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HANSARD Prison Capacity: Annual StatementRegarding prison capacity, my understanding is that none of the 14,000 prison places that are planned is category A. Can the Minister confirm how much remaining capacity there…29 Jan 2026HANSARDTopical QuestionsThe Ajax armoured vehicle programme is currently under threat, but work is due to be completed at the Merthyr Tydfil factory next summer. Could the Minister confirm whether there…29 Jan 2026HANSARDBritish Indian Ocean TerritoryCould the Minister explain why the previous Labour Government entered into negotiations in 2009, when the first talks took place with the Mauritian Government, which were…28 Jan 2026HANSARDBritish Indian Ocean TerritorySo wrote the President of the United States only a week ago: “The UK giving away extremely important land is an act of GREAT STUPIDITY.” For once, he is not wrong. I have lost…28 Jan 2026HANSARDBritish Indian Ocean Territoryrose —28 Jan 2026HANSARDBritish Indian Ocean TerritoryCould the hon. Member clarify precisely how much of the cost of the Chagos islands deal will come from the Ministry of Defence budget?28 Jan 2026HANSARD Police Reform White PaperI have raised in the House a number of times the police allocation formula and how it impacts Cambridgeshire, which is the fourth worst funded force in the country. Could the Home…26 Jan 2026HANSARDDiego Garcia Military Base and British Indian Ocean Territory BillLast week we had a discussion about the cost of this deal, and I asked the Minister whether he would confirm the figure of £34.7 billion from the Government Actuary’s Department.…26 Jan 2026HANSARD Armed Forces BillMass for what?26 Jan 2026HANSARD Armed Forces BillOn that point, will the Secretary of State give way?26 Jan 2026HANSARD Armed Forces BillFollowing that pledge, will the hon. Gentleman outline what the additional 30,000 troops would be roled as?26 Jan 2026HANSARDDiego Garcia Military Base and British Indian Ocean Territory BillI thank the Minister for giving way and for his detailed explanation of how the calculations have been made. The Government Actuary’s Department clearly stated that this deal…20 Jan 2026HANSARDChinese EmbassyThe Minister will be pleased to know that I am not going to ask him about the FIRS, but he quoted extensively from the weighty tome of the planning approval letter. It says that…20 Jan 2026HANSARD Iran: ProtestsIf I may, I will return to the topic of Craig and Lindsay Foreman. The Minister will be aware that they have been imprisoned for more than a year and are in Evin prison, regarded…19 Jan 2026HANSARDPublic Office (Accountability) BillLooking at the wider implications of the Bill, the Minister talks about the intelligence services. Can she confirm whether there is a carve-out for military intelligence services…19 Jan 2026HANSARD Digital IDThe Minister talks about mandatory right-to-work checks in a way that implies it is always the worker who is the bad faith actor in the relationship. Will he explain how mandatory…15 Jan 2026HANSARDAjax ProgrammeI thank my hon. Friend for that excellent point. I was not going to cover it in my speech, so it is definitely worth adding to the record for the Minister to address in his…14 Jan 2026HANSARDAjax ProgrammeI thank my hon. Friend again, and I absolutely concur. With the delays to Ajax, we can no longer afford to fail to upgrade Challenger 2 to Challenger 3. The fact that the timeline…14 Jan 2026HANSARDAjax ProgrammeI absolutely concur with my right hon. Friend that Boxer is a vital capability—even more so, given the training pause that we are now encountering with Ajax—and we need to get…14 Jan 2026HANSARDAjax ProgrammeI thank everybody who participated in this very detailed debate. The Welsh Members who spoke represented the workers at the factory in Merthyr Tydfil extremely well; it is…14 Jan 2026