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HANSARDEngagementsI join my hon. Friend in her pride in the vote to lift half a million children out of poverty, after hundreds of thousands were plunged into poverty by the Conservative party when…04 Feb 2026HANSARDEngagementsI am deeply concerned about the facts that the right hon. Lady has outlined. If she could give us all the details, I will make sure that there is a follow-up meeting in relation…04 Feb 2026HANSARDEngagementsI thank the hon. Member for his question and for his tireless campaigning on behalf of Christopher and also Fiona, who, as he points out, is with us today. Christopher’s death was…04 Feb 2026HANSARDEngagementsCan I join in the right hon. Lady’s disgust at the comments she just read out? To be absolutely clear, the scale and the extent of the relationship between Mandelson and Epstein…04 Feb 2026HANSARDChina and JapanI pay tribute to all those businesses in my hon. Friend’s constituency, of which there are very many, as he rightly says. Enhancing our trade and economic ties with Japan is in…02 Feb 2026HANSARDChina and JapanThe hon. Gentleman is right to raise these really important issues. I raised them myself during the course of the visit, and I thank him.02 Feb 2026HANSARDChina and JapanWe took appropriate precautions, as we do whichever country we visit.02 Feb 2026HANSARDChina and JapanMy hon. Friend is a champion for Harlow, and it has been so good to visit it so many times. We had 60 businesses in the delegation with us. They were enthusiastic about the…02 Feb 2026HANSARDChina and JapanWe have had a Chinese embassy in this country since 1877. It is currently over seven sites; it is now going to be on one. The security and intelligence services published a letter…02 Feb 2026HANSARDChina and JapanAs the hon. Gentleman will have heard me say a moment ago, no decision has been made yet, but as I explained in my report back to the House, the overarching approach that we take…02 Feb 2026HANSARDChina and JapanLet me give my hon. Friend that reassurance for those from Hong Kong, in his constituency and throughout the country, on the support that we will put in for them.02 Feb 2026HANSARDChina and JapanI thank the hon. Gentleman for raising this issue, which is of concern to his constituents across Scotland, and indeed the United Kingdom. No decision has yet been made, and I…02 Feb 2026HANSARDChina and JapanI see that we have opened a whisky competition, but the hon. and learned Gentleman is quite right: it is really important that we champion the building of buses and so much else…02 Feb 2026HANSARDChina and JapanIt is astonishing that the Scottish National party is simply not interested in the progress that we have made on the India trade deal, which is hugely beneficial to Scottish…02 Feb 2026HANSARDChina and JapanWe raised all the sensitive issues, and we did it in direct terms, and in the room. That, to my mind, is the right way to try to make progress on these very important issues.02 Feb 2026HANSARDChina and JapanThe hon. Member will be pleased to know that this was a matter of discussion in Japan, and the defence investment plan will be published very soon.02 Feb 2026HANSARDChina and JapanI have known Helena for many years. We shared a room when we worked together in chambers. We agree on many things, but not everything.02 Feb 2026HANSARDChina and JapanThis issue is so important, in terms of the opportunities that we have. That is why we had representatives from motor manufacturing with us. They are only too well aware of the…02 Feb 2026HANSARDChina and JapanMy hon. Friend will be pleased to know that JLR was there with us on the delegation in China, and it is acutely aware of the difference that better trade and economic measures…02 Feb 2026HANSARDChina and JapanThat issue was raised in both China and Japan, because it is obviously a cause of concern. Regional instability matters not just in the region but globally, so I discussed it in…02 Feb 2026