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HANSARD Health BillClause 59 states: “The Health Services Safety Investigations Body is abolished.” It is going to be abolished.01 Jun 2026HANSARD Health BillWell, no, and the abolition of HSSIB is an example of that. It was the one organisation that could independently hold any part of the system to account. If its functions are…01 Jun 2026HANSARD Health BillI am most grateful to the Secretary of State for giving way, and I congratulate him on his appointment. He has inherited this policy—it is not his own. I assure him that the…01 Jun 2026HANSARDUK-EU RelationsIs the House right to understand that the Government believe that the economy has grown significantly less—measurably less—as a result of leaving the EU, and that this is one of…23 Apr 2026HANSARD Peter Mandelson: Government AppointmentI am most grateful to the hon. Gentleman, whom I know as a friend across the House, as we have worked together positively on many things. I served on the Privileges Committee that…21 Apr 2026HANSARD Peter Mandelson: Government AppointmentWill the hon. Member give way?21 Apr 2026HANSARDSecurity VettingMay I just point out that the developed vetting process has always been highly protected because otherwise it would not work? People would not give information to the developed…20 Apr 2026HANSARDSouthport InquiryI thank the Home Secretary for her statement, and for the way in which she is promoting learning rather than blaming, because that is the best way to get the change we need. I…13 Apr 2026HANSARDDiego Garcia Military Base and British Indian Ocean Territory BillI congratulate the Minister on so valiantly trying to explain the inexplicable and reconcile the irreconcilable. I do not want to detain the House by quoting the whole Monty…13 Apr 2026HANSARD North Atlantic Submarine ActivityCan we be absolutely clear from this statement, which I very much commend for its candour and bluntness, that these two GUGI submarines have now left UK waters? They were carrying…13 Apr 2026HANSARDDiego Garcia Military Base and British Indian Ocean Territory BillThey are not illegal.13 Apr 2026HANSARDMiddle EastWill the Prime Minister remind some of his colleagues that the United States is a democracy and an ally, and Iran is an odious regime that could have ended the war this weekend…13 Apr 2026HANSARDLocal Government ReorganisationMay I inform the Minister that the previous Conservative Government listened to the people of Essex, and the MPs and county and district councillors for Essex, and cancelled any…26 Mar 2026HANSARD DefenceThe fact is that the whole of the deterrent stance of all the NATO nations is very substantially—I will not say hopelessly—dependent on the good will that the United States shows…24 Mar 2026HANSARD DefenceI do not think many people in the House fully appreciate how utterly profound the drone revolution is. It means that in Ukraine, they do not have to mass troops to defend in the…24 Mar 2026HANSARD DefenceI listened to the Minister’s remarks with great care. Many of the things that he says, he says with great sincerity, but some of the things he says, I do not believe that he quite…24 Mar 2026HANSARD DefenceI share the respect of my right hon. Friend the Member for Chingford and Woodford Green (Sir Iain Duncan Smith) for the Minister and his experience, but the two statements from…24 Mar 2026HANSARD DefenceI draw my hon. Friend’s attention and the attention of the House to the other fundamental structural flaw in the method the Government have adopted for planning defence: the…24 Mar 2026HANSARD DefenceWill my right hon. Friend give way?24 Mar 2026HANSARD DefenceWill my hon. Friend give way?24 Mar 2026