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HANSARDMaccabi Tel Aviv FC: Away Fans BanAs things stand, the decision to ban Maccabi Tel Aviv fans reflects so badly on Birmingham, the west midlands and our country, and at a time when football can often bring people…20 Oct 2025HANSARD Diego Garcia Military Base and British Indian Ocean Territory BillIt can be very easy to back something when you do not have to pay for it, but let us move on. Now, the Government are failing to take seriously the warnings about China, and the…20 Oct 2025HANSARD Diego Garcia Military Base and British Indian Ocean Territory BillMy hon. Friend makes a really valid point by putting that into context. There is only one thing that will result from the Government insisting on pushing this through: tax rises.…20 Oct 2025HANSARD Diego Garcia Military Base and British Indian Ocean Territory BillWe have made it very clear, repeatedly, at the Dispatch Box. Lord Cameron, the then Foreign Secretary, stopped the negotiations.20 Oct 2025HANSARD Diego Garcia Military Base and British Indian Ocean Territory BillI am not sure where the hon. Gentleman has been for the past year and several months, but we have gone over this time and again in this Chamber. There was no legal basis. We…20 Oct 2025HANSARD Diego Garcia Military Base and British Indian Ocean Territory BillI am going to make some more progress.20 Oct 2025HANSARD Diego Garcia Military Base and British Indian Ocean Territory BillMy hon. Friend is 100% right. This goes to the heart of the Bill. There are so many unanswered questions, which Conservative Members have been raising time and again. For example,…20 Oct 2025HANSARD Diego Garcia Military Base and British Indian Ocean Territory BillI am grateful to the Minister, but can he actually give me the reassurance that no discussions are taking place? Perhaps he can answer that question when he responds to the debate…20 Oct 2025HANSARD Diego Garcia Military Base and British Indian Ocean Territory BillMy hon. Friend is 100% right, and that is one of the reasons why we oppose this Bill and have done so from the very start. The promises given by Ministers that nothing can happen…20 Oct 2025HANSARD Diego Garcia Military Base and British Indian Ocean Territory BillThe point, though, is where is this money coming from? This House has not had a vote. Where is the transparency? Where is the democracy ? Turning to new clause 2 and amendment 2,…20 Oct 2025HANSARD Diego Garcia Military Base and British Indian Ocean Territory BillIf the Minister will allow me, I will just finish this point. The key thing we are asking for is a reassurance from the Minister, and he will have more than ample opportunity…20 Oct 2025HANSARD Diego Garcia Military Base and British Indian Ocean Territory BillThere will be one flag that is flying, and that is the white flag of surrender. Thousands of Mauritian public officials are being trained—or should that be “indoctrinated”?—by…20 Oct 2025HANSARD Diego Garcia Military Base and British Indian Ocean Territory BillI will make a little more progress. What happens if the base is not secured? Will it need to be decommissioned? How could we prevent an adversary inheriting our fixed assets? What…20 Oct 2025HANSARD Diego Garcia Military Base and British Indian Ocean Territory BillI think my right hon. Friend makes some very interesting points, and perhaps not surprisingly, one might ask the question: are the Government sleeping with the enemy here?20 Oct 2025HANSARD Diego Garcia Military Base and British Indian Ocean Territory BillMy right hon. and gallant Friend and constituency neighbour makes some very, very important points. He adds a certain weight and clarity to these discussions, and I urge Labour…20 Oct 2025HANSARD Business of the HouseNineteen thousand: that is the number of homes that this Labour Government want to impose on the Walsall borough. In Aldridge-Brownhills, not only are we fighting to protect our…16 Oct 2025HANSARD Ada Lovelace DayThe Ada Lovelace event held earlier this week in Parliament was an excellent way of highlighting for many of us the importance of women in manufacturing and STEM, but Ada Lovelace…16 Oct 2025HANSARDThe Global Irregular Migration and Trafficking in Persons Sanctions Regulations 2025It is a pleasure to serve under your chairmanship, Sir Desmond, and to speak about the regulations on behalf of His Majesty’s official Opposition. I thank the Minister for setting…13 Oct 2025HANSARDAmbassador to the United StatesLet us be crystal clear: this emergency debate is about honesty, integrity and the credibility of this Labour Government. It is about what the Prime Minister knew about Lord…16 Sept 2025HANSARDDiego Garcia Military Base and British Indian Ocean Territory BillMy hon. Friend makes a very valid point. If Labour Members had spent a little more time actually listening to some of the contributions from Conservative Members, they would…09 Sept 2025