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Forests: Commodities

Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Fleur Anderson received a response to a question they put to the government

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps her Department is taking to ensure that (a) the UK Forest Risk Commodities Regulations operate on a shared...

Water Companies

Commons debates

My constituents write to me constantly about the failings of Thames Water—bills going up, but pollution staying the same—and I am glad the Minister is taking a grip of the matter...

Digital Safety: Children

Commons debates

Social media companies have been conducting a social experiment on our children for too long and parents have been left trying to bear the burden. I thank the Minister very much for many meetings...

Lord Mandelson: Response to Humble Address

Lebanon: Israel Defence Forces Operations

Fleur Anderson made a speech in the House of Commons

I thank the right hon. and learned Member. I have honestly enjoyed these interventions and I appreciate the spirit of dialogue in the House today. We are tackling a very difficult issue and we...

Lord Mandelson: Response to Humble Address

Lebanon: Israel Defence Forces Operations

Fleur Anderson made a speech in the House of Commons

I give way for the last time.

Lord Mandelson: Response to Humble Address

Lebanon: Israel Defence Forces Operations

Fleur Anderson made a speech in the House of Commons

I thank the hon. Member for that intervention—it is helpful to understand what happens inside the process. It has to be between the person and the vetting officer, and they must not think...

Lord Mandelson: Response to Humble Address

Lebanon: Israel Defence Forces Operations

Fleur Anderson made a speech in the House of Commons

My right hon. Friend has made the point very well. There are minority groups. There are people who do not know whether what they are worried about in respect of their past will be an issue, and...

Lord Mandelson: Response to Humble Address

Lebanon: Israel Defence Forces Operations

Fleur Anderson made a speech in the House of Commons

I thank the right hon. Member for his comment about the ISC. I will continue to take advice from that vetting process: it needs to be even more hermetically sealed. We need to take real care over...

Lord Mandelson: Response to Humble Address

Lebanon: Israel Defence Forces Operations

Fleur Anderson made a speech in the House of Commons

I thank the right hon. Member for that pushback, but, having spoken to those who carry out the vetting process, I know that understanding that anything you say may be disclosed to a parliamentary...

Lord Mandelson: Response to Humble Address

Lebanon: Israel Defence Forces Operations

Fleur Anderson made a speech in the House of Commons

I absolutely agree. My hon. Friend talked about the inquiry during her speech, and I thought exactly that: should there not be one so that, with all this money being spent, we can look at the...

Lord Mandelson: Response to Humble Address

Lebanon: Israel Defence Forces Operations

Fleur Anderson made a speech in the House of Commons

I absolutely agree with my right hon. Friend the Chair of the Foreign Affairs Committee. Foreign affairs money is being spent on this, when it could have been spent on humanitarian aid or...

Lord Mandelson: Response to Humble Address

Lebanon: Israel Defence Forces Operations

Fleur Anderson made a speech in the House of Commons

My hon. Friend raises another good point. The rules around redactions were mentioned earlier, and we should ensure that they are consistent between inquiries. We can learn many things from this,...

Lord Mandelson: Response to Humble Address

Lebanon: Israel Defence Forces Operations

Fleur Anderson made a speech in the House of Commons

This Humble Address has been worked on by Ministers and civil servants very diligently, independently and scrupulously, but that has led to some huge costs, which I am going to outline. Maybe...

Lord Mandelson: Response to Humble Address

Lebanon: Israel Defence Forces Operations

Fleur Anderson made a speech in the House of Commons

I will come to that point later in my argument. I hope that my speech today will be something we can learn from, to learn the lessons from this Humble Address and try to make future ones better.

Lord Mandelson: Response to Humble Address

Lebanon: Israel Defence Forces Operations

Fleur Anderson made a speech in the House of Commons

I start, as I must, with the victims of Jeffrey Epstein. I thank my hon. Friend the Member for Pontypridd (Alex Davies-Jones) for raising the testimony of Lisa Phillips and naming one of...

Sudan: Non-governmental Organisations

Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

Fleur Anderson received a response to a question they put to the government

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what representations her Department has made to the Rapid Support Forces on their requirement for international...

Supreme Court Dillon Judgment: Policy Implications

Northern Ireland

Fleur Anderson made a speech in the House of Commons

The Supreme Court found wholly in the Government’s favour. Does the Secretary of State agree that the Government now have a responsibility to put in place legislation that delivers justice...

Supreme Court Dillon Judgment: Policy Implications

Northern Ireland

Fleur Anderson made a speech in the House of Commons

What assessment he has made of the potential implications for his Department’s policies of the Supreme Court judgment in the Dillon case [2026] UKSC 15.

Preparedness for National Emergencies - [Paula Barker in the Chair]

Westminster Hall debates

No, I only have two minutes; I am afraid I will not be able to give way. The message from stakeholders has been unequivocal. The UK is fundamentally unprepared for the scale of the climate risks...

Preparedness for National Emergencies - [Paula Barker in the Chair]

Westminster Hall debates

It is a pleasure to serve under your chairship, Mrs Barker. I thank my hon. Friend the Member for Dunfermline and Dollar (Graeme Downie) for securing this important debate, with so many MPs and...