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HANSARDReferral of Prime Minister to Committee of PrivilegesI think the hon. Member for Ellesmere Port and Bromborough (Justin Madders) would like his ministerial job back, as that is the only explanation for asking that question. I asked…28 Apr 2026HANSARDReferral of Prime Minister to Committee of PrivilegesThat is an excellent question, and I can confirm that our side was not whipped. I can also confirm that the then Chair of the Privileges Committee was a former acting leader of…28 Apr 2026HANSARDReferral of Prime Minister to Committee of PrivilegesI agree with my right hon. Friend that this is a scorched-earth policy: Labour MPs are the earth, and I am afraid to say that they are being scorched. Let me ask Labour Members…28 Apr 2026HANSARDReferral of Prime Minister to Committee of PrivilegesNo, she does not want to—shame! We got our U-turn. Labour Members have to sit there looking embarrassed at every decision they have to row back on. The Prime Minister has led them…28 Apr 2026HANSARDReferral of Prime Minister to Committee of PrivilegesI actually feel bad at having to give this explanation. [ Interruption. ] I say to my right hon. Friend the Member for Beverley and Holderness that I am trying to be kind, but…28 Apr 2026HANSARDReferral of Prime Minister to Committee of PrivilegesSit down. No, I will not give way; he has had his chance.28 Apr 2026HANSARDReferral of Prime Minister to Committee of PrivilegesI know that a lot of Labour MPs have not been in this situation before. They are being stitched up. I am trying to be helpful. This man has led them up so many hills and down…28 Apr 2026HANSARDReferral of Prime Minister to Committee of PrivilegesYou are absolutely right, Mr Speaker. I am just asking why this is a whipped vote, when it will still happen anyway. This man has ruined the reputation of the Labour party, he has…28 Apr 2026HANSARDReferral of Prime Minister to Committee of PrivilegesThat is an excellent question from my hon. Friend. Why has the Prime Minister not come to the House to correct the record at the earliest opportunity on multiple occasions? What…28 Apr 2026HANSARDReferral of Prime Minister to Committee of PrivilegesMy hon. Friend is absolutely right. I trust the Privileges Committee to do the right thing, as I always have. I have some advice for Labour MPs: there is nothing wrong with giving…28 Apr 2026HANSARDReferral of Prime Minister to Committee of PrivilegesPerhaps the hon. Lady should have just taken the Whips’ questions instead of messing that one up. She raises an interesting point about the Foreign Affairs Committee. It is…28 Apr 2026HANSARDReferral of Prime Minister to Committee of PrivilegesTime and again throughout this debate, I have seen Labour MPs stand up and show that they do not understand what the rules are or what this is about. This is not about the…28 Apr 2026HANSARDReferral of Prime Minister to Committee of PrivilegesOn that point, will the Minister give way?28 Apr 2026HANSARDReferral of Prime Minister to Committee of PrivilegesWill the Chief Secretary to the Prime Minister give way?28 Apr 2026HANSARDReferral of Prime Minister to Committee of PrivilegesI asked the Chief Secretary to the Prime Minister just one question in my speech. Will he repeat on the Floor of the House the exact words that the Prime Minister used at PMQs, in…28 Apr 2026HANSARDReferral of Prime Minister to Committee of PrivilegesI beg to move, That this House (1) notes the Rt hon Member for Holborn and St Pancras’s assurances on the floor of the House about “full due process” being followed in the…28 Apr 2026HANSARDEngagementsWe all heard what Sir Olly Robbins said yesterday. The fact of the matter is that the Prime Minister spent a lot of time telling us just how furious he was to learn that Mandelson…22 Apr 2026HANSARDEngagementsDoes the Prime Minister stand by his statement at the Dispatch Box on 10 September last year that “full due process was followed” —[ Official Report , 10 September 2025; Vol. 772,…22 Apr 2026HANSARDEngagementsIt has not put to bed anything. On 11 November 2024—long before any vetting had happened—the Prime Minister received advice from Simon Case, the then Cabinet Secretary. The advice…22 Apr 2026HANSARDEngagementsIt is very interesting that the Prime Minister mentions Chris Wormald. He is relying on advice given to him after Mandelson was sacked by a Cabinet Secretary the Prime Minister…22 Apr 2026