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HANSARDEngagementsI do not know what planet the Prime Minister is on. Appointing someone with known links to the Kremlin is not full due process. If anybody had brought that sort of name to me when…22 Apr 2026HANSARDEngagementsThis is a joke. The Prime Minister says a Member of the House of Lords. Does he mean people like Matthew Doyle? [ Interruption. ] I am amazed at the level of chuntering from…22 Apr 2026HANSARD Peter Mandelson: Government AppointmentI thank my right hon. Friend for that intervention. He is absolutely right: it is extraordinary and it is shocking. The Prime Minister might have refused to answer my question…21 Apr 2026HANSARD Peter Mandelson: Government AppointmentMy hon. Friend is absolutely right. Why were the Prime Minister’s words redacted? These key pieces of information would help to solve this mystery—they would be much easier for us…21 Apr 2026HANSARD Peter Mandelson: Government AppointmentThe right hon. Gentleman makes a very good point. I think he is right, because I do not believe the Prime Minister has the intention of doing the honourable thing himself, even…21 Apr 2026HANSARD Peter Mandelson: Government AppointmentI start by thanking Members from across the House for speaking in today’s debate. We heard many powerful speeches, and I am particularly grateful to the many speakers from the…21 Apr 2026HANSARD Peter Mandelson: Government AppointmentI beg to move, That this House has considered the Government’s accountability to the House in connection to the appointment of Peter Mandelson as Ambassador to the United States…21 Apr 2026HANSARDSecurity VettingI thank the Prime Minister for advance sight of his statement. His reputation is at stake, and everyone is watching, so it is finally time for the truth. Earlier today, Downing…20 Apr 2026HANSARD Peter Mandelson AppointmentMr Speaker, I seek leave to propose that the House debate a specific and important matter that should have urgent consideration—namely, that this House has considered the matter…20 Apr 2026HANSARDEngagementsIt sounds like the Prime Minister does not want to spend the Chagos money on defence. Labour MPs will know Lord Robertson, a former Defence Secretary and a former NATO…15 Apr 2026HANSARDEngagementsThe Prime Minister is talking about the biggest sustained increase. Talking about an increase is not the same as giving an increase. The military and the defence industry want to…15 Apr 2026HANSARDEngagementsThat was a very interesting answer from the Prime Minister. Lord Robertson, who authored the Government’s strategic defence review, has said that the Prime Minister has a…15 Apr 2026HANSARDEngagementsThe Prime Minister says that he does not agree with Lord Robertson. Lord Robertson is a former Labour Defence Secretary and a former NATO Secretary-General. He also said: “We are…15 Apr 2026HANSARDEngagementsLord Robertson’s criticisms were of the Prime Minister, and he said that Britain’s national security is “in peril”. Our armed forces are at the end of their tether, waiting for…15 Apr 2026HANSARDEngagementsThe Prime Minister loves to misrepresent my position on Iran. Let us stop talking about what I did not say. Let us start talking about what he is not doing. Mr Speaker, you will…15 Apr 2026HANSARDEngagementsThis is so poor from the Prime Minister— [ Laughter. ] Labour MPs are laughing, but this is a moment of profound national seriousness. And what are they doing? They are promoting…15 Apr 2026HANSARDMiddle EastI thank the Prime Minister for advance sight of his statement, and I would like to pay tribute to our brave servicemen and women serving in the middle east right now. The Prime…13 Apr 2026HANSARDEngagementsI asked the Prime Minister six questions last week and he did not answer a single one. He has a duty to this House to answer the question. Let us see if he can do better this…25 Mar 2026HANSARDEngagementsWe can have renewables and oil and gas. The Prime Minister says it is a matter for the Secretary of State—I thought that he was the Prime Minister. He loves to hide behind legal…25 Mar 2026HANSARDEngagementsThe Prime Minister loves to hide behind legal process. I wonder what a Director of Public Prosecutions would make of the defence, “Sorry, I can’t produce my WhatsApps—my phone has…25 Mar 2026