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HANSARDIran: ProtestsThat is such an important point. As the noble Lord reminds us, our security services have done amazing things in preventing so many attempts at attacks on this country. We will…12 Jan 2026HANSARDIran: ProtestsThe noble Lord speaks from his own perspective of the people of Iran and their capability of changing the regime in their country. All I would say is that much has changed in the…12 Jan 2026HANSARDIran: ProtestsWe stand proudly for freedom and human rights for the people of Iran, as the noble Lord suggests we should. The snap-back measures that he refers to took place as a last resort,…12 Jan 2026HANSARDIran: ProtestsWe are mindful of how we express our views, because of the reasons that I think are implied by the noble Lord’s question: the regime in Iran attempts to suggest that those who, of…12 Jan 2026HANSARDIran: ProtestsThat must be an incredibly difficult situation to be in. Communications are limited at best or non-existent, and the support that our team in Tehran is able to provide is…12 Jan 2026HANSARDIran: ProtestsOne of the issues that we face is our current inability to get verifiable information out of Iran, because the regime has closed the internet. That makes life very difficult.…12 Jan 2026HANSARDIran: ProtestsFirst, it is not correct that our ambassador in Tehran was summoned. They had a conversation when they attended the MFA for another purpose, but that is a very different situation…12 Jan 2026HANSARDIran: ProtestsThe UK is clear in its condemnation of the regime’s brutality towards protesters. For many different reasons, we fundamentally support the right of those who are bravely taking to…12 Jan 2026HANSARDIran: ProtestsI am grateful to my noble friend for her Question and commend her for her many years of work and dedication to this issue, and to the people of Iran. We too are deeply concerned…12 Jan 2026HANSARDGreenlandI share the noble Lord’s admiration for Professor Nye. I never had the privilege of meeting him, but I think he was somebody whose words we should always bear in mind. You need to…08 Jan 2026HANSARDGreenlandMy Lords, the Prime Minister has been clear that Greenland is part of the Kingdom of Denmark, and that the future of its constitutional arrangements is a matter for the people and…08 Jan 2026HANSARDGreenlandWe are completely clear in the position that we take, as are our allies and partners, and the noble Lord will have seen that in the statement that was made a few days ago.…08 Jan 2026HANSARDMining: PollutionMy Lords, I start by saying how grateful I am to the noble Lord, Lord Oates, for his speech. I was moved by what he had to say and the accounts he shared with us. They really…08 Jan 2026HANSARDGreenlandWe keep in constant and close contact with our friends and allies in the United States, on this and many other issues. Noble Lords will be aware of the phone call that took place…08 Jan 2026HANSARDGreenlandI should imagine that, as in this Parliament, there will be a range of views on any issue on any given day. The key principle and guiding point that will shape the UK’s position…08 Jan 2026HANSARDGreenlandAny question that starts with “if” is, by definition, a hypothetical—to which I am not in a position to give a concrete response. All I would say is that, clearly, anything that…08 Jan 2026HANSARDGreenlandHaving visited the training facilities in Norway, I think that they are first class. Operational decisions, such as the one that the noble Lord has put to me, are not things that…08 Jan 2026HANSARDGreenlandI have explained to the noble Lord the issue of the right to self-determination countless times, and I refer the noble Lord to my previous seven or eight answers.08 Jan 2026HANSARDGreenlandThere is no world in which I am answering that question. There is always negotiation and discussion about the appropriate use of bases in this country. I just remind noble Lords—I…08 Jan 2026HANSARDGreenlandThat is why there are now contracts out for more such vessels. I draw noble Lords’ attention to the fact that we made some difficult decisions last year about spending. The…08 Jan 2026