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HANSARDChagos IslandsIt is hard to believe that it was 25 years ago. We are confident about this treaty and the fact that it secures our presence in the Indian Ocean. We accept that when there is a…14 Nov 2024HANSARDBBC World ServiceThe key thing is that we reset the relationship we have with the World Service and stop using the BBC as some kind of political football. In recent years, and without the…14 Nov 2024HANSARDBBC World ServiceI am grateful to the noble Lord for bringing that to my attention. I was not aware that there was a strategy dating back to that time, but I commit to finding it and reading it.14 Nov 2024HANSARDBBC World ServiceIt is vital that journalists be able to go about their work in telling the truth, often in the most difficult of circumstances. They have full consular support from us. We are a…14 Nov 2024HANSARDJournalists Detained or Killed OverseasI am grateful to the noble Lord for his supplementary question, and he is absolutely right to draw attention to this issue. We recognise the criticisms about the report that he…13 Nov 2024HANSARDEuropean Forest Institute (Immunities and Privileges) Order 2024I am grateful to the noble Lord for his support. It is very good when we can agree on important issues such as this on a long-term, bipartisan basis. It is good to be able to work…13 Nov 2024HANSARDEuropean Forest Institute (Immunities and Privileges) Order 2024My Lords, copies of this order were laid before this House on 15 May 2024. The order was laid in draft before Parliament on 15 May, in accordance with the International…13 Nov 2024HANSARDEuropean Forest Institute (Immunities and Privileges) Order 2024That the Grand Committee do consider the European Forest Institute (Immunities and Privileges) Order 2024.13 Nov 2024HANSARDWest PapuaWe note the approach to the CPTPP by Indonesia. We believe in free trade and we want to strengthen our trading relationship with partners through the CPTPP, as the noble Lord…13 Nov 2024HANSARDWest PapuaWhenever possible, influence should be gained through a good relationship and, sometimes, by being a critical friend. The noble Lord’s points about the wider Indo-Pacific and the…13 Nov 2024HANSARDWest PapuaWe have worked with the Indonesian Government on sustainable palm oil. I have not read the anthropological study that the noble Baroness refers to, but if she wants to send it to…13 Nov 2024HANSARDWest PapuaEvery circumstance is different. All the situations where we have concerns are unique. Sometimes it is not possible to raise concerns through dialogue. Sometimes the nature of the…13 Nov 2024HANSARDWest PapuaWe have a range of options, as the noble Lord indicates, and these judgments can be very finely balanced around how to have influence and how to become an irrelevant voice on the…13 Nov 2024HANSARDWest PapuaThe issue here is that we support self-determination but recognise the territorial integrity of Indonesia. There are many cases where there are independence movements, including,…13 Nov 2024HANSARDWest PapuaWe support the work of the UN Commission on Human Rights in this regard. As the noble Lord suggests, this was raised in recent dialogue with Indonesian political representatives.13 Nov 2024HANSARDWest PapuaI think the international community is aware of the situation in Papua, hence the interest from the United Nations. We will continue to work through that method, and bilaterally,…13 Nov 2024HANSARDWest PapuaThis is very much a bipartisan issue, and so it should always be. The Government will be making announcements about trade envoys and others, I hope very soon.13 Nov 2024HANSARDWest PapuaThe noble and right reverend Lord raises his concerns about this issue consistently, and we respect him for doing that. As I say, we will continue to raise concerns through the…13 Nov 2024HANSARDWest PapuaMy Lords, the UK welcomes the recommendations of the UN Human Rights Committee in response to the second periodic report of Indonesia under the International Covenant on Civil and…13 Nov 2024HANSARDJournalists Detained or Killed OverseasThe truth is that I do not know how many British journalists are in Ukraine or whether anybody would be able to answer the noble Lord’s question. However, we work with media…13 Nov 2024