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HANSARDUK-EU RelationsI am very proud of the Government’s work over the past two years. I do not think there is any doubt at all that the UK-EU relationship is in a significantly better place today…25 Jun 2026HANSARDUK-EU RelationsWe have re-accession to Erasmus+ from next year at a cost of £570 million, after I negotiated a 30% discount. After 10 months, there is a review clause so that we can balance…25 Jun 2026HANSARDUK-EU RelationsI am very pleased with the economic deal with the United States that this Government have delivered and with the advantages that it brings, particularly for our automotive sector,…25 Jun 2026HANSARDInfected Blood Compensation SchemeIt is a solemn privilege to close this debate, which has been extraordinarily moving. I start by paying tribute to the Backbench Business Committee and my hon. Friend the Member…18 Jun 2026HANSARDInfected Blood Compensation SchemeIt depends on the nature of the change. For example, on the issue being described as burden of proof, I have already repeatedly mentioned from the Dispatch Box the sympathetic…18 Jun 2026HANSARDLord Mandelson: Response to Humble AddressTo the right hon. Gentleman’s direct question, I have not been part of the process or been given precise dates for when the Metropolitan police said what. However, I will say…03 Jun 2026HANSARDLord Mandelson: Response to Humble AddressThat was another important part of what was done, and the House should also take reassurance from that. I made the point about precedents to the right hon. Member for South…03 Jun 2026HANSARDLord Mandelson: Response to Humble AddressI beg to move, That this House has considered the Government’s response to the House’s humble Address of 4 February 2026. On 4 February I came before the House to debate the…03 Jun 2026HANSARDLord Mandelson: Response to Humble AddressI am not hiding from the fact that we have to make changes to the appointments process. Indeed, the Government have changed the process for all direct ministerial appointments to…03 Jun 2026HANSARDLord Mandelson: Response to Humble AddressWe have set off a surge of interventions. I will give way to the hon. Lady and then the right hon. Gentleman, and that is it.03 Jun 2026HANSARDLord Mandelson: Response to Humble AddressI reject the suggestion that there is any wrongdoing, as regards Palantir contracts being renewed—I think one was renewed by the Ministry of Defence—in the way that the hon.…03 Jun 2026HANSARDLord Mandelson: Response to Humble AddressI will take an intervention from the right hon. Gentleman, but then I need to make a bit more progress.03 Jun 2026HANSARDLord Mandelson: Response to Humble AddressIt was an official-led process. Let me just make that clear, because the right hon. Gentleman points towards a pretty important issue. We had the Humble Address and its…03 Jun 2026HANSARDLord Mandelson: Response to Humble AddressAs ever, my right hon. Friend makes her case forcefully. I am treading carefully in my language because this process has been led by officials working with the ISC. The officials…03 Jun 2026HANSARDLord Mandelson: Response to Humble AddressI agree with the right hon. Gentleman. It is just that if he looks at the wording of the Humble Address, he will see that it lists a series of classes of documents, and then it…03 Jun 2026HANSARDLord Mandelson: Response to Humble AddressI will, just.03 Jun 2026HANSARDLord Mandelson: Response to Humble AddressOn the subject of someone who might be keen on Gladstone, I will give way.03 Jun 2026HANSARDLord Mandelson: Response to Humble AddressI think some Conservative Members would be quite happy to have Gladstonian principles in government. I really do reject the point about a cover-up, and I reject it for this…03 Jun 2026HANSARDLord Mandelson: Response to Humble AddressThat of course strays into the conflict of interests class of documents, which is still one of the classes that is with the Metropolitan police. I conclude by saying again that it…03 Jun 2026HANSARDLord Mandelson: Response to Humble AddressI do not expect that to happen, but of course if it did, we would consider it. I will finally give way to the right hon. Member for Islington North.03 Jun 2026