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HANSARDUK Ambassador to USA: Leaked EmailsRather, I would say that everything we are witnessing is a sign of a very deep and serious relationship between our two countries, in which so much between us is assumed, on so…08 Jul 2019HANSARDUK Ambassador to USA: Leaked EmailsI thank the hon. Gentleman for his extremely unhelpful ingenuity. Any decision about when Sir Kim finishes in Washington will not, I hope, in any way be influenced by the events…08 Jul 2019HANSARDUK Ambassador to USA: Leaked EmailsI have to say to the right hon. Gentleman that I have been rather puzzled over the weekend about what the motivation could be, because any kind of scenario I put into my head does…08 Jul 2019HANSARDUK Ambassador to USA: Leaked EmailsI certainly condemn the leaker, and I certainly back our ambassador and his entire team in what is an excellent embassy. I very much hope that this causes no upset. I imagine that…08 Jul 2019HANSARDUK Ambassador to USA: Leaked EmailsI thank my hon. Friend for his comments and supportive statements over the weekend. I share his deep concerns about this unacceptable leak for exactly the reasons that he has…08 Jul 2019HANSARDUK Ambassador to USA: Leaked EmailsThe Cabinet Office inquiry will be cross-Whitehall, and will report in the normal way up the line of seniority.08 Jul 2019HANSARDUK Ambassador to USA: Leaked EmailsI am very grateful to the hon. Gentleman, who, of course, has experience as a Foreign Minister, so he knows this process very well. It is not the purpose of an ambassador to…08 Jul 2019HANSARDUK Ambassador to USA: Leaked EmailsNo, because obviously I had seen them before. I have had the benefit over two and a half years of seeing all reporting of this nature from Washington. I say again to the House…08 Jul 2019HANSARDUK Ambassador to USA: Leaked EmailsThe new regime, as the right hon. Gentleman calls it, will have to speak for itself when it has taken its place. There is something else that this House should condemn very…08 Jul 2019HANSARDUK Ambassador to USA: Leaked EmailsMy right hon. Friend serves on the Intelligence and Security Committee, and so is familiar with the organisations that I think he is suggesting should be deployed. The Cabinet…08 Jul 2019HANSARDUK Ambassador to USA: Leaked EmailsI would rather like to echo everything the hon. Lady has said. I also heard him on the radio, and after throwing something at it, I switched it off. The Washington embassy is a…08 Jul 2019HANSARDUK Ambassador to USA: Leaked EmailsThe inquiry will be thorough, and whatever the law says, it will be followed appropriately.08 Jul 2019HANSARDUK Ambassador to USA: Leaked EmailsWe have the Official Secrets Act so that people can answer in law. Ministers are bound by the ministerial code. Whether there should be any increase in the severity of punishments…08 Jul 2019HANSARDUK Ambassador to USA: Leaked EmailsForgive me, but I find these conspiracy theories rather tiresome. They are a diversion from the focus we should have, which is to appreciate the severity of what has happened;…08 Jul 2019HANSARDUK Ambassador to USA: Leaked EmailsBut as with so many diplomats, Sir Kim Darroch has the style and confidence that will make sure that he can.08 Jul 2019HANSARDUK Ambassador to USA: Leaked EmailsMy right hon. Friend the Foreign Secretary was making a distinction between what is analytical reporting and what is said to be the view of the Government. In that sense, he was…08 Jul 2019HANSARD Chagos Islands: UN General Assembly ResolutionWell, just this once.03 Jul 2019HANSARD Chagos Islands: UN General Assembly ResolutionMy hon. Friend is absolutely right, as indeed was my hon. Friend the Member for Rochford and Southend East (James Duddridge); and, in acknowledging what my hon. Friend the Member…03 Jul 2019HANSARD Chagos Islands: UN General Assembly ResolutionThe party was cancelled because it did not seem appropriate. That was not a petty protest; it just did not seem appropriate to have a celebration of that sort, given the mood.…03 Jul 2019HANSARD Chagos Islands: UN General Assembly ResolutionThank you, Mr Sharma, for chairing our proceedings. I also thank the hon. Member for Glasgow North (Patrick Grady) for securing the debate—at least, that is what I thought 20…03 Jul 2019