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HANSARDLord Mandelson: Response to Humble Addressrose —03 Jun 2026HANSARDLord Mandelson: Response to Humble AddressAt the beginning of her speech, the Chair of the Foreign Affairs Committee said most powerfully that what happened in relation to Epstein should alone have been a sufficient bar…03 Jun 2026HANSARDLord Mandelson: Response to Humble Addressrose —03 Jun 2026HANSARDLord Mandelson: Response to Humble AddressI want to clear up the point about precedents. It may be that I am wrong about this, but I do not think there is any precedent for the House deciding that the Intelligence and…03 Jun 2026HANSARDLord Mandelson: Response to Humble AddressI disagree with the right hon. Lady’s analysis because the whole point of what we have been saying from the Opposition Benches is that the Prime Minister himself knew about these…03 Jun 2026HANSARDLord Mandelson: Response to Humble AddressFor the sake of completeness, will my right hon. and learned Friend explain whether the Committee saw the third category of documents—those redacted or withheld because of the…03 Jun 2026HANSARDLord Mandelson: Response to Humble AddressSurely that information would be precisely the kind that could be safely entrusted to the ISC, and it ought to have been entrusted with it.03 Jun 2026HANSARDLord Mandelson: Response to Humble AddressI entirely agree with what the hon. Lady is saying. Does she agree with me about this? We have established clearly that those blank boxes, in which the Prime Minister could have…03 Jun 2026HANSARDLord Mandelson: Response to Humble AddressI am grateful to the hon. Lady for giving way again. She could still develop her case if she talked about parliamentary Committees in general, but I chaired the ISC for four…03 Jun 2026HANSARDLord Mandelson: Response to Humble AddressI think it is worth just putting on the record the actual words from that due diligence note, which can be found on page 11 of the first volume. It talks about a 2019 report…03 Jun 2026HANSARDMilburn Review: Interim ReportReturning to the important points about mental health made by the hon. Member for York Central (Rachael Maskell), I draw the Minister’s attention to paragraphs 424 and 425 of the…02 Jun 2026HANSARDMurder of Henry NowakIs it normal police practice to handcuff a person who is lying helpless on the ground and clearly offering no resistance? Given the Home Secretary’s admirable and utter rejection…02 Jun 2026HANSARDArmed Forces DayI fear I know the answer to this question in advance, but I shall ask it anyway. Would one way of reconnecting society with the armed forces at Armed Forces Day not be to revisit…01 Jun 2026HANSARDLord Mandelson Humble Address: Government ResponseI think the country has a right to know how the Prime Minister reacted at the end of Mandelson’s vetting process. Have the Prime Minister’s comments on the outcome of the vetting…01 Jun 2026HANSARDProcessed Russian Oil Products: SanctionsBefore the Minister pointed it out himself, I was going to acknowledge his long and honourable record of opposing the killer in the Kremlin when he was on the Opposition Back…20 May 2026HANSARDDefence ReadinessThe hon. Member for Newcastle upon Tyne North (Catherine McKinnell) has such a sunny personality that I always feel cheered up after listening to her contributions, even when she…20 May 2026HANSARDDefence ReadinessAs my hon. Friend knows, the then Defence Committee did two reports into this question, and in the course of those inquiries, we interviewed four eminent professors of law,…20 May 2026HANSARDLord Mandelson: Government Response to Humble AddressIn more than 30 years of its existence, the Intelligence and Security Committee has never once suffered from a leak. Therefore, anything that is disclosed to it, no matter how…19 May 2026HANSARD Youth JusticeMay I ask the Justice Secretary to explain a bit more about the intensive community placements to which he made brief reference? Can I put to him a particularly challenging…18 May 2026HANSARDReferral of Prime Minister to Committee of Privilegesrose —28 Apr 2026