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HANSARDDiego Garcia Military Base and British Indian Ocean Territory BillThe hon. Gentleman, for whom I have affection, understands the procedures of this place. He understands that the Bill is going to time out because of the upcoming Prorogation and…13 Apr 2026HANSARDDiego Garcia Military Base and British Indian Ocean Territory BillAgain, I am genuinely shocked that the hon. Gentleman, and indeed his party as a whole, would support a reckless political stunt of this nature and promote arrival on an island…13 Apr 2026HANSARDDiego Garcia Military Base and British Indian Ocean Territory BillThe hon. Gentleman well knows that I am not part of the Treasury team, and it is not for me to respond to those points. In the interim, we remain responsible for the BIOT…13 Apr 2026HANSARDDiego Garcia Military Base and British Indian Ocean Territory BillWe have relationships with many different countries around the world, including through our ODA programmes, through different multilateral programmes, and through our investments…13 Apr 2026HANSARDDiego Garcia Military Base and British Indian Ocean Territory BillI thank the hon. Gentleman for his question. We will of course continue to engage with the Chagossian communities, including with those who disagree; I am absolutely committed to…13 Apr 2026HANSARD Strait of HormuzI thank the shadow Foreign Secretary for her question. I should say that the Foreign Secretary will provide a wider update to the House tomorrow morning on the UK’s approach to…16 Mar 2026HANSARD Strait of HormuzThe right hon. Lady asks very important questions about the safety of British nationals, our allies and others, and about the economic impact. She has also rightly raised the…16 Mar 2026HANSARD Strait of HormuzMy hon. Friend is absolutely right to raise these issues. The extraordinary, reckless actions that Iran has been taking threaten not only those international shipping routes but…16 Mar 2026HANSARD Strait of HormuzThe hon. Gentleman has clearly set out his concerns. The Prime Minister has taken a clear and level-headed approach, in Britain’s national interest, to this crisis, taking each…16 Mar 2026HANSARD Strait of HormuzI simply refer my hon. Friend to the comments that the Prime Minister made on this very issue this morning. He said that we will not get drawn into a wider war, but we want to see…16 Mar 2026HANSARD Strait of HormuzThe Prime Minister set out clearly this morning the approach that he will take to this issue, and the Defence Secretary has just been answering questions on these matters. The…16 Mar 2026HANSARD Strait of HormuzThe Prime Minister has set out very clearly the decision-making process that he and the Cabinet have been through. He has been very clear about the need for us to defend our…16 Mar 2026HANSARD Strait of HormuzI entirely understand the concern that is felt by my hon. Friend’s constituents, and indeed many other constituents up and down the country, including my own. That is exactly why…16 Mar 2026HANSARD Strait of HormuzI simply do not accept the hon. Gentleman’s assertion that we have been running behind the curve. We have set out in the House on a number of occasions the measures that we took…16 Mar 2026HANSARD Strait of HormuzI completely agree that we need further diplomatic action, and that is exactly what the Foreign Secretary and others, including the Minister for the middle east—my hon. Friend the…16 Mar 2026HANSARD Strait of HormuzLet me first make it absolutely clear that Iran’s regime has been appalling, and that what it has done to its own citizens has been reckless. It cannot be allowed to develop a…16 Mar 2026HANSARD Strait of HormuzI am obviously not going to get into a detailed assessment on the Floor of the House, but the right hon. Gentleman will know that we have faced transnational repression threats,…16 Mar 2026HANSARD Strait of HormuzI can absolutely assure my hon. Friend on that. That is exactly what the Prime Minister has set out today: not only how we will take these decisions in the British interest, but…16 Mar 2026HANSARD Strait of HormuzI am simply not going to get into hypotheticals on the Floor of the House. What I can say is that, as the hon. Gentleman well knows, the Prime Minister has been very clear about…16 Mar 2026HANSARD Strait of HormuzWe continue to engage closely with the Palestinian authorities and, of course, with the Palestinian ambassador here in the UK. As I said, the Foreign Secretary was in the region…16 Mar 2026