Rachel Hopkins

Rachel Hopkins

Labour — Luton South and South Bedfordshire

Speaking in the House of Commons on 2 February 2026

Debate

US Department of Justice Release of Files

Contribution

Many of my constituents, like all of us, will be horrified by the revelations regarding Peter Mandelson and the Epstein files, but they will also be shocked to know that the Government do not have the power to remove peerages. Does the Chief Secretary to the Prime Minister agree that it is absolutely right to do whatever is necessary to modernise procedures to allow for the removal of peers and their peerages when they have bought the other place into disrepute?

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