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MP Financial Interest
Iain Duncan Smith (Conservative - Chingford and Woodford Green)
Original Source (2nd February 2026)
1. Employment and earnings
Appearances on GB News - GB News Ltd
MP Financial Interest
Iain Duncan Smith (Conservative - Chingford and Woodford Green)
Original Source (2nd February 2026)
1.1. Employment and earnings - Ad hoc payments
Payment received on 15 January 2026 - £320.00
Written Question
Nnamdi Kanu
Monday 2nd February 2026

Asked by: Iain Duncan Smith (Conservative - Chingford and Woodford Green)

Question to the Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office:

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what representations she has made to her Nigerian counterparts regarding the arbitrary detention of Mr Nnamdi Kanu and what steps she is taking to secure his release.

Answered by Chris Elmore - Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office)

I refer the Rt Hon member to the answer provided for 87707 on 19 November 2025.

Speech in Westminster Hall - Thu 29 Jan 2026
Ukraine: Non-recognition of Russian-occupied Territories

"I congratulate the hon. Member on his work on Ukraine and on securing the debate. He is talking about the occupied territories, and I want to raise an issue that we have discovered. In the occupied territory of Alchevsk, there are currently 100,000 people without heating or any form of …..."
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Wed 28 Jan 2026
British Indian Ocean Territory

"This is a really important point, because the Government say that they have cleared this with the Office for Budget Responsibility, but the actuaries have been clear that we cannot calculate this on the basis of what happens in Mauritius, given its social issues and inflation—that would be ridiculous—and that …..."
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Wed 28 Jan 2026
British Indian Ocean Territory

"I made this point to the Minister earlier, but perhaps my right hon. Friend might also explain it. The Deputy Prime Minister of Mauritius made it clear as recently as yesterday that—as the hon. Member for Macclesfield (Tim Roca) said—there is no ambiguity at all: no nuclear weapons on Chagos …..."
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Wed 28 Jan 2026
British Indian Ocean Territory

"On that point, will the hon. Lady take an intervention?..."
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Wed 28 Jan 2026
British Indian Ocean Territory

"Further to the point made by my right hon. Friend the Member for New Forest East (Sir Julian Lewis), I understand that the Prime Minister of Mauritius made it clear yesterday that he would not allow or agree to the placing of any nuclear weapons on the islands. Can the …..."
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Wed 28 Jan 2026
British Indian Ocean Territory

"My right hon. Friend is making an excellent start to this attack on the Government, but I will ask her a simple question. Should we not also dig a little deeper on the links between the Prime Minister and some of his earlier colleagues? That way, we would learn that …..."
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Wed 28 Jan 2026
British Indian Ocean Territory

"I ran the Department for Work and Pensions, which spent the whole time looking at net present value. The key problem is that we do not use net present value when dealing with a foreign country for a very simple reason: we have no idea what social issues will erupt …..."
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