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HANSARDAmbassador to the United StatesMy right hon. Friend is absolutely right. Actually, the two are related, because we can determine the lessons learned and decide what to do in the future only if we know what went…16 Sept 2025HANSARDAmbassador to the United StatesThe hon. Gentleman is absolutely right. It was important that we had that opportunity. Had we done so, the questions being asked now could have been asked then, and we could have…16 Sept 2025HANSARDAmbassador to the United StatesThe hon. Gentleman asks valid questions. We need to have the answers to them all. I know that he will join me in urging the Foreign Affairs Committee to continue pressing this…16 Sept 2025HANSARDAmbassador to the United StatesThere have been some powerful speeches from both sides of the House, and it is apparent that everybody is agreed that Peter Mandelson should never have been appointed as…16 Sept 2025HANSARD Official Secrets ActThe threat to our national security from China is real, and I share the disappointment and concern expressed. However, the Minister will also be aware that China has used entirely…15 Sept 2025HANSARDTopical QuestionsIn an earlier answer, the Minister referred to the increasing use by police of live facial recognition. While that may well have some effect on tackling crime, it is being used…15 Sept 2025HANSARDDiego Garcia Military Base and British Indian Ocean Territory BillI understand that that is part of the treaty, but I hope that when the Minister winds up, he will address the point made by my right hon. Friend the Member for New Forest East…09 Sept 2025HANSARDDiego Garcia Military Base and British Indian Ocean Territory BillMy right hon. Friend the Member for Rayleigh and Wickford (Mr Francois) is right, but the existing position goes even further. Is my right hon. and learned Friend aware of the…09 Sept 2025HANSARDDiego Garcia Military Base and British Indian Ocean Territory BillI shall give way to my right hon. Friend, who is an expert on these matters.09 Sept 2025HANSARDDiego Garcia Military Base and British Indian Ocean Territory BillIt had already been rolled back. The hon. Gentleman is right that the last Government began discussions because Mauritius expressed a view. However, that was on the basis that a…09 Sept 2025HANSARDDiego Garcia Military Base and British Indian Ocean Territory BillHe is nodding. He gave me a very firm assurance that that was not the case. That is of some reassurance, but it does not go far enough. The fact that we are no longer able to…09 Sept 2025HANSARDDiego Garcia Military Base and British Indian Ocean Territory BillIf I might just answer my hon. Friend before doing so. Admiral Lord West has immense experience and knowledge. If the Defence Committee should decide to look at this, it might…09 Sept 2025HANSARDDiego Garcia Military Base and British Indian Ocean Territory BillMy right hon. Friend makes a fair point. A requirement for us to tell the Mauritians what has been happening from the base is exactly what might influence decisions as to its use…09 Sept 2025HANSARDDiego Garcia Military Base and British Indian Ocean Territory BillMy hon. Friend is absolutely right—09 Sept 2025HANSARDDiego Garcia Military Base and British Indian Ocean Territory BillIt is a pleasure to take part in the debate. The Foreign Affairs Committee, on which I sit—I welcome two of my Labour colleagues from the Committee and my hon. Friend the Member…09 Sept 2025HANSARDDiego Garcia Military Base and British Indian Ocean Territory BillI will come on to UNCLOS. As the hon. Member knows, it is an organisation that has expressed a view, but not one that is binding on the United Kingdom. My right hon. and learned…09 Sept 2025HANSARDDiego Garcia Military Base and British Indian Ocean Territory BillI cannot answer the hon. Gentleman specifically on that issue, but I can tell him that it has been absolutely clear that whatever the UNCLOS opinion is, it is not binding on this…09 Sept 2025HANSARDFuture of Terrestrial TelevisionI hesitate to disagree with my right hon. Friend, but it was actually the case that they were required to pay something. They had to purchase a set-top box, but the Government…04 Sept 2025HANSARDFuture of Terrestrial TelevisionThank you, Mr Twigg; I will do my best to keep to your limit. I congratulate my right hon. Friend the Member for Dumfriesshire, Clydesdale and Tweeddale (David Mundell) on…04 Sept 2025HANSARD Middle EastFurther to the answer the Foreign Secretary has just given, does he share my horror that, among the thousands of civilian deaths that have occurred in Gaza, it is estimated that…01 Sept 2025