Oral Answers to Questions

Debate between David Lammy and Blake Stephenson

Tuesday 17th March 2026 Commons Chamber

[Mr Lammy]

My hon. Friend makes a good point. It is something that I will reflect on in the coming days.

[Blake Stephenson (Mid Bedfordshire) (Con)]

First, I thank Ministers for inviting me to a meeting yesterday on unduly lenient sentences. My constituent, Tracey Hanson, and other campaigners like her continue to raise powerful points on the need for victims to have parity with offenders on rights and support. Will the Minister assure the House that the Government intend to achieve that parity during this Parliament?

Oral Answers to Questions

Debate between David Lammy and Blake Stephenson

Tuesday 24th June 2025 Commons Chamber

[Mr Lammy]

I want to reassure my hon. Friend that we have banned the sale of arms that could be used in Gaza, and we liaise with the French and the Saudi Arabians, despite the suspension of their conference. I think the intention is to resume in September.

[Blake Stephenson (Mid Bedfordshire) (Con)]

T4. At the Foreign Affairs Committee yesterday, the Minister for the overseas territories, the hon. Member for Cardiff South and Penarth (Stephen Doughty), was unable to give clear guarantees about the future of the Chagos marine protected area once the sovereignty of the Chagos islands is surrendered to Mauritius. Does the Foreign Secretary accept that his Chagos surrender deal does not currently secure the marine environment, and that a future environmental protection agreement may result in the UK paying even more money to Mauritius?