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HANSARDDiego Garcia Military Base and British Indian Ocean Territory BillI will give way to the right hon. Gentleman first and then come to the hon. Gentleman.09 Sept 2025HANSARDDiego Garcia Military Base and British Indian Ocean Territory BillThat is precisely why my FCDO colleagues are working very closely with Mauritius to ensure that the money that is included in the treaty, and the obligations that both the UK and…09 Sept 2025HANSARDDiego Garcia Military Base and British Indian Ocean Territory BillThe Minister of State has met a full range of groups, including the group mentioned by the right hon. Gentleman.09 Sept 2025HANSARDDiego Garcia Military Base and British Indian Ocean Territory BillThis deal secures the base. The calculated value of the deal uses the Green Book. Other countries look at overseas bases that they rent and make the calculation based on their…09 Sept 2025HANSARDDiego Garcia Military Base and British Indian Ocean Territory BillTo reassure my hon. Friend, as I did the hon. Member for North Dorset (Simon Hoare) earlier, we are not required to give pre-notification of any military activities to Mauritius.…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 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 2025HANSARDDefence Industrial StrategyI thank my hon. Friend for his advocacy for his community. There are certainly opportunities in every part of the country, including on Teesside, for defence companies and for…08 Sept 2025HANSARDDefence Industrial BaseI thank my hon. Friend for his question and for championing the BAE site in Rochester. We want more defence companies to invest more in skills. In the defence industrial strategy…08 Sept 2025HANSARDDefence Industrial StrategyThe hon. Gentleman is exactly right. For instance, the work that ADS is doing on its new curriculum is really interesting and exciting. There is a real opportunity to go after the…08 Sept 2025HANSARDDefence Industrial StrategyWe hear such negativity from the Scottish National party. On a day when we have announced a growth deal for Scotland, creating skills and infrastructure, rather than welcome for…08 Sept 2025HANSARDDefence Industrial StrategyI would be very happy to meet my hon. Friend and Councillor Rooney, his local authority leader. There are real opportunities to look at some of the sites, especially given the…08 Sept 2025HANSARDDefence Industrial StrategyI have seen some incredible innovation in our defence SMEs. Such companies have the opportunity to transform the warfighting capabilities of our forces and to support our allies,…08 Sept 2025HANSARDDefence Industrial StrategyFirst, I thank my hon. Friend for the work he has been doing on how we open up finance to small businesses in particular and how we deal with some of the policies that restrict…08 Sept 2025HANSARDDefence Investment PlanI thank the hon. Gentleman for his continuing championing of not just defence businesses in his constituency, but defence in total. The amount of parliamentary questions I have…08 Sept 2025HANSARDDefence Industrial StrategyI thank the hon. Member for championing his constituency. There is a real opportunity at RAF Wyton, not just in terms of the military purpose that defence intelligence provides…08 Sept 2025HANSARDChannel Crossings: Military AssetsI am grateful to the hon. Gentleman for his question, and I share his passion for keeping our country safe. I refer him to the work of Operation Isotrope, a military operation…08 Sept 2025HANSARDChannel Crossings: Military AssetsThe Prime Minister has made tackling small boats and closing every asylum hotel a priority. Last week, I met ministerial colleagues from across Government to discuss how Defence…08 Sept 2025HANSARDDefence Industrial StrategyI thank the hon. Gentleman for his question and for championing novel technologies. The £400 million that we have allocated to UK Defence Innovation is intended to champion those…08 Sept 2025HANSARDDefence Industrial StrategyI thank my hon. Friend for championing her local businesses. Her constituency is not only the home of the British Army, but an incredible base for innovation and advanced…08 Sept 2025