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HANSARDLord Mandelson: Government Response to Humble AddressThe Minister will be aware that on 21 April the ISC, on which I sit, made it clear that the “Humble Address does not allow for documents to be withheld from Parliament, only for…19 May 2026HANSARDEnergy SecurityBritain is becoming harder to govern. That is not principally the result of disruptive, destabilising societal change, or even because an increasingly complicated world is…19 May 2026HANSARDEnergy SecurityThe Secretary of State and I do go back a long way, and we agree, actually, about the crisis of capitalism, in terms of the sacrifice of domestic production for imports; he and I…19 May 2026HANSARDEnergy SecurityBefore I deal with that excellent point—I am grateful to my hon. Friend for making it—I remind the House that the current trade deficit is about £25 billion, which would have been…19 May 2026HANSARDEnergy Securityrose—19 May 2026HANSARDBacking Business to Create Economic GrowthAs you might know, Madam Deputy Speaker, I try to read a lot of fiction—I read two novels a month—but I sometimes think I do not need to, because what we are hearing now is a…18 May 2026HANSARDBacking Business to Create Economic GrowthI might press my hon. Friend a little further. The other way of dealing with that is to improve productivity, as I said earlier. He is right, of course, that the cost burden is…18 May 2026HANSARDBacking Business to Create Economic GrowthKing’s Speeches are partly about what a Government do, and partly about what a Government do not do. The omission in this King’s Speech is exactly as my hon. Friend suggests: a…18 May 2026HANSARDBacking Business to Create Economic GrowthThe hon. Member is right that the pubs, clubs, small shops and associations—the things that Edmund Burke called the “little platoons”—are what constitute civil society. Yet…18 May 2026HANSARDBacking Business to Create Economic GrowthFor that to happen, Governments and Parliament must take back control, and successive Governments have divested themselves of that control by, as Simon Case said when he left…18 May 2026HANSARDBacking Business to Create Economic GrowthI met residents of Georgian Court in Spalding a day or two ago. They live in a McCarthy & Stone home, and their freeholder has put up their ground rent by around 100%. That is…18 May 2026HANSARDBacking Business to Create Economic GrowthThe hon. Gentleman is making a powerful point, which relates closely to an intervention that I made a few moments ago. If we are really to address the productivity gap, two things…18 May 2026HANSARDBacking Business to Create Economic GrowthMy hon. Friend is right about young people, and he will be as shocked as I am that over a million of them are not in education, employment or training. Much has been said about…18 May 2026HANSARDBacking Business to Create Economic GrowthI am delighted to hear what my constituency neighbour is saying, because she is right; these careless corporates who have little interest in energy—and even less in the…18 May 2026HANSARDDebate on the AddressI am immensely grateful to my constituency neighbour for giving way. I agree with a lot of what he has said about the failure of successive Governments who represent what the…13 May 2026HANSARDDebate on the AddressWill the hon. Member give way?13 May 2026HANSARDEngagementsQ5. In an earlier answer, the Prime Minister made it clear that he understands that global uncertainty makes national economic resilience ever more important, and that energy…29 Apr 2026HANSARDSecurity VettingWhen I was privileged to serve as Security Minister, the Prime Minister was my shadow. As we dealt with matters of the most significant national security, he was straightforward…20 Apr 2026HANSARD Children’s Wellbeing and Schools BillThe evidence is still more profound, is it not? Screen time is now a profound problem across the board. This is not just about phones; it is about all kinds of devices. We now…15 Apr 2026HANSARD Children’s Wellbeing and Schools BillMy right hon. Friend is generous in giving way. She is making the profound point—and this should concern every Member of this House across the normal party divides—that the…15 Apr 2026