To ask Her Majesty's Government when they expect Mr Shaker Aamer, currently held in Guantanamo Bay, to return to the United Kingdom.

To ask Her Majesty's Government when they expect Mr Shaker Aamer, currently held in Guantanamo Bay, to return to the United Kingdom.

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many people have been extradited from (a) the UK to the US and (b) the US to the UK in each year since 2003.

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many people have been extradited from (a) the UK to the US and (b) the US to the UK in each year since 2003.

Westminster Hall adjournment debate on Anglo-Vietnamese relations.

Westminster Hall adjournment debate on Anglo-Vietnamese relations.

Will UK trade unions be involved in that, perhaps under the umbrella of the TUC? Will they work with labour organisations in Vietnam on these issues?

Will UK trade unions be involved in that, perhaps under the umbrella of the TUC? Will they work with labour organisations in Vietnam on these issues?

I am not as familiar with visa issues affecting Vietnam as I am with those in countries of which I have more intimate knowledge, but I think the problems are common and similar. We are trying to operate a regime that will encourage people to come to the United Kingdom...

I am not as familiar with visa issues affecting Vietnam as I am with those in countries of which I have more intimate knowledge, but I think the problems are common and similar. We are trying to operate a regime that will encourage people to come to the United Kingdom...

If I may, I will raise that with the Minister of State, Foreign and Commonwealth Office, my hon. Friend the Member for Taunton Deane. However, I saw Brendan Barber quite recently regarding trade union activity in countries in transition in north Africa, and we have a good relationship with the...

If I may, I will raise that with the Minister of State, Foreign and Commonwealth Office, my hon. Friend the Member for Taunton Deane. However, I saw Brendan Barber quite recently regarding trade union activity in countries in transition in north Africa, and we have a good relationship with the...

All several hundred of them fondly remember the Minister.

All several hundred of them fondly remember the Minister.

I thank the Minister for being typically generous in giving way. I welcome what he said about the UK's strategy of engaging with emerging powers. On education, will he say what representations he has made to the Home Office to ensure that the visa regime is efficient and does not...

I thank the Minister for being typically generous in giving way. I welcome what he said about the UK's strategy of engaging with emerging powers. On education, will he say what representations he has made to the Home Office to ensure that the visa regime is efficient and does not...

I am very grateful to them, including the Earl of Derby. I thank the hon. Member for East Dunbartonshire for her comments, and her engagement with and her usual passionate commitment to human rights. I also thank the Opposition spokesman, the hon. Member for Bristol East (Kerry McCarthy) for her...

I am very grateful to them, including the Earl of Derby. I thank the hon. Member for East Dunbartonshire for her comments, and her engagement with and her usual passionate commitment to human rights. I also thank the Opposition spokesman, the hon. Member for Bristol East (Kerry McCarthy) for her...

It is a pleasure, Mr Caton, to serve under your chairmanship. I echo the remarks of the hon. Member for East Dunbartonshire (Jo Swinson) in thanking the right hon. Member for Knowsley (Mr Howarth) for this debate this morning. One of my happiest memories of the right hon. Gentleman is...

It is a pleasure, Mr Caton, to serve under your chairmanship. I echo the remarks of the hon. Member for East Dunbartonshire (Jo Swinson) in thanking the right hon. Member for Knowsley (Mr Howarth) for this debate this morning. One of my happiest memories of the right hon. Gentleman is...

It is, as always, a pleasure to serve under your chairmanship, Mr Caton. I congratulate my right hon. Friend the Member for Knowsley (Mr Howarth) on securing the debate, on his work as chair of the all-party parliamentary group for Vietnam and on having the courtesy to talk to me...

It is, as always, a pleasure to serve under your chairmanship, Mr Caton. I congratulate my right hon. Friend the Member for Knowsley (Mr Howarth) on securing the debate, on his work as chair of the all-party parliamentary group for Vietnam and on having the courtesy to talk to me...

I begin by drawing attention to my entry in the Register of Members' Financial Interests. As chair of the all-party group on Vietnam, it is a great privilege to have the opportunity to speak on the importance of Anglo-Vietnamese relations. Indeed, given that the Foreign Secretary is currently on a...

