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HANSARDDiego Garcia Military Base and British Indian Ocean Territory BillMy hon. Friend is absolutely right; it is absolutely shameful. I come back to the fundamental principle that this House will have to consider: at a time when hard-pressed British…09 Sept 2025HANSARDDiego Garcia Military Base and British Indian Ocean Territory BillI thank my hon. Friend for that intervention. I say gently to some Labour Members, who are laughing and sneering at a fellow Member of this House when she is making a very valid…09 Sept 2025HANSARDDiego Garcia Military Base and British Indian Ocean Territory BillMy right hon. Friend is absolutely correct.09 Sept 2025HANSARDDiego Garcia Military Base and British Indian Ocean Territory BillMy hon. Friend is absolutely right; at the heart of this is transparency about negotiations, including fiscal negotiations.09 Sept 2025HANSARDDiego Garcia Military Base and British Indian Ocean Territory BillThe hon. Member, who was laughing and sneering at fellow colleagues earlier—that is simply not acceptable—should have listened to what I said. I will restate it for the House:…09 Sept 2025HANSARDDiego Garcia Military Base and British Indian Ocean Territory BillI will not. As we have already heard from Conservative Members, we have rarely seen the methodology that the Government are now hiding behind used for any spending announcements.…09 Sept 2025HANSARDDiego Garcia Military Base and British Indian Ocean Territory BillI thank my right hon. Friend for his contribution, and for pursuing this line of question in the Chamber with other Ministers. He is absolutely correct. We know that the United…09 Sept 2025HANSARDDiego Garcia Military Base and British Indian Ocean Territory BillMy hon. Friend is right. At the end of the day, the real judge of this will be the British people.09 Sept 2025HANSARDDiego Garcia Military Base and British Indian Ocean Territory BillNo, I am answering my hon. Friend. The real judge will be the British people. How will they view a Labour Government giving away £35 billion to a foreign Government? That money…09 Sept 2025HANSARDDiego Garcia Military Base and British Indian Ocean Territory BillI am going to make progress, and I have taken plenty of interventions. The Minister touched on the base at Diego Garcia, which is one of the most important military assets in the…09 Sept 2025HANSARDDiego Garcia Military Base and British Indian Ocean Territory BillI will not; I have given way plenty of times to the hon. Gentleman. The surrender of sovereignty means that Britian will be a rule taker, taking the laws, rules and commands of…09 Sept 2025HANSARDDiego Garcia Military Base and British Indian Ocean Territory BillThe hon. and learned Member is absolutely right. That is why it was important to have a debate on the Floor of the House when the treaty came together, but we did not have one.…09 Sept 2025HANSARDDiego Garcia Military Base and British Indian Ocean Territory BillNo, I have given way to the hon. Gentleman many times.09 Sept 2025HANSARDDiego Garcia Military Base and British Indian Ocean Territory BillI will give way one more time to my hon. Friend.09 Sept 2025HANSARDDiego Garcia Military Base and British Indian Ocean Territory BillMy hon. Friend has summed it up: the whole process is completely inadequate, with no transparency and no dispute resolution mechanisms. This is just too messy, given that we are…09 Sept 2025HANSARDDiego Garcia Military Base and British Indian Ocean Territory BillMy hon. Friend is absolutely correct about UNCLOS and in highlighting the insecurities and serious challenges. It may be forthcoming, but at this stage we do not know what levels…09 Sept 2025HANSARDDiego Garcia Military Base and British Indian Ocean Territory BillMy right hon. Friend has summed it up, and it is not just that Mauritius is unable to do so; it clearly will not be interested in this whole area. It is important for the House to…09 Sept 2025HANSARDRussia: Economic SanctionsAs Ukraine passes the grim milestone of its fourth independence day since Putin began his barbaric invasion, we have seen nothing but sustained aerial assaults and brutality from…02 Sept 2025HANSARDTopical QuestionsThe Joint Committee on Human Rights’ recent report into transnational repression recommended that China be placed on the enhanced tier of the foreign influence registration…02 Sept 2025HANSARDTopical QuestionsOn 7 August, I wrote to the Foreign Secretary about the deadly sectarian violence that we have witnessed in Syria, which threatens further destabilisation and fallout that we all…02 Sept 2025