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HANSARD National Security (State Threats) BillThe Home Secretary will know that I am an admirer of hers, and we tend to agree about much. We certainly agree about the threat posed by Iran. She will be familiar with the report…17 Jun 2026 · 3d agoHANSARD National Security (State Threats) BillThis situation is worsened, of course, by the values we seek to defend being used against us. Fair-minded British people want to believe that every side deserves a hearing, so we…17 Jun 2026 · 3d agoHANSARD National Security (State Threats) BillI hesitate to interrupt the flow of my right hon. and learned Friend, but the key point is legitimacy, as he and I have discussed. A state can be conducting legitimate activity by…17 Jun 2026 · 3d agoHANSARD National Security (State Threats) BillThe “2026 Annual Threat Assessment of the US Intelligence Community” states: “The global security environment is becoming more complex.” That complexity is being fed by the…17 Jun 2026 · 3d agoHANSARD National Security (State Threats) BillThe hon. Gentleman is building to a crescendo, so I wanted to intervene before he sits down. The vigilance he calls for, which echoes what I said about us coming together to make…17 Jun 2026 · 3d agoHANSARD National Security (State Threats) BillMy hon. Friend is right to draw attention to Iranian activity in Britain. In the report that our Committee produced on that, we said: “The Iranian Intelligence Services have shown…17 Jun 2026 · 3d agoHANSARD National Security (State Threats) BillI am grateful to my right hon. Friend for giving way. Many people say that he was the second best Conservative Security Minister, and I tend to agree with that. Might he continue…17 Jun 2026 · 3d agoHANSARD National Security (State Threats) BillI accept what Jonathan Hall said, but what he did not say was that a higher statutory bar was needed to achieve a prosecution. What worries some of us, including my right hon. and…17 Jun 2026 · 3d agoHANSARDNational Security (State Threats) BillBefore my hon. Friend moves on to fines, the issue she has raised, and which I raised earlier, seems to be crucial. It is true that Jonathan Hall, as the Minister said on Second…17 Jun 2026 · 3d agoHANSARDNational Security (State Threats) BillI am glad that the Minister has addressed that point, because it was raised by my right hon. and learned Friend the Member for Kenilworth and Southam (Sir Jeremy Wright) and I on…17 Jun 2026 · 3d agoHANSARDState Pensioners: Personal Allowancerose—15 Jun 2026 · 5d agoHANSARDState Pensioners: Personal AllowanceI am extremely grateful for your indulgence and generosity, Dr Huq. I wish to speak because I have enjoyed correspondence with the Minister at the Treasury Bench on exactly this…15 Jun 2026 · 5d agoHANSARDState Pensioners: Personal AllowanceMy final point is that the Government have options to take and choices to make. Of course, pensions are funded from the welfare budget. There are those, perhaps including some…15 Jun 2026 · 5d agoHANSARDState Pensioners: Personal AllowanceThe hon. Member has undersold me: I am right honourable, as he ought to know, really. Leaving that to one side, he will know that £253 billion is spent on non-pensioner welfare…15 Jun 2026 · 5d agoHANSARDProgression of Bills through Parliamentrose—08 Jun 2026HANSARDProgression of Bills through ParliamentI have not participated in the debate because I was not able to be here at the beginning, but I heard many of the speeches. In a number of them, it was suggested that the Bill…08 Jun 2026HANSARDLord Mandelson: Response to Humble AddressIt would be entirely inappropriate for me, or for any other member of the ISC, to say what we have received, which has now been sent to the police, but given that following an…03 Jun 2026HANSARDLord Mandelson: Response to Humble AddressWhen the Metropolitan police have concluded their investigation, all of that material will return to the ISC, and presumably the Government will then want to publish the…03 Jun 2026HANSARDLord Mandelson: Response to Humble AddressMy hon. Friend is right that that was highlighted in the ISC’s statement on these matters, and that is an issue to which it may return. It is not for me to prejudge that, but it…03 Jun 2026HANSARD Lebanon: Israel Defence Forces OperationsIn referring the House to my entry in the Register of Members’ Financial Interests, I commend the Minister for visiting Lebanon in April, and for his continuing dialogue with the…03 Jun 2026