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HANSARD National Security (State Threats) BillI was going to ask the Home Secretary later but, as she has raised the matter, perhaps I can ask her this now. On proposed new section 17C of the National Security Act and,…17 Jun 2026HANSARDNational Security (State Threats) BillI am extremely grateful to the Minister for giving way again. I hope she accepts that I am genuinely trying to ensure that I have understood correctly how the test is supposed to…17 Jun 2026HANSARD National Security (State Threats) BillI think we agree about the threat we face and about its scale. We do not need to spend the four hours allocated for this debate sharing that agreement, as the hon. Member for…17 Jun 2026HANSARD National Security (State Threats) Bill (Allocation of Time)I am bound to say that the Home Secretary, for whom I have huge respect, is wrong to suggest that she cannot take interventions because of a lack of time—she has decided that…17 Jun 2026HANSARDCommunity HospitalsOrder. I thank the hon. Lady for opening the debate, and remind all Back-Bench colleagues who wish to speak that they should continue to bob—not right now, but as the debate…16 Jun 2026HANSARDCommunity HospitalsI am grateful to all Back-Bench contributors to the debate. We now move to the Front-Bench speeches, beginning with the Liberal Democrat spokesperson.16 Jun 2026HANSARDSocial Media Ban for Under-16sThere is a great deal to welcome in what the Secretary of State has said, but she will know that detail really matters, so can I ask her two points of detail arising from her…15 Jun 2026HANSARD Steel Industry (Nationalisation) BillI will focus my remarks on clauses 1 to 3 of the Bill and the breadth of the powers that they give to the Secretary of State. I start with the meaning of a “steel undertaking” in…08 Jun 2026HANSARD Steel Industry (Nationalisation) BillI recognise that the hon. Gentleman does not normally engage in the detail of legislation, but if he did, he would know that this is the Committee stage, where we look at the…08 Jun 2026HANSARD Steel Industry (Nationalisation) BillI understand the logic of the hon. Gentleman’s argument. He has referred several times to the series of proposals being made in Committee by the Conservative party, as outlined by…08 Jun 2026HANSARDDigital Safety: ChildrenThe Minister is aware of my concern about the interaction between whatever the Government choose to ban and the workings of the Online Safety Act 2023 that we already have. I know…08 Jun 2026HANSARDLord Mandelson: Response to Humble AddressThe answer to the hon. Lady’s question is that we will have seen only the documents to which there were proposed redactions for the purposes of either national security or…03 Jun 2026HANSARDLord Mandelson: Response to Humble AddressDoes my right hon. Friend agree that, in addition to the concern he has expressed that there is no evidence of mitigations being put in place, there is a concern that there was…03 Jun 2026HANSARDLord Mandelson: Response to Humble AddressWill the hon. Lady give way?03 Jun 2026HANSARDLord Mandelson: Response to Humble AddressThe right hon. Lady persuades us that there is a good hypothesis, as she has described, for how this has happened, although we will never know—only the Prime Minister will know.…03 Jun 2026HANSARDLord Mandelson: Response to Humble AddressYes, I can—and this is an important point. The Intelligence and Security Committee wanted to be extremely clear that we took responsibility only for the redactions that we had…03 Jun 2026HANSARDLord Mandelson: Response to Humble AddressWe need to be very clear about this: the arguments the Minister is making are right, but as the hon. Lady points out, they are not a response to the arguments we are making. The…03 Jun 2026HANSARDLord Mandelson: Response to Humble AddressI am extremely grateful to the hon. Lady for giving way, and I agree with the case she is making. She is right that wide Humble Addresses are deleterious, both because there is an…03 Jun 2026HANSARDLord Mandelson: Response to Humble AddressI think we may have to wait for the Chief Secretary to the Prime Minister to explain the position from the Government’s perspective. I can say only that what was put in front of…03 Jun 2026HANSARDLord Mandelson: Response to Humble AddressI do agree with the point that the hon. Lady makes, and I think that that argument was put very forcefully and eloquently by the hon. Member for Pontypridd, which she may have…03 Jun 2026