Speeches by Morello.

“It’s fine. Does the US pay anything directly to the UK in rent for the base?”

“Regardless of the weighting of the £250 million year 1 cost—”

“It is £165 million, plus £40 million, plus £45 million, so that makes £250 million.”

“I understand, but all I am doing is adding the three amounts of money that we are going to give them and coming to £250 million, so we are giving Mauritius £250 million in year 1. I appreciate that you do not know yet what the weighting of the split will be between the MOD and the FCDO, but my question is: does next ye…”

“I understand the value; I am just trying to understand the bottom line of the impact on FCDO spending over the next year or three months, because we will undoubtedly scrutinise the FCDO budgets as well as part of our remit.”

“And the £40 million for the Chagos fund is a one-off year 1 cost?”

“But presumably, that weighting was at the request of the current Mauritian Government.”

“Sure, why not? We are establishing a joint commission with the Mauritian Government for any points of dispute. Could you shine some further light on that? Who will be on it? What kinds of qualifications are you looking for in the individuals? How do we ensure that sensitive information shared through that mechanism is …”

“Are those political appointments or diplomatic ones? Does the Prime Minister retain the right to change membership as they see fit?”

“I guess that, as part of that, we would have the right to object to any appointment that they made, and vice versa.”

“Can the Minister confirm that the US requires prior approval from the UK for operations launched from Diego Garcia?”

“I appreciate the clarification. I look forward to reading that.”

“The Foreign Secretary has confirmed that Britain was not involved in the strikes on Iran. Will he also confirm whether the US Administration sought permission to use Diego Garcia as the launch point for the strikes? If permission was sought and denied, on what basis did the Prime Minister deny permission? If it was not…”

“I did not plan on intervening, but we had a hustings during the election, and one of the questions was about the upcoming Sherborne Pride. Unfortunately, I was amazed that even in this day and age there was not unanimous support for a Sherborne Pride. My first act as an MP was to go to the inaugural Sherborne Pride, an…”

“T4. Some 40% of people in West Dorset who are in receipt of a personal independence payment receive the highest level of support. Many are extremely anxious about PIP assessments being carried out over the phone rather than in person, particularly those with complex or fluctuating conditions. Will the Minister guarante…”

“I agree with the hon. Gentleman; we do not fully understand the lasting psychological damage, especially as this is a growing problem. I have received further letters from other people, who have told me about similar incidents in other schools, other towns and other playgrounds. Nationally, the problem is rising. Accor…”

“I rise to speak to new clause 156 in my name, which I bring forward because of Isabella, a 14-year-old girl who lives in my constituency. In May of this year, Isabella was hanging out with friends in Lyme Regis when she was lured to the cemetery. A group of young people were waiting. One of them had their phone out and…”

“The price of a ceasefire is going to be giving up your nuclear enrichment. That is the obvious situation on the ground right now. If you have no nuclear ambitions, why will Iran simply not commit to ceasing enrichment, handing over what has been enriched and going back to 3.6% for civilian use? That would be the price …”

“I just wanted to follow up on Alex’s point, Ambassador. There is a realpolitik element to this. Iran wants there to be a ceasefire before there is a negotiation. The position of Israel and the United States is that Iran needs to give up its enrichment programme and return, at the very least, to a civilian level. Given …”

“I am sorry, Ambassador, but we have— Seyed Ali Mousavi: This is very important. These are innocent people and civilians. I am the representative of these people in this country.”