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HANSARDFuel Dutyindicated assent .18 Mar 2026HANSARDFuel DutyI like the Minister very much, not least because he represents the Welsh seat of my birth and upbringing, and because I have such respect for him, I am going to try to make the…18 Mar 2026HANSARDPoints of OrderOn a point of order, Mr Speaker. You have clearly explained that you are not responsible for the quality, or lack of it, in a Minister’s answers—or even a Prime Minister’s…18 Mar 2026HANSARD Ministerial Salaries (Amendment) BillI am sorry to come in again. One of the things that I have never quite understood, given that the workload is broadly the same, is why there is a differential in salary between…17 Mar 2026HANSARD Ministerial Salaries (Amendment) BillI am grateful to the Minister for his typical courtesy. I am sure that there will be wide agreement with his proposition that someone who is doing a ministerial job ought to be…17 Mar 2026HANSARDMiddle EastIf an Iranian rocket attack—hopefully this will never happen—successfully penetrated our defences and caused severe damage and casualties on a British base, is the Foreign…17 Mar 2026HANSARDMeningitis OutbreakI have heard a suggestion that this type of meningitis is more widespread in some countries than in others. Is there any truth in that, and if there is, would there be wisdom in…17 Mar 2026HANSARDLord Mandelson: Response to Humble AddressIt is not much good blaming the process when it is as plain as a pikestaff that the Government knew that Peter Mandelson’s appointment was, to put it mildly, extremely dodgy. If…16 Mar 2026HANSARD Strait of HormuzSome things never change in naval warfare, and one of the things that never change is the unsuitability of surface vessels for forcing a way through narrow, contested straits.…16 Mar 2026HANSARDTopical QuestionsT3. Successive Governments have refused compensation to the nuclear test veterans, but now the Sunday Mirror ’s investigative journalist Susie Boniface has revealed documents…16 Mar 2026HANSARDDefence: UK AlliesMay I build on the excellent supplementary question asked by the hon. Member for Glasgow South (Gordon McKee) about Ukraine and counter-drone warfare? Thanks to the support given…16 Mar 2026HANSARD Business of the HouseMay we have an update from a Health Minister on progress in the review of prostate cancer policy and whether it will focus, as it should, on such issues as targeting particularly…12 Mar 2026HANSARDLord Mandelson: Response to Humble Address MotionThe Chief Secretary deserves our admiration for always being calm and courteous, even in the most trying circumstances, but he really must not take us for fools. Peter Mandelson…11 Mar 2026HANSARDPoints of OrderFurther to that point of order, Mr Speaker. I did not know that point of order was going to be raised until I heard it, but I myself noticed, a little bit earlier, that there was…10 Mar 2026HANSARDDigital ID: Public ConsultationWhen asked by the hon. Member for Hazel Grove (Lisa Smart) whether he could guarantee that a digital identity requirement would never become mandatory, the Minister said he…10 Mar 2026HANSARDImmigration PolicyThere have often been occasions on which somebody has leaked in advance the contents of a statement that they are going to make to the House of Commons, or part of its contents,…09 Mar 2026HANSARDMiddle East: DefenceI am not particularly keen on the tone of these exchanges, so may I make a positive suggestion to the Secretary of State? We have heard that Ukraine has offered to assist the…09 Mar 2026HANSARD Social Cohesion Action PlanLike a number of other right hon. and hon. Members, I come from an immigrant family and grew up in a household where a foreign language was primarily spoken by my grandparents, my…09 Mar 2026HANSARDChildren’s Wellbeing and Schools BillWill my right hon. Friend give way?09 Mar 2026HANSARD Consular AssistanceWhen the last Conservative Government rather bizarrely chose to appoint David Cameron as Foreign Secretary in the upper House, the then Opposition—quite rightly in my…05 Mar 2026