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HANSARDChina Spying CaseI will give the hon. Gentleman one more chance before I conclude. I say to him that highly classified material is subject to legal professional privilege and includes advice to…28 Oct 2025HANSARDChina Spying CaseIn one moment. In the motion, the shadow Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster is seeking a wide range of documents. He was a Cabinet Office Minister himself, and he knows the…28 Oct 2025HANSARDTopical QuestionsI am certainly looking at the issue of the special category mechanism, as I undertook to do. If the hon. Lady writes to me I can look at the specific list, but I am also hoping,…23 Oct 2025HANSARDInfected Blood Compensation SchemeSome 2,476 people have now received offers totalling over £1.8 billion. Alongside the work I am doing to prepare further secondary legislation and a public consultation, I am…23 Oct 2025HANSARDTopical QuestionsThe Infected Blood Compensation Authority is operationally independent, but I am accountable to this House. It is important that I have regular conversations and provide challenge…23 Oct 2025HANSARDCivil Service StrikesI declare that I am a member of the Unite union and refer to my relevant entries in the Register of Members’ Financial Interests on support in general election campaigns. The…23 Oct 2025HANSARDInfected Blood Compensation SchemeAbsolutely, and that has been my objective throughout. IBCA took a test and learn approach, and this House quite rightly held me to account at the start of that process when the…23 Oct 2025HANSARDTopical QuestionsCases of the kind my hon. Friend is talking about are the reason we have been consulting on a public interest test. On the specific case he raises, if he writes to me I will…23 Oct 2025HANSARDTopical QuestionsMy hon. Friend is a powerful advocate for her constituents, and the common understanding will of course benefit the businesses she mentions. Our deals on emissions, energy…23 Oct 2025HANSARDTopical QuestionsWe are going even further than that, because the Government are looking to negotiate a youth experience scheme with the European Union. It will of course be capped, but it will…23 Oct 2025HANSARDPublic Procurement: EmploymentUnlike the SNP Government, evidently, this Labour Government believe that where things are made and who makes them matters. That is why we are consulting on further procurement…23 Oct 2025HANSARDTopical QuestionsMy hon. Friend is a powerful advocate for infected blood victims, and he can rest assured that I will continue to drive progress as quickly as I possibly can. That is how we have…23 Oct 2025HANSARDCivil Service StrikesAttendance levels are certainly important, but the hon. Gentleman has got some chutzpah, because under the previous Prime Minister—I note he is no longer in his place, although he…23 Oct 2025HANSARDPublic Procurement: EmploymentAs always, my hon. Friend makes a powerful case. The Government want public bodies to examine carefully how best to deliver public services. That is why we are consulting on…23 Oct 2025HANSARDTopical QuestionsI am grateful to the hon. Gentleman, who raises a very serious case. If he were able to write to me directly about it, I will certainly look at what would be the most suitable…23 Oct 2025HANSARDTopical QuestionsI stand up for British interests in every negotiation with Brussels. I will tell the hon. Gentleman what is not standing up for British interests. We negotiated, within 10 months…23 Oct 2025HANSARDPublic Procurement: EmploymentI will answer on behalf of the Parliamentary Secretary, Cabinet Office, my hon. Friend the Member for Brighton Kemptown and Peacehaven (Chris Ward), who, with your permission, Mr…23 Oct 2025HANSARDInfected Blood Victims: Interim Compensation PaymentsOn 9 July 2025, the infected blood inquiry published its additional report on compensation. The inquiry made a number of recommendations to the Cabinet Office and to the Infected…23 Oct 2025HANSARDTopical QuestionsI am very grateful to the right hon. Gentleman, and I again pay tribute to him for his hugely important work in this area when he was the Paymaster General. On the public inquiry…23 Oct 2025HANSARDTopical QuestionsI thank my hon. Friend for again raising this issue. Any scheme would give young Brits, including her young constituents in Aylesbury, the opportunity to travel and experience…23 Oct 2025