Sir Lindsay Hoyle

Speaker — Chorley

Speaking in the House of Commons on 23 October 2025

Debate

Alleged Spying Case: Role of Attorney General’s Office

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There is a collective responsibility for the Government to answer within this House—the right hon. Member is absolutely right to ask the question—but I am not responsible for the answers that the Solicitor General provides. This goes back to the frustration under the previous Administration, when the Foreign Secretary sat in the Lords. My view is that it is much harder, but there is a collective responsibility that questions will be answered in this House. I am not going to keep the debate going now.

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