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HANSARD Diego Garcia Military Base and British Indian Ocean Territory BillThe right hon. Lady mentions that she does not believe there is a legal basis. What was the legal basis for the previous Government, when they conducted 11 rounds of negotiation…20 Oct 2025HANSARD Diego Garcia Military Base and British Indian Ocean Territory BillThe right hon. Lady describes this as a surrender Bill. Can she please tell me which flag will be flying over the Chagos islands if this is a so-called British surrender? It will…20 Oct 2025HANSARDGrid Infrastructure9. What steps he is taking to improve grid infrastructure.14 Oct 2025HANSARDGrid InfrastructureIn January, when Storm Éowyn hit the UK, hundreds of thousands of people across Scotland were without power for several days. That included thousands of my constituents, in rural…14 Oct 2025HANSARD Northern Ireland TroublesI thank the Secretary of State for his statement today, particularly his focus on answers, which are what people want. As someone who lost a friend, Tim Parry, when he was…14 Oct 2025HANSARD Russian Drones: Violation of Polish AirspaceThis attack by Vladimir Putin on a NATO member that has been a leader in resisting Russian aggression and supplying Ukraine is a clear escalation and an attempt, as others have…10 Sept 2025HANSARDDiego Garcia Military Base and British Indian Ocean Territory BillI thank the hon. Member for his intervention—he is someone for whom I have a lot of respect. I would tell my constituents that this country is now safer and more secure because of…09 Sept 2025HANSARDDiego Garcia Military Base and British Indian Ocean Territory Billrose —09 Sept 2025HANSARDDiego Garcia Military Base and British Indian Ocean Territory BillI apologise for that, Madam Deputy Speaker. We have seen Reform UK peddling fantasies about America that were flatly wrong. Beyond these shores, what do we see? Vladimir Putin and…09 Sept 2025HANSARDDiego Garcia Military Base and British Indian Ocean Territory BillThe Minister has already outlined the support of the British overseas territories. Will he please remind us of who else supports the Bill? Who supports it and who else opposes it,…09 Sept 2025HANSARDDiego Garcia Military Base and British Indian Ocean Territory BillAs we have heard already in the debate, apparently we cannot hear a negotiating position, so will the hon. Gentleman describe in detail exactly what those red lines were?09 Sept 2025HANSARDDiego Garcia Military Base and British Indian Ocean Territory BillWe have heard from Members on the Opposition Benches a slew of political opportunism, scaremongering, some cliché bingo and some derogatory terms—something that belongs more in a…09 Sept 2025HANSARDDiego Garcia Military Base and British Indian Ocean Territory BillThe right hon. Lady talks about transparency, but once again we have not heard a word from her about what her Government’s position would have been, so there has been no…09 Sept 2025HANSARDDiego Garcia Military Base and British Indian Ocean Territory BillThe right hon. Lady says “behind closed doors”. Will she please publish the previous Government’s negotiating position, including the cost of the deal they were looking to do?09 Sept 2025HANSARDDiego Garcia Military Base and British Indian Ocean Territory BillI thank the right hon. and learned Gentleman for his intervention. I listened very carefully to his speech—it was very interesting indeed, and I respect his viewpoint. My short…09 Sept 2025HANSARDDiego Garcia Military Base and British Indian Ocean Territory BillI thank the hon. Member for his intervention. At the beginning of the intervention, I was going to point out that there were five years during which the Liberal Democrats were…09 Sept 2025HANSARDDiego Garcia Military Base and British Indian Ocean Territory BillThat point was covered before. We have already seen scaremongering from the Opposition about the other British overseas territories, including the Falkland Islands and Gibraltar.…09 Sept 2025HANSARDDefence Industrial StrategyI thank the Minister for his statement, as well as for last week’s news of the significant infrastructure investment in the Rosyth dockyard in my constituency, which is highly…08 Sept 2025HANSARDProcedure CommitteeIt is a pleasure to serve under your chairship, Ms Lewell. I am grateful for the opportunity to make this statement on behalf of the Procedure Committee, following the publication…04 Sept 2025HANSARDProcedure CommitteeI thank the hon. Member for his question. I have now been intervened on by the hon. Member for Strangford and asked a question; I wonder exactly what the third part of the trio to…04 Sept 2025