Speeches by Morello.

“Is Greenland or the Arctic discussed within Government?”

“Earlier on in your evidence you correctly identified willing fools in British politics echoing Russian talking points. Last November, Nina Jankowicz, who was the head of the Disinformation Governance Board of the Department of Homeland Security, said in evidence, “We see a lot of this pro-Russian disinformation making …”

“Given that you are responsible for both North America and Europe and, uniquely, have a perspective on overseas territories as our Minister, I thought you might be the perfect person to talk to us about Greenland. What is your view on the statements that have come out of the US Administration about under whose influence…”

“In the light of the US national security strategy effectively advocating for the US to overtly support political parties in other countries that share the Trumpian world view, will the scope of that inquiry also cover American influence on the British political system?”

“I do not disagree with your point about them being our closest ally historically. The question I am trying to ask is: how much more difficult does it become for the FCDO to counter misinformation and disinformation when the President of the United States echoes Kremlin talking points that we are actively trying to coun…”

“Turning to the United States, in the last year or so, the US has either closed, defunded or redirected the activities of the Director of National Intelligence’s Foreign Malign Influence Centre, the FBI’s Foreign Influence Taskforce and USAID, which has supported anti-FIMI activities abroad, and has closed the Global En…”

“I will not mourn the passing of the Maduro regime, but I will mourn the passing of the rules-based international order. If we accept the premise that a big-power country can do what it wants without any ramifications, anywhere in the world, then we accept the behaviour of Putin over the past two decades, and the behavi…”

“Happy new year, Madam Deputy Speaker. I pay tribute to the farmers of West Dorset who have never stopped campaigning against the family farm tax, and especially those hardy ones who have repeatedly driven their tractors up to London to let their views be known. This is just the latest in numerous assaults by the Govern…”

“I thank the hon. Lady for securing this important debate. I agree with the point she is making. She mentions Afghanistan. One constituent of mine arrived here under the Afghan relocations and assistance policy, having served with British armed forces in Afghanistan. We have worked incredibly hard to bring her sisters o…”

“To the hon. Gentleman’s point about changing behaviour, we have already seen reports that two out of five people are less likely to save if the salary sacrifice scheme goes. We have already seen a reduction in contributions because of the cost of living crisis. Are we not just moving the pain somewhere else? Will we no…”

“The hon. Member mentioned the National Trust and preserving our national heritage. West Dorset’s most famous feature is the Cerne Abbas giant. The National Trust, which looks after it, has just launched a fundraiser to raise £330,000 to buy the land around the Cerne Abbas giant to improve access. Does she agree that me…”

“On affordability, I was at an open event for a development plan—a large development, as it happens—north of Dorchester, which will fundamentally change the natural characteristics of the town. On the display presented by the developers, the phrase “affordable housing” was actually in quotation marks. That was almost an…”

“Online harm and harassment amplifies real-world violence. In West Dorset, 14-year-old Isabella was brutally attacked, but the lasting trauma came from the assault being deliberately filmed and circulated online and in group chats in schools across the local area. It was designed deliberately to humiliate her and led to…”

“When can this Committee expect to see the text of the EU-UK-Gibraltar treaty?”

“Do the Government have any view on the First Minister potentially using the powers that were passed last year to provide only a redacted version of that report to the public?”

“Do you know whether it was the full report or a redacted version of it?”

“Have the Government received a copy of the McGrail inquiry report?”

“I agree with you on the need for Europe to spend more and do more on defence. I am wondering about when you talk to the US about NATO, given that the US national security strategy says that the US “stand ready to help—potentially through more favorable treatment on commercial matters, technology sharing, and defense pr…”

“What I am driving at are the policies and the worldview outlined in the US national security strategy document, and that, on its publication, the Kremlin spokesperson welcomed it as “largely consistent” with their view of the world. How reliable a partner is the US to the UK, given how different our worldviews are?”

“On the US approach to Europe, the strategy talks about European “governments’ subversion of democratic processes.” It says that the US will “promote…the…influence of patriotic European parties” and cultivate “resistance to Europe’s current trajectory”. Do you think it is acceptable for the US to meddle in the democrati…”