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HANSARD Diego Garcia Military Base and British Indian Ocean Territory BillIt might be a joint base technically, but what is it in reality? I would love an intervention from the Defence Minister; he could tell us. How much do we use it operationally,…20 Oct 2025HANSARD Diego Garcia Military Base and British Indian Ocean Territory BillMy right hon. Friend makes a powerful point. That is at the heart of it. There are so many questions but one question is: why? Why would a deal like this be done by the…20 Oct 2025HANSARD Diego Garcia Military Base and British Indian Ocean Territory BillI will give way to the Minister and then to my right hon. Friend.20 Oct 2025HANSARD Diego Garcia Military Base and British Indian Ocean Territory BillThe right hon. Gentleman is quite right to ask that question. That is what we are trying to get to the bottom of, and we hope to hear answers from the Minister this evening so…20 Oct 2025HANSARD Diego Garcia Military Base and British Indian Ocean Territory BillWe are trying to get to the bottom of precisely why the Labour Government would make this deal. The hundreds of people who worked at the Vivergo plant in my constituency were sold…20 Oct 2025HANSARD Diego Garcia Military Base and British Indian Ocean Territory BillMy right hon. Friend makes an extremely powerful point. The Henry VIII powers in the Bill are not limited at all. I heard so many complaints when I was a Minister from the Labour…20 Oct 2025HANSARD Diego Garcia Military Base and British Indian Ocean Territory BillI am grateful to the Minister for giving way—he is being very generous. In 2017, the clear position was that the International Court of Justice was not in a position to adjudicate…20 Oct 2025HANSARD Diego Garcia Military Base and British Indian Ocean Territory BillWe are all wrestling with the question “Why?” As my hon. Friend has said, the Government’s position was clear in 2017: namely, that the ICJ had no power over a deal we made with a…20 Oct 2025HANSARD Diego Garcia Military Base and British Indian Ocean Territory BillI said I would give way to my right hon. Friend the Member for New Forest East (Sir Julian Lewis).20 Oct 2025HANSARDAlleged Spying Case: Home Office Involvementindicated assent.20 Oct 2025HANSARD Diego Garcia Military Base and British Indian Ocean Territory BillMy right hon. Friend has highlighted the Prime Minister misleading—perhaps I have to say inadvertently misleading —us about the cost of this, when the Government Actuary’s…20 Oct 2025HANSARDAlleged Spying Case: Home Office InvolvementOn a point of order, Madam Deputy Speaker.20 Oct 2025HANSARD Diego Garcia Military Base and British Indian Ocean Territory BillThe United States plays a critical role as a member of NATO and as a key ally—if not the key ally—of ours, but despite the priceless nature of the service it provides, we do not…20 Oct 2025HANSARD Diego Garcia Military Base and British Indian Ocean Territory BillThank you, Madam Chair. I was setting the context for the amendments to the Bill that we are rightly proposing to ensure that the Government report back on the money that they…20 Oct 2025HANSARDAlleged Spying Case: Home Office InvolvementI think the reason we are gathered here today—although I cannot see into your mind, Mr Speaker—is because of the story in The Sunday Times. That is why the shadow Home Secretary,…20 Oct 2025HANSARDChildcare: AffordabilityThe Minister is new to the Dispatch Box, so perhaps we can forgive her for suggesting that the Conservatives cut the number of family hubs, since we invented them. Focusing on the…20 Oct 2025HANSARD Official Secrets Act Case: Witness StatementsOn a point of order, Mr Speaker. You have taken a close interest in this issue, Mr Speaker—the fact that it goes to the heart of this Parliament on the protection of Members of…16 Oct 2025HANSARD Official Secrets Act Case: Witness StatementsThe CPS has independence from Ministers; civil servants do not. The whole point of our constitution is that civil servants can never be thrown under the bus because Ministers are…16 Oct 2025HANSARDTopical QuestionsT2. As a committed if rather untalented member of the Lords and Commons tennis team, I am aware that the vagaries of British weather make participation difficult, particularly in…16 Oct 2025HANSARDBovine Tuberculosis Control and Badger CullingI call Perran Moon.13 Oct 2025