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Today in Parliament

05/02/2025

Today in Parliament

BBC

Government

4.4162 Ratings

🗓️ 5 February 2025

⏱️ 28 minutes

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Summary

Sean Curran reports on the weekly clash between Sir Keir Starmer and Kemi Badenoch at Prime Minister's Questions.

Transcript

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0:00.0

BBC Sounds, music, radio, podcasts.

0:04.6

Order. Order.

0:07.0

Hello, I'm Sean Curran, and this is today in Parliament from BBC Radio 4 for Wednesday, the 5th of February,

0:14.0

when the Conservative leader attacked Sarkia Starmes handling of the Chegos Islands deal.

0:20.0

When Labour negotiates, our country loses.

0:23.1

The Prime Minister defends the agreement and says it's needed to secure the future of a US-UK base on Diego Garcia.

0:31.1

This is a military base that is vital to our national security and to national security.

0:37.7

And a report finds basic errors were made in the monitoring of the teenager who carried out

0:43.2

the Southport attacks.

0:44.5

Each time Raducabana was referred to prevent, his name was recorded with a different spelling.

0:50.7

The review states there is potential that previous referrals will not show up in searches.

0:56.5

But let's start with this week's session of Prime Minister's questions,

1:00.1

a noisy affair which saw Kemi Biednock and Sekeir Stama trade personal jibes.

1:05.7

The Conservative leader seized on comments from the Prime Minister of Mauritius,

1:09.8

who told his Parliament that the UK

1:12.0

had agreed to effectively increase payments as part of a deal to hand over the Chegos Islands

1:18.1

to his country. Last year, the government announced plans for the transfer, with the UK

1:23.0

leasing back the largest island, Diego Garcia, which is home to a US-Uk military base.

1:30.7

Kemi Badock said when Labour negotiated, the country lost.

1:35.0

Yesterday, we heard the government offered 18 billion pounds for Mauritius to take our territory in the Chegos Islands.

1:46.0

This is money that belongs to our children and their children.

1:50.7

This is an immoral surrender so North London lawyers can boast at their dinner parties.

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