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HANSARDBritish Indian Ocean Territory: NegotiationsThe hon. Gentleman is right to raise these issues. He will be able to scrutinise provisions in that regard in the coming months.07 Oct 2024HANSARDBritish Indian Ocean Territory: NegotiationsI urge the right hon. Gentleman to read the remarks of the Chief Minister of the Falkland Islands, and I urge him to consult more widely the defence establishment in this country,…07 Oct 2024HANSARDBritish Indian Ocean Territory: NegotiationsThe right hon. Gentleman will be able to return to these issues when the treaty is before the House. He must wait, as I do, for the Budget of the Chancellor of the Exchequer.07 Oct 2024HANSARDBritish Indian Ocean Territory: NegotiationsAs I have already said, this is not a Chinese ally; it is one of two countries that have not participated in China’s belt and road in the continent of Africa, for a reason. It is…07 Oct 2024HANSARDBritish Indian Ocean Territory: NegotiationsI will not take lectures from a party that left a £22 billion black hole and our public services in a state. The chutzpah of the Opposition is unbelievable.07 Oct 2024HANSARDBritish Indian Ocean Territory: NegotiationsMy hon. Friend makes an important point. He knows, as the whole House knows, that it does not matter who is in the White House or who is in No. 10: for generations, the US and the…07 Oct 2024HANSARDBritish Indian Ocean Territory: NegotiationsLet me just say to the hon. Gentleman, because there is seriousness behind his question, that all of us believe in the right to self-determination. I am unequivocally, absolutely…07 Oct 2024HANSARDBritish Indian Ocean TerritoryOn 3 October the United Kingdom and the Republic of Mauritius reached an historic agreement on the exercise of sovereignty over the British Indian Ocean Territory/Chagos…07 Oct 2024HANSARDHong Kong: Six-monthly ReportThe latest six-monthly report on the implementation of the Sino-British joint declaration on Hong Kong was published today and is attached. It covers the period from 1 January to…12 Sept 2024HANSARDBritish Indian Ocean Territory/Chagos ArchipelagoFollowing the meeting between the Prime Minister, my right hon. and learned Friend the Member for Holborn and St Pancras, and the Prime Minister of Mauritius on 23 July, the UK…10 Sept 2024HANSARDMiddle East UpdateThe right hon. Gentleman is among the very few in this House who understand the breadth, depth, and importance for our own national security of that relationship. We have a very…02 Sept 2024HANSARDMiddle East UpdateI am grateful to the hon. Lady. I have now personally spoken to or met all the families of British and UK-linked hostages and have heard for myself the suffering that they have…02 Sept 2024HANSARDMiddle East UpdateI was very pleased to meet—alongside the Minister for Development, my right hon. Friend the Member for Oxford East (Anneliese Dodds)—Dr Tedros, who leads the World Health…02 Sept 2024HANSARDMiddle East UpdateWith permission, Mr Speaker, I will make a statement on the middle east. On taking office in July, I told the House that this Government’s priority in the region will be to…02 Sept 2024HANSARDMiddle East UpdateI am grateful to the shadow Foreign Secretary for the tone of his response. He will know as well as anyone that these are complex and sober questions, and it is right that the…02 Sept 2024HANSARDMiddle East UpdateI am grateful for the tone of my hon. Friend’s remarks. He is entirely right to put the spotlight on Iran. That is why I have announced further sanctions today, it is why we keep…02 Sept 2024HANSARDMiddle East UpdateIt is of tremendous concern that over the last few days the World Food Programme has suspended its activities in Gaza because its own workers have come under attack in connection…02 Sept 2024HANSARDMiddle East UpdateI assure my hon. Friend that both the Minister for Development, my right hon. Friend the Member for Oxford East (Anneliese Dodds), and I are working on these issues, and that our…02 Sept 2024HANSARDMiddle East UpdateYes. We need a ceasefire now. It is in the hands of the major actors to bring that about, and to get those hostages out and get that hostage deal. So many families in Israel want…02 Sept 2024HANSARDMiddle East UpdateYes.02 Sept 2024