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HANSARDBritish Indian Ocean TerritoryOn a point of order, Madam Deputy Speaker. I seek your guidance. We have spent the last three and a half hours debating the UK-US base on Diego Garcia. Just before we began that…28 Jan 2026HANSARDBritish Indian Ocean TerritoryI did indeed. My point is that when the Conservatives had the opportunity to provide the bases for their objection to the Bill, they did not once mention the rights of the…28 Jan 2026HANSARDBritish Indian Ocean TerritoryThe way I think about it, the Government are proposing to write 99 years-worth of cheques to Mauritius that the Mauritians will be able to cash over that period. It only stands to…28 Jan 2026HANSARDBritish Indian Ocean TerritoryDonald Trump’s remarks about NATO troops were untrue and deeply offensive, and I welcome the robust response from parties across this House. Yet there was no apology from the US…28 Jan 2026HANSARDBritish Indian Ocean TerritoryI am grateful to the right hon. Gentleman for his intervention, but I was in the Chamber on Monday when he remarked that it was a fine aspect of joint working between Reform and…28 Jan 2026HANSARDHealth Inequalities: Women12. What steps she is taking with the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care to help tackle health inequalities affecting women.28 Jan 2026HANSARDBritish Indian Ocean TerritoryThe process for negotiating this treaty with the Government of Mauritius has been utterly shambolic since it began under the last Government. One of the most striking aspects of…28 Jan 2026HANSARDHealth Inequalities: WomenMy constituent Debra was advised over 20 years ago to take sodium valproate during her pregnancy. Alongside thousands of other women, that advice has had severe consequences for…28 Jan 2026HANSARDYouth HubsBicester is one of the fastest-growing towns in the country, yet it currently has no dedicated youth hub. In the town centre sits the former Courtyard Youth Arts Centre, which…26 Jan 2026HANSARDDiego Garcia Military Base and British Indian Ocean Territory BillThe Liberal Democrats have argued consistently that the Chagossians’ right to self-determination should be honoured, so even at this eleventh hour I ask the Government to…26 Jan 2026HANSARD Police Reform White PaperI would like to invite the Home Secretary to talk rubbish with me for a moment. Organised waste crime has been described by the former chief executive of the Environment Agency as…26 Jan 2026HANSARDWater White PaperAt the first Prime Minister’s questions of this Parliament I had the opportunity to invite the Prime Minister to scrap Ofwat, so I am delighted to see that in the White Paper. The…21 Jan 2026HANSARDSecurity of Greenland and the ArcticWith his threats against Greenland and, now, against her partners, including the UK, Donald Trump has driven a presidential motorcade through NATO and the entire system of…20 Jan 2026HANSARDGaza and the West Bank: Humanitarian SituationThe composition of Donald Trump’s board of peace looks increasingly like a rogues’ gallery, with President Putin now having been invited to join. Meanwhile, the Palestinians have…20 Jan 2026HANSARD Iran: ProtestsSince the Foreign Secretary’s statement last week, Ayatollah Khamenei has confirmed the death of thousands of protesters, but he has again deflected responsibility for the brutal…19 Jan 2026HANSARD Finance (No. 2) BillI would like to place clause 86 in the wider context of the Budget’s impact on the hospitality sector and, in particular, the village pub. I was very grateful to the…13 Jan 2026HANSARDChinese EmbassyThe redacted plans for the Chinese super-embassy provide new reasons to reject this application. Will the Minister confirm whether the Government had access before today to the…13 Jan 2026HANSARD IranI thank the Foreign Secretary for advance sight of her statement. Like Members across the House, I feel humbled by the courage shown by so many Iranians to stand up to the tyrants…13 Jan 2026HANSARD Finance (No. 2) BillI wholeheartedly agree with the hon. Member. Both the publicans I am talking about are working in excess of 70 hours a week. They have laid off staff, meaning fewer jobs for those…13 Jan 2026HANSARDSocial and Affordable Homes: BanburyThe hon. Member for Banbury (Sean Woodcock) referred to the wider Cherwell district council area.12 Jan 2026