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HANSARDTopical QuestionsThe right hon. Member has been a long-standing champion of these issues. We reaffirmed our commitment to addressing malnutrition at the Nutrition for Growth summit in 2025, as he…02 Dec 2025HANSARDTopical QuestionsAs the Foreign Secretary made clear a moment ago, the UK is not involved in these operations. There have been reports overnight, of which we do not know the full details and which…02 Dec 2025HANSARDTopical QuestionsWe are deeply concerned by the democratic backsliding in Georgia and have issued a number of sanctions, as my hon. Friend will be aware. I have raised concerns directly with…02 Dec 2025HANSARDUK-EU RelationsMy hon. Friend has always been a very strong advocate for the steel industry. I can confirm that we are absolutely committed to defending our steel industry. We are seeking an…02 Dec 2025HANSARDTopical QuestionsThe hon. Member can find the communiqué online. The Economic Secretary to the Treasury and I met the leaders from the overseas territories last week at a successful Joint…02 Dec 2025HANSARDUK-EU RelationsOur security and defence partnership is broad. The UK entered discussions with the EU on the SAFE scheme in good faith, recognising mutual strategic interest and continued…02 Dec 2025HANSARDUK-EU RelationsWe are working across Government to build a new strategic partnership with the EU. The Foreign Secretary and I meet regularly with European partners, and I will be doing so later…02 Dec 2025HANSARDCyber-attacks: Global ResponseWe collaborate closely with our international partners to deter and disrupt the perpetrators of malicious cyber-activity and to hold them to account. Just last month, the United…02 Dec 2025HANSARDAntarctic StrategyThe Government are today publishing a UK Antarctic strategy. This sets out the UK’s aims and ambitions for the Antarctic for the next decade. The strategy brings together the UK’s…01 Dec 2025HANSARDParliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe: UK DelegationThe right hon. Lord Jones of Pennybont has been appointed as the Leader of the UK delegation to the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe in place of the right hon. Lord…11 Nov 2025HANSARDParliamentary Assembly of the Organization for Security and Co-operation in EuropeThe right hon. Member for Sheffield Heeley (Louise Haigh) has been appointed as a full representative of the United Kingdom delegation to the Parliamentary Assembly of the…11 Nov 2025HANSARDNATO Parliamentary Assembly: UK DelegationThe hon. Member for Enfield North (Feryal Clark) has replaced the hon. Member for Barking (Nesil Caliskan) as a member of the United Kingdom delegation to the NATO Parliamentary…11 Nov 2025HANSARD Council of Europe and the European Convention on Human RightsThank you, Mr Mundell. It is a genuine pleasure to see you in the Chair today. I thank all hon. Members who have taken part in this lively and passionate debate. I particularly…05 Nov 2025HANSARDFinancial Transparency: Overseas TerritoriesI absolutely agree. The hon. Member spoke powerfully for his constituency of Strangford, as he always does. The fact that this issue impacts every part of the United Kingdom has…05 Nov 2025HANSARDFinancial Transparency: Overseas TerritoriesI am conscious that I need to leave time for my hon. Friend the Member for Bolton West to wind up the debate, so I will not. I want to reassure Members that this issue remains a…05 Nov 2025HANSARDFinancial Transparency: Overseas TerritoriesI thank all right hon. and hon. Members, and particularly my hon. Friend the Member for Bolton West (Phil Brickell), for this well-informed and genuinely passionate debate. I have…05 Nov 2025HANSARDFinancial Transparency: Overseas TerritoriesThe right hon. Gentleman is right about the legal and constitutional position. My position is that I want to work very closely and co-operatively, and that approach has succeeded…05 Nov 2025HANSARD Council of Europe and the European Convention on Human RightsMy hon. Friend makes some incredibly powerful and strong points, with which I concur. She highlights the very serious consequences that could come were we to leave the ECHR.…05 Nov 2025HANSARD Council of Europe and the European Convention on Human RightsI will not, because I want to give time for my hon. Friend the Member for Stourbridge to wind up. We need to ensure that we retain public confidence in our policies related to the…05 Nov 2025HANSARD Sudan: Protection of CiviliansI have always been clear that aid workers must never be targets. The shocking deaths of aid volunteers and others in recent days have horrified the whole world. My hon. Friend can…30 Oct 2025