Speeches by Roca.

“I cannot clear up that point for the right hon. Member, but I have great confidence that ministerial colleagues would be able to. We have been told at all points that this treaty would ensure the continued effectiveness of the base in the way that it is run now. There was an Ohio class submarine there in 2022, and I ho…”

“I feel I should put on record at the beginning that I am not the Government’s trade envoy to Mauritius—[Hon. Members: “Yet!”] Hansard can record a diplomatic silence at this point. This debate ultimately turns on whether we understand the world as it is, not as we might wish it to be, much as some believe otherwise. We…”

“We have heard from chief Ministers and leaders of the other British overseas territories how disappointed they have been in the rhetoric used by the Conservatives in trying to drag them into the situation. There is no question about our commitment to the British overseas territories. This deal is a completely separate …”

“I am sure that has been set out already in several debates. The point that has not been set out adequately and cannot be set out in huge detail is that, in exchange for providing the United States with facilities on Diego Garcia, the in-kind support in terms of intelligence and other matters that we receive from the Un…”

“I understand what you are saying about making sure that the sector and its importance are recognised, but with your previous hat on, you were very critical about those trade deals with Australia and New Zealand. I think I am right in saying that the level of consultation was not considered to be up to scratch: the sect…”

“You have touched on the tension between SPS and animal welfare twice now, once with Jenny and once earlier in the session. You mentioned India, and I know that there are big differences around cattle transportation, pig production—all sorts of variances—with the Australia deal as well. How do we stop the Government all…”

“In Macclesfield, one topic has dominated conversation for several months: the proposed new town at Adlington. It has been talked about on every street corner, in every coffee shop and at every parish meeting. Well, almost—for one glorious weekend, Adlington was briefly knocked off the top spot by the small matter of Ma…”

“Disley in my constituency saw its post office close in July last year in slightly dubious circumstances. The hon. Member for Chester South and Eddisbury (Aphra Brandreth) made the powerful case that post offices are really important in rural and semi-rural areas. Will the Minister join me in asking the Post Office to r…”

“I thank the right hon. Member for Chingford and Woodford Green (Sir Iain Duncan Smith) for securing this debate and for being a doughty champion for British citizens unfairly imprisoned abroad. Colleagues have already made clear that Magnitsky sanctions are not an abstract policy instrument but a really powerful tool, …”

“Do you have your own number, then?”

“Can we stick to the impact on business for a moment? You have various estimates. We have heard from the business improvement district and the council that the financial impact on businesses is up to £20 million. Is that your understanding? Is that a ballpark figure that you recognise?”

“That wasn’t my question. My question was: do you think it is fair to local businesses?”

“Do you have a sense of the financial impact that it had? Can you put a figure on it?”

“So you do not intend to go beyond the GSS and the additional £600,000. Do you think that is fair?”

“Mr Hinton, what do you understand the impact caused by this outage on local businesses to have been?”

“Do you have your own number, then?”

“Can we stick to the impact on business for a moment? You have various estimates. We have heard from the business improvement district and the council that the financial impact on businesses is up to £20 million. Is that your understanding? Is that a ballpark figure that you recognise?”

“But there might be a perception that your shareholders charge you what might be considered a very profitable rate of return on the funding that they provide to you.”

“Mr Hinton, what do you understand the impact caused by this outage on local businesses to have been?”

“The £600,000. So you don’t know what the impact is on businesses, or certainly you don’t recognise the figure provided by the local authority, but you have already arrived at a compensation figure.”