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Speech in Commons Chamber - Tue 16 Sep 2025
Ambassador to the United States

"There have been some powerful speeches from both sides of the House, and it is apparent that everybody is agreed that Peter Mandelson should never have been appointed as ambassador to Washington. It matters because ambassadors are critically important to our nation. They are the leaders in projecting our soft …..."
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Tue 16 Sep 2025
Ambassador to the United States

"The hon. Gentleman is absolutely right. It was important that we had that opportunity. Had we done so, the questions being asked now could have been asked then, and we could have explored rather more why the decision to appoint Lord Mandelson was taken—it is still causing bewilderment to a …..."
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Tue 16 Sep 2025
Ambassador to the United States

"My right hon. Friend is absolutely right. Actually, the two are related, because we can determine the lessons learned and decide what to do in the future only if we know what went wrong this time. In order to know, we must obtain the answers to our questions.

The Chair …..."

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Speech in Commons Chamber - Tue 16 Sep 2025
Ambassador to the United States

"I give way to another fellow member of the Foreign Affairs Committee...."
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Tue 16 Sep 2025
Ambassador to the United States

"The hon. Gentleman asks valid questions. We need to have the answers to them all. I know that he will join me in urging the Foreign Affairs Committee to continue pressing this case. It may well be that another body—perhaps the Liaison Committee, which has the opportunity to interrogate the …..."
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Mon 15 Sep 2025
Official Secrets Act

"The threat to our national security from China is real, and I share the disappointment and concern expressed. However, the Minister will also be aware that China has used entirely bogus national security charges to imprison a British citizen, Jimmy Lai, who has now been in solitary confinement for five …..."
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Mon 15 Sep 2025
Oral Answers to Questions

"In an earlier answer, the Minister referred to the increasing use by police of live facial recognition. While that may well have some effect on tackling crime, it is being used without any legal framework and no national instructions. Will she say when those will be put in place?..."
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Tue 09 Sep 2025
Diego Garcia Military Base and British Indian Ocean Territory Bill

"My right hon. Friend the Member for Rayleigh and Wickford (Mr Francois) is right, but the existing position goes even further. Is my right hon. and learned Friend aware of the written answer from the Government on 7 February this year:

“Individual countries, not the ITU, make their own sovereign …..."

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Speech in Commons Chamber - Tue 09 Sep 2025
Diego Garcia Military Base and British Indian Ocean Territory Bill

"It had already been rolled back. The hon. Gentleman is right that the last Government began discussions because Mauritius expressed a view. However, that was on the basis that a mutually beneficial arrangement could be reached. It was concluded that such an agreement could not be reached, and on that …..."
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Tue 09 Sep 2025
Diego Garcia Military Base and British Indian Ocean Territory Bill

"He is nodding. He gave me a very firm assurance that that was not the case. That is of some reassurance, but it does not go far enough. The fact that we are no longer able to carry out actions from our own base without then having to notify Mauritius, …..."
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