I begin by drawing attention to my entry in the Register of Members' Financial Interests. As chair of the all-party group on Vietnam, it is a great privilege to have the opportunity to speak on the importance of Anglo-Vietnamese relations. Indeed, given that the Foreign Secretary is currently on a...

I apologise for being late. I was at an event elsewhere in Parliament, meeting children with type 1 diabetes and listening to their experiences, when I suddenly noticed the time and made a mad dash to Westminster Hall. I congratulate the right hon. Member for Knowsley (Mr Howarth) on securing...

I apologise for being late. I was at an event elsewhere in Parliament, meeting children with type 1 diabetes and listening to their experiences, when I suddenly noticed the time and made a mad dash to Westminster Hall. I congratulate the right hon. Member for Knowsley (Mr Howarth) on securing...

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what representations he has made to the authorities in the US on bail conditions for Christopher Tappin; and in which other cases similar representations have been made by his Department in the last 10 years.

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what representations he has made to the authorities in the US on bail conditions for Christopher Tappin; and in which other cases similar representations have been made by his Department in the last 10 years.

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence if he will hold discussions with the US Secretary of Defence on the operational effect of independence for Scotland on the Trident nuclear submarine fleet.

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence if he will hold discussions with the US Secretary of Defence on the operational effect of independence for Scotland on the Trident nuclear submarine fleet.

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence what projects his Department has undertaken with the US as part of the US-UK Defence Trade Co-operation Treaty; and if he will make a statement.

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence what projects his Department has undertaken with the US as part of the US-UK Defence Trade Co-operation Treaty; and if he will make a statement.

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what discussions he had on (a) US-UK extradition arrangements and (b) sustainable development and climate change during his recent visit to Washington DC.

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what discussions he had on (a) US-UK extradition arrangements and (b) sustainable development and climate change during his recent visit to Washington DC.

To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland whether he has held discussions with the US Secretary of State regarding the Government's request to subpoena recordings from the Boston college oral history project.

To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland whether he has held discussions with the US Secretary of State regarding the Government's request to subpoena recordings from the Boston college oral history project.

To ask Her Majesty's Government, further to the Written Answer by Lord Freud on 20 March (WA 159–60), whether the identical median and mean average age of United Kingdom state old-age pension recipients in Bangladesh, Pakistan and the United States is significant; what investigation they have made of measures being...

To ask Her Majesty's Government, further to the Written Answer by Lord Freud on 20 March (WA 159–60), whether the identical median and mean average age of United Kingdom state old-age pension recipients in Bangladesh, Pakistan and the United States is significant; what investigation they have made of measures being...

To ask Her Majesty's Government who, other than British Airways staff, travelled on the chartered aircraft with the Prime Minister to the United States on 13 March.

To ask Her Majesty's Government who, other than British Airways staff, travelled on the chartered aircraft with the Prime Minister to the United States on 13 March.

To ask Her Majesty's Government why the tickets for the London 2012 Olympic Games were printed in the United States.

To ask Her Majesty's Government why the tickets for the London 2012 Olympic Games were printed in the United States.

To ask Her Majesty's Government what was the incidence of murder within United Kingdom prisons in each year since 2008; and in the light of the United Kingdom's current extradition arrangements with the United States, what are the figures acknowledged by the United States Attorney General, Eric Holder, for murder...

To ask Her Majesty's Government what was the incidence of murder within United Kingdom prisons in each year since 2008; and in the light of the United Kingdom's current extradition arrangements with the United States, what are the figures acknowledged by the United States Attorney General, Eric Holder, for murder...

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence what steps his Department is taking to work with the US Administration to resolve the situation in Syria.

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence what steps his Department is taking to work with the US Administration to resolve the situation in Syria.

Along with the US and France, the UK aims to raise the profile of nuclear security on the international agenda. In the interests of increasing transparency, we have decided to release more information about our own capabilities. This includes our ability to respond to terrorist incidents involving nuclear or radiological...

