Falkland Islands

Debate between Sarah Pochin and Uma Kumaran

Tuesday 13th October 2026 Commons Chamber

[Sarah Pochin (Runcorn and Helsby) (Reform)]

Thank you, Madam Deputy Speaker. While we in Reform welcome the Minister’s commitment to allowing the Falkland Islanders to determine their own governance, can she confirm that as a nation we would be in a position militarily to defend the Falkland Islands if ever called on to do so by the Falkland Islanders, when we could not even get a single warship to the strait of Hormuz?

[Uma Kumaran]

The direct answer to the hon. Lady’s question is yes.