Western Sahara Conflict

Lord Howell of Guildford Excerpts

Monday 27th October 2025 Lords Chamber

[Baroness Chapman of Darlington (Lab)]

That is exactly what we do. My response to the noble Lord was about his specific Question around evidence. We do not have that. What we understand, though, is the way that Iran seeks to operate in very many contexts around the world. We abhor what it does, and the way that it seeks to use its influence to destabilise and upend such processes is something that we are very well aware of.

[Lord Howell of Guildford (Con)]

Does the Minister know why we turned down the Moroccan offer of about 3.2 gigawatts of green electricity from a colossal solar development in Morocco, for which they were prepared to offer very attractive prices, since we are certainly going to need it in due course?

[Baroness Chapman of Darlington (Lab)]

I absolutely do not. I will resist the temptation to speculate from the Dispatch Box, but I am sure that I can get the noble Lord the information that he needs.