Speeches by Doughty.

“About the practicalities.”

“I certainly do not intend for there to be any lapse. You are asking some very important questions, Chair, and I will certainly take them away and come back to you with further reassurances on them. The wider efforts that we make with a whole range of countries to deal with overfishing and marine conservation are part o…”

“I am taking it on trust that there will be a marine protected area. To have one of those, you have to have various mechanisms and systems in place to ensure that it is upheld. By the way, it is not just patrol vessels; there will be other ways of assessing what is happening. This is a huge area, as you know.”

“Ultimately, outside the 12-nautical-mile zone, that will be for Mauritius. I think patrol vessels are an important part of marine protected areas and the ability to understand, certainly for the part that we are responsible for. I am not going to go into the operational details of what is available at Diego Garcia, but…”

“From the UK?”

“My strong view is that we will have those agreements in place, and the detail of the MPA will be in place by then. I am very happy to come back and talk to you about that further as the details are developed.”

“I would think it would take longer than that. We certainly intend to get this agreement ratified as soon as possible, but obviously it is subject to the procedures in Mauritius as well.”

“We hope that is as soon as possible, but as you know, Chair, these things are subject to parliamentary business timings and the process through the two Houses is impossible to predict exactly.”

“The timing on the treaty as a whole is when it has been ratified by both Parliaments.”

“I helpfully have a little bit more information on the strategic partnership framework, which is the separate agreement. It is structured around five main pillars, where we share objectives and values—this was what was signed by the Foreign Secretary on 22 May—and that includes maritime security and irregular migration,…”

“Which involves money, yes. That is the development partnership.”

“It is a pleasure to serve under your chairpersonship, Mr Stuart. I am grateful to my hon. Friend the Member for Paisley and Renfrewshire South (Johanna Baxter) for securing this debate. I also thank hon. Members for their extraordinarily powerful and united contributions that send a strong message of support to Ukraine…”

“I have been very clear, as the Foreign Secretary was yesterday, that we respect the independence of international courts and judicial processes, including the ICC, as I mentioned. However, I am also happy to be clear that this must be resolved: Russia must return those children. We are clear that we will not lift our s…”

“The right hon. Gentleman can be assured that we raise a series of matters in our engagement with the United States, and we are working closely with President Trump and his Administration to find a just, lasting and sustainable ceasefire. We are working together with our European partners and the United States on that, …”

“My hon. Friend asks about the broad principles that underlie our sanctions action. Essentially, there are three parts: the first is to deter malign activity, the second is to disrupt malign activity, and the third is to demonstrate values. As I referenced, we have imposed sanctions in relation to extreme settler violen…”

“The right hon. Gentleman will know that we have been ramping up that pressure—indeed, the new measures we took just last night on support to Russia and its military industrial complex do exactly that, let alone the huge package of designations we have introduced against the shadow fleet. Again on the topic of enforceme…”

“My hon. Friend speaks with typical passion and from her experience of these matters. She will know that we do not comment on potential future sanctions, but as the Foreign Secretary said in Parliament on 1 April, we continue to keep all these issues under review. The culture of impunity for those engaging in violence i…”

“I thank the Liberal Democrat spokesperson for his broad support for the thrust of these measures and agree with many of the points he made. He specifically asked me about Syria. We had an extensive discussion about this earlier this week, but I am absolutely clear that the sanctions on those individuals responsible for…”

“My right hon. Friend is no stranger to these issues, and it has been a pleasure to engage with her on them in my conversations with her. I welcome the work of her Committee in that regard. I gently say that there has been a significant amount of parliamentary scrutiny of sanctions—including two occasions this week alre…”

“I thank the shadow Minister for her broad welcome for this work. I will do my best to answer as many of her questions as I can. The shadow Minister asked me about the overall review. As I said, it is being published now and she can peruse that when she can; I encourage other hon. Members to look at that as well. We wel…”