Extract from Defence
questions
(Hertford
and Stortford) (Con): What support his Department has provided to
the overseas territories during the covid-19 pandemic. [906263]
The Secretary of State for Defence (
): Since the start of the pandemic, Defence has
provided a range of support to Gibraltar, the Falkland
Islands Ascension, Saint Helena and our overseas
territories in the Caribbean. HMS Medway and RFA Argus remain in
theatre and are standing by to provide logistical and medical
support, whether in relation to covid-19 or to providing disaster
relief during the hurricane season...
Extracts from committee
stage (Commons) of the United Kingdom Internal Market
Bill
(Cardiff South and Penarth) (Lab/Co-op):...When we
make arguments about the Sino-British treaty over Hong Kong or
the territorial integrity of Ukraine, when we say that those who
have committed crimes against humanity and genocide should be
brought to justice, when we make arguments for a world trade
system—a legally binding international financial and trading
system—about the Paris climate change agreement, or, in our own
specific national interests, on Gibraltar, the
Falklands and maritime claims, we are
undermining our place on the world stage. That is what the
Government have done and are continuing to do. I urge all those
across the House of principle and conscience who believe in
global Britain—we might have disagreements over other things—and
believe that this is a country of fair play and decency, which
keeps its word and can be respected and influential, not to
support these clauses and to speak out against this Bill...
(Tonbridge and Malling) (Con):...Today we are
talking about the answer that Margaret Thatcher gave to Dean
Acheson’s famous question, “What is Britain’s role in the world?”
She was right: our national mission is upholding the rule of law.
That lesson served her and our nation exceptionally well. It gave
moral legitimacy to the courageous defence of British nationals
in the Falkland Islands and strength to the
treaty that she signed two years later with China to protect
British nationals in Hong Kong. Trust in the treaties allowed
Margaret Thatcher to start down the road of peace in our own
nation and conclude the Anglo-Irish agreement with the then
Taoiseach, Garret FitzGerald...
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