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Written Question
British Indian Ocean Territory: Sovereignty
Wednesday 12th February 2025

Asked by: Robert Jenrick (Reform UK - Newark)

Question to the HM Treasury:

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether her Department has conducted a value for money assessment of the proposed agreement with Mauritius on the Chagos Islands.

Answered by Darren Jones - Minister for Intergovernmental Relations

HMT has been working with the FCDO and the MOD on the agreement who, as the lead departments, are responsible for assessing its value for money under the Managing Public Money framework.

Speech in Commons Chamber - Thu 26 May 2022
Economy Update

"There were two tasks for the Chancellor today. The first was to provide support for the poorest households, who are facing a period of extreme hardship, and on that front I think he has made all the right judgments. Direct payments are simple, easy to administer and non-recurring; the experience …..."
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Wed 23 Mar 2022
Financial Statement

"I think that when my right hon. Friend gets back to his office, that portrait of Nigel Lawson will be looking down at him admiringly. This is a Conservative plan that we can all get behind. It rewards work, it gets the deficit down, and it incentivises investment from businesses …..."
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Tue 22 Feb 2022
Public Service Pensions and Judicial Offices Bill [Lords]

"I rise to speak to new clause 1, which is in my name. The new clause empowers the Secretary of State to issue guidance to authorities that administer public sector pensions schemes that they may not make investments that conflict with the United Kingdom’s foreign and defence policy.

The new …..."
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Tue 22 Feb 2022
Public Service Pensions and Judicial Offices Bill [Lords]

"I shall come on in a moment to my own personal views with respect to boycott, divestment and sanctions, but this new clause has no bearing on the actions of private citizens. This is about public sector pension schemes. The broader issue, which I will mention in a moment with …..."
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Tue 22 Feb 2022
Public Service Pensions and Judicial Offices Bill [Lords]

"I would like to make some progress, but I will give way...."
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Tue 22 Feb 2022
Public Service Pensions and Judicial Offices Bill [Lords]

"Yes, I do, and I will give some other examples of local authorities considering the same actions that my hon. Friend describes.

The argument that I wish to advance is that, for too long, we have seen public pension schemes pursue pseudo foreign policies...."
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Tue 22 Feb 2022
Public Service Pensions and Judicial Offices Bill [Lords]

"I will make a bit of progress and then I will return to the hon. Gentleman.

All too often, the foreign policy of these public pension schemes is, I am afraid, exclusively focused on re-writing the UK’s relationship with the world’s only Jewish state, Israel...."
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Tue 22 Feb 2022
Public Service Pensions and Judicial Offices Bill [Lords]

"I will come back to the hon. Gentleman. I appreciate his interest.

The latest example of the politicisation of public pension schemes is by Wirral Council, which is currently considering realising almost £5 million-worth of investments in seven companies. This pet project of a small minority who seek to hijack …..."
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Tue 22 Feb 2022
Public Service Pensions and Judicial Offices Bill [Lords]

"The hon. Gentleman makes an important point. The Supreme Court raised two central arguments. One was whether the 2013 Act explicitly gave the Secretary of State the power to issue guidance with respect to investment decisions that conflicted with UK foreign and defence policy. The second point that some Supreme …..."
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