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HANSARDVenezuelaYes, I do agree with my noble friend on that.07 Jan 2026HANSARDMiddle East and North AfricaWe consider all eventualities and work these things through carefully, because some things seem imminently likely while others seem less likely but would have wide-ranging…07 Jan 2026HANSARDVenezuelaIt is not for me to say whether it is or not. My point is that it is for the United States to explain its actions and where it feels they sit within the context of international…07 Jan 2026HANSARDVenezuelaThere is no moral equivalence whatever between the illegal invasion of Ukraine and what has happened in Venezuela, the legal arguments for which are for the US to defend. These…06 Jan 2026HANSARDVenezuelaI do not recognise that characterisation of the world, but it is right that we ask ourselves these big strategic questions, because the world is changing. The most significant…06 Jan 2026HANSARDVenezuelaThe noble Lord started with Panama. I am not really sure what to say to him. I take his point to be in support of the Government’s pragmatic position and thank him for that.06 Jan 2026HANSARDVenezuelaI do think it is a good thing that Maduro is no longer running Venezuela. There is a long way to go, and there will still be money laundering, illicit finance, trade in narcotics…06 Jan 2026HANSARDVenezuelaThe words that the noble and learned Lord, Lord Hermer, said in his speech remain true. Our position on the rule of law has not changed and will not change.06 Jan 2026HANSARDVenezuelaI am happy to confirm to the noble Lord that our chargé in Caracas, Colin, is continuing to do the outstanding job that he has been doing for the last few years. He has excellent…06 Jan 2026HANSARDVenezuelaI know what the noble Lord is getting at. As far as parallels go, the UK is judged on the UK’s actions, and I do not think that this makes any difference at all to our ability to…06 Jan 2026HANSARDVenezuelaThe Prime Minister has an excellent relationship with President Trump, and sometimes that involves challenge and sometimes it does not; that is how relationships work. On the…06 Jan 2026HANSARDVenezuelaNoble Lords will understand that we talk all the time to our American friends about security issues, but we would not comment on specifics, as the noble Baroness is encouraging me…06 Jan 2026HANSARDVenezuelaCertainly, any elections that are to be held must be free and fair and not any kind of repeat of what we saw the year before last. I take what the noble Lord says about the…06 Jan 2026HANSARDVenezuelaI thank the noble Lords for their support for the Foreign Secretary’s remarks on the tragic loss of life that we saw on New Year’s Eve in Switzerland. I am grateful to them for…06 Jan 2026HANSARDVenezuelaI do not think that is right. I do not have any difficulty in criticising President Putin for his illegal act of launching a full invasion of Ukraine, stealing children from…06 Jan 2026HANSARDVenezuelaI think I am right in saying, from the last time I spoke to our chargé in Caracas, that he has had contact with Delcy Rodríguez previously. I am not aware whether this contact has…06 Jan 2026HANSARDDiego Garcia Military Base and British Indian Ocean Territory BillMy Lords, Amendments 51 and 54, tabled by the noble Lord, Lord Purvis, concern the establishment of a UK-Mauritius inter-parliamentary committee to oversee the implementation and…05 Jan 2026HANSARDDiego Garcia Military Base and British Indian Ocean Territory BillMy Lords, I apologise to the noble and gallant Lord, Lord Craig of Radley, for not writing to him, but I hope that I can answer his concerns this afternoon. Amendments 1 and 38,…05 Jan 2026HANSARDDiego Garcia Military Base and British Indian Ocean Territory BillThe noble Baroness has amplified the point made earlier by the noble Lord; it is an important point, and I will address it. However, at this stage we are going to reject Amendment…05 Jan 2026HANSARDDiego Garcia Military Base and British Indian Ocean Territory BillArticle 14 has been agreed as the way to settle disputes. A failure to deliver on environmental commitments could be something we would want to challenge, and the process by which…05 Jan 2026