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HANSARD Alleged Spying Case: Role of Attorney General’s OfficeMay I just start by saying that nobody in this House is disputing the independence of the prosecution or indeed the judicial officers? Nobody has had any dispute on that point at…23 Oct 2025HANSARD Official Secrets Act Case: Witness StatementsStop playing politics! This is about national security, you petty little man!16 Oct 2025HANSARD Official Secrets Act Case: Witness StatementsMay I apologise for earlier outbursts, Mr Speaker? [ Interruption. ]16 Oct 2025HANSARD Official Secrets Act Case: Witness StatementsMay I start by saying briefly quite how this feels, Mr Speaker? My home has been broken into, my files have been ransacked, somebody was put into my office by a hostile state, and…16 Oct 2025HANSARD Official Secrets Act Case: Witness Statementsrose—16 Oct 2025HANSARD Official Secrets Act Case: Witness StatementsOn a point of order, Mr Speaker. I will not; I am going to raise a different argument, if I may. Given that the Government’s position is that the bureaucrats run the Government…16 Oct 2025HANSARDEngagementsrose —15 Oct 2025HANSARDEngagementsThe lines that we have heard from the Government in recent days have been a conflation of fabricated stories trying to set up straw men and knock down things that have not been…15 Oct 2025HANSARD Security Update: Official Secrets Act CaseThe Minister and I have been friends for many years, so it gives me no pleasure to say this. The statement that he read out today, no doubt under instruction, has thrown out more…13 Oct 2025HANSARDDiego Garcia Military Base and British Indian Ocean Territory BillHad the hon. Gentleman been in the Chamber at the beginning of the debate, he would have been welcome to contribute, but given that he has such a passing interest, I am sure he…09 Sept 2025HANSARDDiego Garcia Military Base and British Indian Ocean Territory BillI wonder whether my right hon. Friend can help me in giving a prediction. Two families have swapped leadership of Mauritius over the last 60 years. Does he see any reason to doubt…09 Sept 2025HANSARDDiego Garcia Military Base and British Indian Ocean Territory BillThe Minister will be aware that the payment from the 1960s, referred to by the hon. Member for Boston and Skegness (Richard Tice), was also supposed to be spent on Chagossian…09 Sept 2025HANSARDDiego Garcia Military Base and British Indian Ocean Territory BillIt could have been any Sir Keir —there are so many of them. I apologise, Madam Deputy Speaker. This Government have decided that instead of fighting for Britain’s interests, all…09 Sept 2025HANSARDDiego Garcia Military Base and British Indian Ocean Territory BillI will not. The problem is that this case is not just about these islands, or the issues we are debating today; it is about the way in which Governments approach these debates.…09 Sept 2025HANSARDDiego Garcia Military Base and British Indian Ocean Territory BillSo many Labour Members seem to have forgotten that the reshuffle was a couple of days ago. They will have to wait another few months, possibly years, for their obsequiousness to…09 Sept 2025HANSARD National Security StrategyI welcome today’s national security strategy, which bears a remarkable resemblance to every single one I have seen over the past 15 years. There have been only very slight…24 Jun 2025HANSARDChina AuditI enjoyed playing buzzword bingo when the right hon. Member presented his statement. I remind him that the rebellion on Huawei was actually led by Conservative Members, not…24 Jun 2025HANSARDTerminally Ill Adults (End of Life) BillI will not. Those are the words that will give powers to Ministers and to the Secretary of State to exercise his or her discretion with the most cursory of oversight from this…20 Jun 2025HANSARDTerminally Ill Adults (End of Life) BillI am not giving way. [ Interruption. ] The hon. Lady has spoken for many hours; I am speaking for five minutes. The experience of Roger Foley, a Canadian living with a…20 Jun 2025HANSARDTerminally Ill Adults (End of Life) BillMany points have been made already today, so I will not cover them all. Briefly, I associate myself with the words of the right hon. Member for Belfast East (Gavin Robinson),…20 Jun 2025