Along with the US and France, the UK aims to raise the profile of nuclear security on the international agenda. In the interests of increasing transparency, we have decided to release more information about our own capabilities. This includes our ability to respond to terrorist incidents involving nuclear or radiological...

My honourable friend the Minister for the Armed Forces (Nick Harvey) has made the following Written Ministerial Statement. Along with the US and France, the UK aims to raise the profile of nuclear security on the international agenda. In the interests of increasing transparency, we have decided to release more...

My honourable friend the Minister for the Armed Forces (Nick Harvey) has made the following Written Ministerial Statement. Along with the US and France, the UK aims to raise the profile of nuclear security on the international agenda. In the interests of increasing transparency, we have decided to release more...

Adjournment debate on foreign secret intelligence and state secrets privilege: The case of TSI and the new telecoms contract in Afghanistan.

Adjournment debate on foreign secret intelligence and state secrets privilege: The case of TSI and the new telecoms contract in Afghanistan.

To ask Her Majesty's Government what was the incidence of rape within United Kingdom prisons in each year since 2008; and in the light of the United Kingdom's current extradition arrangements with the United States, what are the figures acknowledged by the United States Attorney General, Eric Holder, for rapes...

To ask Her Majesty's Government what was the incidence of rape within United Kingdom prisons in each year since 2008; and in the light of the United Kingdom's current extradition arrangements with the United States, what are the figures acknowledged by the United States Attorney General, Eric Holder, for rapes...

To ask Her Majesty's Government what was the incidence of suicide within United Kingdom prisons in each year since 2008; and in the light of the United Kingdom's current extradition arrangements with the United States, what are the figures acknowledged by the United States Attorney General, Eric Holder, for suicide...

To ask Her Majesty's Government what was the incidence of suicide within United Kingdom prisons in each year since 2008; and in the light of the United Kingdom's current extradition arrangements with the United States, what are the figures acknowledged by the United States Attorney General, Eric Holder, for suicide...

I am sorry, but I shall not give way. I hope that the hon. Gentleman does not mind, but I am sticking to a very narrow script on this occasion. By early 2002, coalition forces had toppled the Taliban and controlled most of the country. In April, the new Afghan...

I am sorry, but I shall not give way. I hope that the hon. Gentleman does not mind, but I am sticking to a very narrow script on this occasion. By early 2002, coalition forces had toppled the Taliban and controlled most of the country. In April, the new Afghan...

I simply wish to make one point and ask that the Minister takes it back to his Department. In The New York Times v. the United States in 1971 the point about the disclosure of foreign information was advanced as one of the Nixon Government's attempts to stop the Pentagon...

I simply wish to make one point and ask that the Minister takes it back to his Department. In The New York Times v. the United States in 1971 the point about the disclosure of foreign information was advanced as one of the Nixon Government's attempts to stop the Pentagon...

I am grateful for that intervention, because it is obviously in our interests that there is reciprocal sharing of information with the United States and a clear understanding of the status of that information. I will certainly draw my right hon. Friend's comments to the attention of people within the...

I am grateful for that intervention, because it is obviously in our interests that there is reciprocal sharing of information with the United States and a clear understanding of the status of that information. I will certainly draw my right hon. Friend's comments to the attention of people within the...

I think the moment of interruption became a moment of terror for me then, Mr Speaker. I was saying that the commercial squabbles between Mr Bentham, Mr Cecil and Mr Bayat might be viewed as ordinary, but this was no ordinary case. The US intelligence agencies feared the consequences if...

I think the moment of interruption became a moment of terror for me then, Mr Speaker. I was saying that the commercial squabbles between Mr Bentham, Mr Cecil and Mr Bayat might be viewed as ordinary, but this was no ordinary case. The US intelligence agencies feared the consequences if...

Thank you, Mr. Deputy Speaker, for giving me the opportunity to make the final speech—at your discretion—before we adjourn for Easter. I congratulate my right hon. Friend the Member for Haltemprice and Howden (Mr Davis) on securing this debate and on the compelling way in which he laid out his...

