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HANSARD British Indian Ocean Territory: SovereigntyI completely agree with my hon. Friend and I am grateful to him for his intervention. I will not give way again for a few minutes, because I have a lot to get through. Let me…07 Dec 2022HANSARD British Indian Ocean Territory: SovereigntyI agree with my hon. Friend; of course, it is a combination of both factors, with the Chinese trying to extend the tentacles of their reach throughout the whole region in order to…07 Dec 2022HANSARD British Indian Ocean Territory: SovereigntyIn a second. Agaléga is one of the Mauritian islands, which it has leased to the Indians. The indigenous population of that atoll has been removed and massive destruction has…07 Dec 2022HANSARD British Indian Ocean Territory: SovereigntyI am concluding my arguments—I will give way in a second—but what I would like to say is this. We have beaten the French to secure participation in AUKUS, which is one of the most…07 Dec 2022HANSARD British Indian Ocean Territory: SovereigntyCan I put on the record that I have attended some of those meetings? I suspect that he is getting wrong information. We can show him accounts of me attending those meetings.07 Dec 2022HANSARD British Indian Ocean Territory: SovereigntyWill the hon. Member give way?07 Dec 2022HANSARD British Indian Ocean Territory: SovereigntyI am very grateful to my right hon. Friend for giving way. The main tenet of my discourse this afternoon was to try to get a commitment from her for a referendum of the Chagossian…07 Dec 2022HANSARD British Indian Ocean Territory: SovereigntyI am very grateful to my right hon. Friend the Minister for the assurances that she has given, and for agreeing to write to the shadow Minister, the hon. Member for Cardiff South…07 Dec 2022HANSARD British Indian Ocean Territory: SovereigntyI beg to move, That this House has considered the sovereignty of the British Indian Ocean Territory. Before I start to talk about this British overseas territory, I would like to…07 Dec 2022HANSARDWest Balkans: Council of EuropeIn the brief time that I have, I will focus my comments purely on our relations with Albania, a country that I visited earlier this year with my hon. Friend the Member for…16 Nov 2022HANSARDLevelling Up Rural BritainI very much hope that the hon. Lady will talk about the three cases in Shropshire up for assessment for levelling-up funding. The one for modernising Shrewsbury town centre in my…09 Nov 2022HANSARDLevelling Up Rural BritainThe size of Shropshire’s elderly population is disproportionate, and our social care costs are going through the roof. Our council spends 83p in each pound of its budget on adult…09 Nov 2022HANSARDDemocratic Republic of Congo-UK RelationsI am pleased to introduce this debate on UK relations with the Democratic Republic of Congo. I studied French at the University of Stirling nearly 30 years ago, so I have always…28 Oct 2022HANSARDTributes to Her Late Majesty the QueenI rise on behalf of the people of Shrewsbury and the surrounding Shropshire villages to pay tribute to Her Majesty. When I met Her Majesty at Buckingham Palace, she looked at me…10 Sept 2022HANSARDSewage DischargeI welcome the Secretary of State to his position, and I am pleased with the strength of the DEFRA team. I have spoken to him this morning about flooding on the River Severn, and I…08 Sept 2022HANSARDCost of Living: Support for FarmersI congratulate my hon. Friend the Member for Rutland and Melton (Alicia Kearns) on securing this important debate on farming and our farmers. She made an eloquent speech, but she…12 Jul 2022HANSARDCost of Living: Support for FarmersI will of course join her in paying tribute. We are all seeing her meteoric rise up the ranks of the Conservative parliamentary party, and I will pay tribute as long as she takes…12 Jul 2022HANSARD Business of the HouseMy right hon. Friend will know that this year alone we are spending nearly £190 billion of taxpayers’ money on the NHS. Spending on the health service is increasing every year as…07 Jul 2022HANSARDShrewsbury-Black Country-Birmingham RailwayI thank my hon. Friend for that answer. As she says, a business case is going in to her Department in July to increase the line speed between Shrewsbury and Birmingham, which…30 Jun 2022HANSARDShrewsbury-Black Country-Birmingham Railway15. What assessment he has made of the potential impact of updating and improving the Shrewsbury-Black Country-Birmingham railway line on employment, training and educational…30 Jun 2022