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HANSARDDefence Industrial StrategyI am incredibly proud of our naval engineering history in the Black Country, including at companies such as Somers Forge in Halesowen and Brooks Forgings in Cradley Heath. I am…15 Oct 2025HANSARDChildren with SEND: Assessments and SupportI thank the many petitioners who brought forward this debate, which is fundamental to parents in my Halesowen constituency. I have been speaking to many of them, and the message I…15 Sept 2025HANSARD Occupied Palestinian Territories: Humanitarian AccessDoes my hon. Friend agree that Israel’s attack on our friend Qatar—indeed, against the very negotiators that were supposed to be discussing this ceasefire—shows that it has no…10 Sept 2025HANSARDDiego Garcia Military Base and British Indian Ocean Territory BillThe hon. Gentleman will know that the Foreign Affairs Committee had the Minister in front of us to discuss the deal, so there has been parliamentary scrutiny on this, including by…09 Sept 2025HANSARDDiego Garcia Military Base and British Indian Ocean Territory BillMy hon. Friend has spoken about the important capabilities of this vital US-UK base. Does he agree that it would be dangerous and counterproductive to put those capabilities at…09 Sept 2025HANSARDDiego Garcia Military Base and British Indian Ocean Territory BillDoes the Minister not think it is the height of hypocrisy for those in the last Government, who negotiated 85% of this treaty over 11 rounds, to wait until they were in opposition…09 Sept 2025HANSARDDiego Garcia Military Base and British Indian Ocean Territory BillDoes the Minister agree that it is completely wrong for the hon. Member for Clacton (Nigel Farage) and Reform UK to claim that President Trump did not support this deal, when he…09 Sept 2025HANSARDDiego Garcia Military Base and British Indian Ocean Territory BillWill the hon. Gentleman give way?09 Sept 2025HANSARDDiego Garcia Military Base and British Indian Ocean Territory BillAs the hon. Member will know, the official Government statistics say the cost is £3.5 billion, which is about 0.2% of our defence budget. I wonder what other assets in the entire…09 Sept 2025HANSARDDiego Garcia Military Base and British Indian Ocean Territory BillWe do not know why Lord Cameron closed them down, because the Conservatives have not released any details of the deal that they negotiated up to that point. Maybe the costs were…09 Sept 2025HANSARDDiego Garcia Military Base and British Indian Ocean Territory BillI will carry on for a moment, and then I will give way. Despite the risks, the Conservatives have come out in opposition to this deal. The right hon. Member for Braintree (Sir…09 Sept 2025HANSARDDiego Garcia Military Base and British Indian Ocean Territory BillI go back to the example of RAF Gan. The Maldivians refused the Soviet Union back in 1976, because the UK had a good reputation with them. We honoured our agreements and respected…09 Sept 2025HANSARDDiego Garcia Military Base and British Indian Ocean Territory BillI thank the Minister for his speech earlier, although he is no longer in this place. We have heard clearly from those on the Opposition Benches that they are opposed to this deal,…09 Sept 2025HANSARDDiego Garcia Military Base and British Indian Ocean Territory BillDoes the right hon. Gentleman, who is my colleague on the Foreign Affairs Committee, acknowledge that by opening negotiations with Mauritius, the last Government conceded that…09 Sept 2025HANSARDDiego Garcia Military Base and British Indian Ocean Territory BillThe right hon. Lady says that this is an international problem for the UK, but does she not agree that the Americans, the Canadians, the New Zealanders, the Australians, the…09 Sept 2025HANSARDDiego Garcia Military Base and British Indian Ocean Territory BillCould the right hon. Lady outline what was in the deal that the last Conservative Foreign Secretary was negotiating? The points of sovereignty and everything else were conceded by…09 Sept 2025HANSARDDiego Garcia Military Base and British Indian Ocean Territory BillWill the right hon. Member give way?09 Sept 2025HANSARDDiego Garcia Military Base and British Indian Ocean Territory BillWill the right hon. Member give way?09 Sept 2025HANSARDDiego Garcia Military Base and British Indian Ocean Territory BillWill the right hon. Member give way?09 Sept 2025HANSARDPeople Smuggling10. What steps she is taking to help ensure the effective prosecution of people smugglers.04 Sept 2025