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HANSARD UK-Türkiye Typhoon Export DealI thank my hon. Friend, who I will have to refer to as the Member for valve valley from now on. He raises an important issue about the ability of small and medium-sized…29 Oct 2025HANSARD UK-Türkiye Typhoon Export DealI am heaping praise on the workforce in the hon. Gentleman’s constituency and across Lancashire. It makes it so much easier to sell our products when we have a world-class…29 Oct 2025HANSARD UK-Türkiye Typhoon Export DealI thank my hon. Friend for his welcome, and for the support he has provided to the workforce at Samlesbury, and indeed in the wider supply chain. I was at Warton and Samlesbury…29 Oct 2025HANSARD UK-Türkiye Typhoon Export DealI thank the right hon. Member for his welcome, and for his thanks to my immediate predecessor, my right hon. Friend the Member for Liverpool Garston (Maria Eagle). The partnership…29 Oct 2025HANSARD UK-Türkiye Typhoon Export DealI thank my hon. Friend for the important work he has been doing alongside other Lancashire MPs not only Labour Members, but on a cross-party basis—in support of the workforce at…29 Oct 2025HANSARD UK-Türkiye Typhoon Export DealI thank the hon. Gentleman for his warm welcome of this deal. The message that goes out loud and clear to the workforce of not just BAE Systems, but the entire supply chain, is…29 Oct 2025HANSARD UK-Türkiye Typhoon Export DealAs a fellow south-west MP, I know how important defence is to our region, and how important it is that we not only continue the investment in our armed forces, but renew those…29 Oct 2025HANSARD UK-Türkiye Typhoon Export DealI was nearly going to say that I warmly welcome all the hon. Gentleman’s remarks, but I am afraid that the good news had to be tempered with a little bit of partisan attack.…29 Oct 2025HANSARD UK-Türkiye Typhoon Export DealWith your permission, Madam Deputy Speaker, I would like to update the House on the UK-Türkiye deal to sell 20 British-built Typhoon fighter jets. On Monday, the Prime Minister…29 Oct 2025HANSARD Diego Garcia Military Base and British Indian Ocean Territory BillIt is a joint base.20 Oct 2025HANSARD Diego Garcia Military Base and British Indian Ocean Territory BillI beg to move, That the Bill be now read the Third time. In a world that is growing more dangerous, this Labour Government will always put Britain’s security first, and if there…20 Oct 2025HANSARDDiego Garcia Military Base and British Indian Ocean Territory BillI understand the argument that the right hon. Gentleman is trying to make, but I hope that he appreciates my argument that the calculation is based on the OBR’s inflation and…09 Sept 2025HANSARDDiego Garcia Military Base and British Indian Ocean Territory BillAs I have taken one intervention from this side of the House, I am happy to take another from the Opposition Benches.09 Sept 2025HANSARDDiego Garcia Military Base and British Indian Ocean Territory BillI have a lot of time for the right hon. Gentleman. The provisions of those judgments affect the operations of the base—that is what is important here. It is also about the…09 Sept 2025HANSARDDiego Garcia Military Base and British Indian Ocean Territory BillIf the hon. Gentleman would like to explain why the Conservatives started the negotiations, I am happy to give way.09 Sept 2025HANSARDDiego Garcia Military Base and British Indian Ocean Territory BillIn a moment. I will come to the hon. Gentleman—he should not worry. A judgment from such a tribunal would be legally binding on the UK. It would impact on our ability to protect…09 Sept 2025HANSARDDiego Garcia Military Base and British Indian Ocean Territory BillAs I just mentioned—the hon. Gentleman might have missed it—I will give way in a moment, but I will now make some progress. Courts and international bodies were already making…09 Sept 2025HANSARDDiego Garcia Military Base and British Indian Ocean Territory BillI say politely to the hon. Gentleman—for whom I have a lot of time, and I respect his military service—that that comparison we have seen of the British Indian Ocean Territory with…09 Sept 2025HANSARDDiego Garcia Military Base and British Indian Ocean Territory BillI think the Opposition have got their attack line sorted, but not the reasons why they started the negotiations.09 Sept 2025HANSARDDiego Garcia Military Base and British Indian Ocean Territory BillI have a lot of time for the hon. Gentleman, but I am afraid he is incorrect about the notification criteria. There is a lot of fake news out there—which I and the Minister beside…09 Sept 2025