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HANSARDReferral of Prime Minister to Committee of PrivilegesI will finish this point; I might then give way if I am feeling generous. That conduct was so grave that it resulted in a damning report, which I think the Leader of the…28 Apr 2026HANSARDReferral of Prime Minister to Committee of PrivilegesThe appointment of Mandelson was a profoundly flawed process; it was also a profoundly flawed choice—it was the wrong choice. I think of the victims of Epstein; I also think of…28 Apr 2026HANSARDStrategic Defence Review: FundingThe Minister will have recognised the strength of feeling on both sides of the House about wanting to see the defence investment plan published as soon as possible, and I hope…15 Apr 2026HANSARD Student LoansThe Minister is making an important point. The economics of higher education are actually quite complicated; there is a great deal of cross-subsidy, with the humanities and the…18 Mar 2026HANSARD Business of the HouseWill the Leader of the House join me in congratulating Dan Blackman and in thanking all others at the Silklife church food bank, along with the other food banks and community…26 Feb 2026HANSARD Gibraltar TreatyI put on record that I chair the all-party parliamentary group on Spain. I congratulate the Government on this significant agreement. Can the Minister confirm that it provides…26 Feb 2026HANSARDStudent Loan Repayment PlansIt is an uncomfortable truth that England now has the most expensive public university system in the world. The Institute for Fiscal Studies has told us that, while the taxpayer…25 Feb 2026HANSARDCyber Security and Resilience (Network and Information Systems) Bill (Second sitting)Q From the other perspective—I am thinking about a UK Government in the future overreaching—do you think there is any risk from this legislation? Chung Ching Kwong: It is always a…03 Feb 2026HANSARDCyber Security and Resilience (Network and Information Systems) Bill (Second sitting)Sorry, Chair, I don’t have a question.03 Feb 2026HANSARDCyber Security and Resilience (Network and Information Systems) Bill (Second sitting)Q I was reading the ICO’s response in December, as this legislation was proceeding, and it talks a little about having clarity around secondary legislation, the Secretary of…03 Feb 2026HANSARDCyber Security and Resilience (Network and Information Systems) Bill (Second sitting)Q The Committee heard this morning about the public sector’s level of technical debt. This Bill is important in terms of safeguarding essential services, but we heard that an…03 Feb 2026HANSARDCyber Security and Resilience (Network and Information Systems) Bill (Second sitting)Q I, too, put on the record that I am a member of the IPAC caucus in this Parliament. Thank you for speaking to us today. May I turn the conversation a little on its head? We have…03 Feb 2026HANSARDCyber Security and Resilience (Network and Information Systems) Bill (First sitting)Q This question is mainly for Jen. Your colleague Jamie MacColl has made a series of forthright comments about the Bill and compared it to NIS2. How does the Bill compare to…03 Feb 2026HANSARDCyber Security and Resilience (Network and Information Systems) Bill (Second sitting)Q Is there anything that you would have preferred to see in the primary legislation, or do you think secondary legislation affords industry and Government flexibility? Ian Hulme:…03 Feb 2026HANSARDUkraine: Non-recognition of Russian-occupied TerritoriesI thank my hon. Friend the Member for Leeds Central and Headingley (Alex Sobel) for securing this debate and the right hon. Member for New Forest East (Sir Julian Lewis), who made…29 Jan 2026HANSARDBritish Indian Ocean TerritoryI disagree with the hon. Member, because the two situations do have parallels. In the South China sea, people are challenging Chinese sovereignty, and it has been proved not to…28 Jan 2026HANSARDBritish Indian Ocean TerritoryI am sure that has been set out already in several debates. The point that has not been set out adequately and cannot be set out in huge detail is that, in exchange for providing…28 Jan 2026HANSARDBritish Indian Ocean TerritoryI feel I should put on record at the beginning that I am not the Government’s trade envoy to Mauritius—[Hon. Members: “Yet!”] Hansard can record a diplomatic silence at this…28 Jan 2026HANSARDBritish Indian Ocean TerritoryI cannot clear up that point for the right hon. Member, but I have great confidence that ministerial colleagues would be able to. We have been told at all points that this treaty…28 Jan 2026HANSARDBritish Indian Ocean TerritoryWe have heard from chief Ministers and leaders of the other British overseas territories how disappointed they have been in the rhetoric used by the Conservatives in trying to…28 Jan 2026