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Commons Chamber
Diego Garcia Military Base and British Indian Ocean Territory Bill
Committee of the whole House - Mon 20 Oct 2025
Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office

Mentions:
1: Nusrat Ghani (Con - Sussex Weald) Indian Ocean Territory from the list of British Overseas Territories recognised under the British Nationality - Speech Link
2: Wendy Morton (Con - Aldridge-Brownhills) They are planning to dissolve a strategically invaluable British overseas territory, and they cannot - Speech Link
3: Wendy Morton (Con - Aldridge-Brownhills) overseas territories citizenship being awarded on the basis of descent from a person born on the Chagos - Speech Link
4: Ben Obese-Jecty (Con - Huntingdon) —[Official Report, 2 December 2024; Vol. 758, c. 28.]Indeed, the Minister for the Overseas Territories - Speech Link


Westminster Hall
Asylum Seekers: Support and Accommodation - Mon 20 Oct 2025
Home Office

Mentions:
1: Luke Charters (Lab - York Outer) When we interrogate Reform UK’s plans, we find that they talk about using the British overseas territories - Speech Link
2: Luke Charters (Lab - York Outer) Reform UK has mooted the idea of using British overseas territories as part of its asylum processing - Speech Link
3: Kevin Bonavia (Lab - Stevenage) territories to host people. - Speech Link
4: Alex Norris (LAB - Nottingham North and Kimberley) national overseas visa. - Speech Link


Commons Chamber
Biodiversity Beyond National Jurisdiction Bill
2nd reading - Thu 16 Oct 2025
Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Mentions:
1: Andrew Rosindell (Con - Romford) leadership alongside the Governments of the British overseas territories. - Speech Link
2: Andrew Rosindell (Con - Romford) Some of us do care about our British overseas territories and the marine environment. - Speech Link
3: Andrew Rosindell (Con - Romford) overseas territories, which are central to our environmental success story. - Speech Link
4: Seema Malhotra (LAB - Feltham and Heston) The Minister for Europe, North America and the overseas territories, my hon. - Speech Link


Westminster Hall
COP30: Food System Transformation - Tue 14 Oct 2025
Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office

Mentions:
1: Stephen Doughty (LAB - Cardiff South and Penarth) I have met young people in our overseas territories—part of our British family—who talked about the bleaching - Speech Link
2: Stephen Doughty (LAB - Cardiff South and Penarth) For example, I point to British International Investment, which had a $652 million food and agriculture - Speech Link


Commons Chamber
Ambassador to the United States - Tue 16 Sep 2025
Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office

Mentions:
1: David Davis (Con - Goole and Pocklington) Indeed, in British embassies, the agencies report to the ambassador. - Speech Link
2: Julian Lewis (Con - New Forest East) One has to ask, why was the British Prime Minister surprised? - Speech Link
3: Florence Eshalomi (LAB - Vauxhall and Camberwell Green) I met the British deputy high commissioner. - Speech Link
4: Lincoln Jopp (Con - Spelthorne) interests overseas was instead promoting US defence capability to No. 10. - Speech Link
5: Ben Obese-Jecty (Con - Huntingdon) Territories, who is looking sheepish in his place on the Front Bench, was emphatic. - Speech Link


Westminster Hall
International Day of Democracy - Tue 16 Sep 2025
Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office

Mentions:
1: Rachel Blake (LAB - Cities of London and Westminster) This movement cannot be supported in espousing anti-British values.My constituency is home to Soho, built - Speech Link
2: Jeevun Sandher (Lab - Loughborough) That is what it means to be British, cohering as one nation, together.The radical right will say, “No - Speech Link
3: James MacCleary (LD - Lewes) It has never been more important for us as British parliamentarians to stand against those who would - Speech Link
4: Andrew Rosindell (Con - Romford) Why should our loyal and God-fearing British Chagossian friends be denied that right? - Speech Link


Commons Chamber
Diego Garcia Military Base and British Indian Ocean Territory Bill
2nd reading - Tue 09 Sep 2025
Ministry of Defence

Mentions:
1: Luke Pollard (LAB - Plymouth Sutton and Devonport) overseas territories. - Speech Link
2: None overseas territories. - Speech Link
3: Al Pinkerton (LD - Surrey Heath) overseas territories. - Speech Link
4: Graeme Downie (Lab - Dunfermline and Dollar) overseas territories. - Speech Link
5: Al Pinkerton (LD - Surrey Heath) overseas territories. - Speech Link
6: Luke Evans (Con - Hinckley and Bosworth) overseas territories. - Speech Link
7: Graeme Downie (Lab - Dunfermline and Dollar) overseas territories. - Speech Link
8: Graeme Downie (Lab - Dunfermline and Dollar) overseas territories. - Speech Link
9: Luke Pollard (LAB - Plymouth Sutton and Devonport) overseas territories. - Speech Link
10: Tim Roca (Lab - Macclesfield) overseas territories. - Speech Link
11: Luke Evans (Con - Hinckley and Bosworth) It all boils down to where one believes British overseas territories stand.Now we must talk about the - Speech Link


Lords Chamber
Border Security, Asylum and Immigration Bill
Committee stage - Mon 08 Sep 2025
Home Office

Mentions:
1: Lord Deben (Con - Life peer) I do not think this is a suitable clause for a British Parliament to pass. - Speech Link
2: None The changes to the overseas domestic worker visa were made in 2012. - Speech Link
3: Baroness Lawlor (Con - Life peer) Many, but not all, delivery riders are from overseas. - Speech Link
4: Baroness Hamwee (LD - Life peer) On his test of support by the British public, there can be no doubt that the British public support Ukrainians - Speech Link
5: Lord Lemos (Lab - Life peer) nationals overseas can share their views during the upcoming consultation. - Speech Link


Commons Chamber
Oral Answers to Questions - Tue 02 Sep 2025
Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office

Mentions:
1: Edward Morello (LD - West Dorset) the official development assistance budget on UK-supported humanitarian and development programmes overseas - Speech Link
2: Stephen Doughty (LAB - Cardiff South and Penarth) action, and we see our work on women and girls as essential for development and our UK missions overseas - Speech Link
3: Andrew Rosindell (Con - Romford) Will the Minister now apologise to the British people for this epic failure in diplomacy, withdraw his - Speech Link


Written Statements
Overseas Territories: Illicit Finance Dialogue and Beneficial Ownership Registers - Tue 22 Jul 2025
Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office

Mentions:
1: Stephen Doughty (LAB - Cardiff South and Penarth) In my statement of 3 July, I provided an update on progress made by our overseas territories on delivering - Speech Link