Oral Question·Home Office
“What steps she is taking to tackle knife crime and serious violence.”
Tabled: 8 November 2022Answered: 14 November 2022
Asked by
Bob Blackman
Conservative — Harrow East
Answering Minister
the Secretary of State for the Home Department
Answer from Hansard
Stephen Doughty
As I have said in the House on many occasions, there is no rush. [ Interruption. ] No, it is a fact that negotiations on this issue were going on for two years under the previous Government, with 10 rounds of failed negotiations. We have secured a deal that is in all of our interests and, crucially, secures our base and our national security interests and those of our allies on Diego Garcia.