDebate on the AddressThis King’s Speech is taking place against the most extraordinary backdrop. We knew that the carriages were booked, that the horses were ready and that the King was coming, but…13 May 2026HANSARDDebate on the AddressOh, I am not done yet; there is plenty more to come. The right hon. Lady says that she is getting a lecture, and she is. We are all getting a lecture, because we are legislators…13 May 2026HANSARDEngagementsIt is the end of this Session, and what a contrast with the beginning. Back in July 2024, the Government Benches were full adoring new MPs asking sycophantic questions; yesterday,…29 Apr 2026HANSARDEngagementsThe Prime Minister does not want to say how many more people are out of work and claiming universal credit since he took office; perhaps he does not know. Let me tell him: it is…29 Apr 2026HANSARDEngagementsThat answer was as honest as the Prime Minister’s reason for sacking Olly Robbins; perhaps he would like to apologise for it right now. Let me tell him why we are spending more on…29 Apr 2026HANSARDEngagementsTalking about more defence spending is not the same as giving more money for defence. The Prime Minister has been in office for nearly two years. He has a welfare plan until 2031,…29 Apr 2026HANSARDEngagementsI did not hear the Prime Minister say that he is not reshuffling the Chancellor; it sounds like she’s toast. Meanwhile, the former Deputy Prime Minister is on manoeuvres. This…29 Apr 2026HANSARDEngagementsI think the whole country is sick of this man’s tone-deaf, pompous moralising. Last week, we all saw him punch the Speaker’s Chair. This is not a man who is in control. Since the…29 Apr 2026HANSARDReferral of Prime Minister to Committee of PrivilegesOh, we have a second one. I am going to take the intervention from the right hon. Member for Belfast East (Gavin Robinson), and then I will come to the hon. Member for Bishop…28 Apr 2026HANSARDReferral of Prime Minister to Committee of PrivilegesI am going to make some progress. I say gently to Labour MPs—and kindly, as I have been asked to—that if they vote against today’s motion, they are admitting that Labour has lower…28 Apr 2026HANSARDReferral of Prime Minister to Committee of PrivilegesThe right hon. Gentleman makes an excellent point. I completely agree with him, and in fact, I will make that case in due course.28 Apr 2026HANSARDReferral of Prime Minister to Committee of PrivilegesThat is an excellent question. We asked for the release of documents, and then when the evidence came, showing what the Cabinet Secretary said in November 2024 about what full due…28 Apr 2026HANSARDReferral of Prime Minister to Committee of PrivilegesI thank my right hon. Friend for that intervention, and I will do my best to be kind. He is right: there are more people in the Chamber today than there were last time, so the…28 Apr 2026HANSARDReferral of Prime Minister to Committee of PrivilegesIt is quite important, and if that was the distinction, why did the Prime Minister not say so last week? Why did he say, “No pressure existed whatsoever”? The hon. Gentleman…28 Apr 2026HANSARDReferral of Prime Minister to Committee of PrivilegesIt is extraordinary, and the evidence that we have heard from the Foreign Affairs Committee this morning is only making this matter worse for the Prime Minister, so it is very…28 Apr 2026HANSARDReferral of Prime Minister to Committee of PrivilegesI agree that this is a matter of trust with the public. We have to show that we do things properly here. As I was saying, the question is whether there is a case to answer that…28 Apr 2026HANSARDReferral of Prime Minister to Committee of PrivilegesWe have another Minister coming to the Dispatch Box to say something quite different. Simon Case, the then Cabinet Secretary, set out what the full due process was. A note from…28 Apr 2026HANSARDReferral of Prime Minister to Committee of PrivilegesI am concerned about the Prime Minister’s judgment on all manner of issues, not just the one we are discussing today. This morning, we even heard the Prime Minister’s former chief…28 Apr 2026HANSARDReferral of Prime Minister to Committee of PrivilegesLabour Members should not worry. I will give way because I want them to have every opportunity to make fools of themselves—just be patient. Even the Prime Minister’s current…28 Apr 2026