Thank you, Mr. Deputy Speaker, for giving me the opportunity to make the final speech—at your discretion—before we adjourn for Easter. I congratulate my right hon. Friend the Member for Haltemprice and Howden (Mr Davis) on securing this debate and on the compelling way in which he laid out his...

Have there been other occasions when American institutions and the American Government have not exchanged intelligence information with the British Government—to our detriment?

Have there been other occasions when American institutions and the American Government have not exchanged intelligence information with the British Government—to our detriment?

The point I wish to make to the hon. Gentleman and to all Members is that we cannot be confident that we will have access to, or have secured, all the information that we could possibly hope to secure in order to safeguard the United Kingdom national interest, so, when...

The point I wish to make to the hon. Gentleman and to all Members is that we cannot be confident that we will have access to, or have secured, all the information that we could possibly hope to secure in order to safeguard the United Kingdom national interest, so, when...

Thank you, Mr Speaker, for granting this debate. The story I am about to tell is extraordinarily dramatic. Frankly, had I not been able to verify some of the hard facts for myself, I would not have believed it. Essentially, the story is of an intelligence-gathering operation that, had it...

Thank you, Mr Speaker, for granting this debate. The story I am about to tell is extraordinarily dramatic. Frankly, had I not been able to verify some of the hard facts for myself, I would not have believed it. Essentially, the story is of an intelligence-gathering operation that, had it...

My right honourable friend the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs has made the following Written Ministerial Statement. I wish to inform the House that the Foreign and Commonwealth Office, together with the Ministry of Defence and the Department for International Development, is today publishing the 15th progress...

My right honourable friend the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs has made the following Written Ministerial Statement. I wish to inform the House that the Foreign and Commonwealth Office, together with the Ministry of Defence and the Department for International Development, is today publishing the 15th progress...

To ask Her Majesty's Government, further to the Written Answer by Lord Henley on 8 March (WA 439) regarding the extradition of Mr Tappin to the United States, whether, as reported, he is being held in solitary confinement for 23 hours a day with permanent artificial light; and, if so,...

To ask Her Majesty's Government, further to the Written Answer by Lord Henley on 8 March (WA 439) regarding the extradition of Mr Tappin to the United States, whether, as reported, he is being held in solitary confinement for 23 hours a day with permanent artificial light; and, if so,...

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many personnel (a) of each rank, (b) in each service and (c) at each location will train with the (i) French and (ii) US navies in (A) catapult and trap aircraft launching procedures and (B) maintaining carrier strike capability.

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many personnel (a) of each rank, (b) in each service and (c) at each location will train with the (i) French and (ii) US navies in (A) catapult and trap aircraft launching procedures and (B) maintaining carrier strike capability.

I wish to inform the House that the Foreign and Commonwealth Office, together with the Ministry of Defence and the Department for International Development, is today publishing the fifteenth progress report on developments in Afghanistan since November 2010. On 11 March a US soldier killed and injured a large number...

I wish to inform the House that the Foreign and Commonwealth Office, together with the Ministry of Defence and the Department for International Development, is today publishing the fifteenth progress report on developments in Afghanistan since November 2010. On 11 March a US soldier killed and injured a large number...

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills what assessment he has made of the effects of the work of the Small Business Administration on small businesses in the US and the transferable policy lessons for the UK.

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills what assessment he has made of the effects of the work of the Small Business Administration on small businesses in the US and the transferable policy lessons for the UK.

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills if he will assess the merits of establishing a Small Business Administration on the model of that body in the US.

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills if he will assess the merits of establishing a Small Business Administration on the model of that body in the US.

The EU Foreign Affairs Council will meet in defence formation on 22 March 2012 in Brussels. I will represent the UK. We have yet to receive a detailed formal agenda. However, we expect current operations, military capability and partnerships to be discussed. In the morning session, the European Defence Agency...

The EU Foreign Affairs Council will meet in defence formation on 22 March 2012 in Brussels. I will represent the UK. We have yet to receive a detailed formal agenda. However, we expect current operations, military capability and partnerships to be discussed. In the morning session, the European Defence Agency...