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16 June 2026

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Foreign Office ministers are questioned on climate risk, Tibet and UK policy on Palestine, then on Russia sanctions enforcement and disinformation operations, followed by wider oral and topical questions covering global health, Iran, COP29, China and human rights, AI supply chains and multiple regional and consular crises.

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FCDO questions — Middle East, Russia and global security

34:39

FCDO questions opening — climate, China and Palestine

34:39

FCDO questions opening — climate, China, Tibet and Palestine

34:39

Opening FCDO questions — Jo Cox, Tibet, UK–US/Iran

34:39

Speaker: Jo Cox tribute and opening FCDO questions

34:39

Q1 — McCarthy: climate risks on Tibetan plateau

36:05

Q2 — UK–US special relationship, Iran conflict and Russia

39:01

Occupied Palestinian territory — settlements, sanctions and Palestinian governance

44:28

Q3/5/9/19 — West Bank settlements, sanctions and trade bans

44:28

Further pressure for tougher action on settler violence

47:07

Q3/5/9/19 — child safety and trade with settlements

48:32

Settler terrorism — accountability, UK responsibility and peace process

51:08

Illegal settlement marketing in UK and financial sanctions; PA reform

56:04

Russia policy — sanctions enforcement and disinformation threats

01:00:26

Russia policy — oil sanctions and disinformation threats

01:00:26

Russian oil sanctions — shadow fleet and enforcement

01:00:26

Q4/18 — Russian oil, shadow fleet and interdictions

01:00:26

Q4/18 — Concerns over Russian oil waiver

01:02:24

Q6 — Russian disinformation operations and UK countermeasures

01:06:42

Q6 — Russian disinformation campaigns on social media

01:06:42

Q6 — Wider disinformation threats, Myanmar and UK response architecture

01:08:22

FCDO oral and topical questions — global health, Iran, China and regional crises

01:11:47

FCDO oral questions — Ebola funding, Hormuz and VAWG

01:11:47

Q8/15 — UK funding for Ebola response and global health security

01:11:47

Q8/15 — UK support for Ebola response in DRC and global health security

01:11:47

Oral Questions 10–11 — Hormuz, Iran and VAWG

01:16:55

Q10 — Strait of Hormuz, US–Iran deal and UK response

01:16:55

Q11 — International action on violence against women and girls

01:21:22

FCDO topical questions — Iran, China, AI and regional crises

01:25:31

FCDO topicals — US–Iran, climate finance and China

01:25:31

Topical opening — US–Iran agreement and climate finance

01:25:31

Topicals — China human rights, supply chains and London embassy

01:28:17

Topicals — Sri Lanka Tamils and Gaza peace plan

01:30:28

FCDO topicals — AI access, human rights and regional partnerships

01:32:28

Topicals — AI model access, Hong Kong spying and Armenia

01:32:28

Topicals — Afghanistan women’s groups and regional export opportunities

01:34:51

Topicals — ICJ opinion on settlements, Hamas disarmament and Sudan/Chad

01:36:19

FCDO topicals — Kashmir unrest, illicit finance, Gibraltar and consular cases

01:38:52

Topicals — Pakistan-administered Kashmir unrest and UK G20 chair priorities

01:38:52

Topicals — 7 October attacks, illicit finance summit and forced labour in supply chains

01:40:48

Topicals — Jimmy Lai, US ESTAs, Kashmir tensions, Gibraltar treaty and Jagtar Singh Johal

01:43:18

Topicals — Sudan accountability at UN and procedural shift to statement

01:47:52

Thames Water recapitalisation and regulation

01:49:12

Thames Water recapitalisation — government statement and constituency impacts

01:49:12

Government and opposition on Thames Water recapitalisation

01:49:12

Thames Water recapitalisation — government and opposition positions

01:49:12

Environment Secretary statement — Thames Water recapitalisation and Clean Water Bill

01:49:12

Shadow Minister — critique of Thames Water deal and questions on safeguards

01:54:56

Environment Secretary response — blame on previous government and special administration clarification

02:00:43

Thames Water viability and special administration options

02:03:48

EAC Chair — viability of Thames Water and trigger for administration

02:03:48

Liberal Democrat response — call for special administration and mutual ownership

02:05:33

Special administration, compensation basis and ministerial powers

02:08:56

Further pressure for SAR and protection from bill hikes

02:12:11

Thames Water failures — local impacts and infrastructure

02:16:03

Constituency impacts, service failures and infrastructure pressures

02:16:03

Customer service failures, local disruption and enforcement standards

02:16:03

Planning powers, housing growth and Clean Water Bill

02:19:45

Constituency flooding, investment commitments and bill impacts

02:24:52

Thames Water crisis — regulation, ownership and special administration options

02:27:16

Regulatory failure, public ownership calls and investor interests

02:27:16

Ofwat process, new supervisory regime and SAR routes

02:30:33

Excess legal fees, monopoly model and nationalisation debate

02:32:53

Thames Water — sewage incidents, bill hikes and pressure for special administration

02:35:31

Thames Water — ownership model, creditors’ influence and Clean Water Bill safeguards

02:40:48

Defence ministers’ resignations and UK security posture

02:46:01

Defence ministers’ resignations and security policy

02:46:01

Defence resignations — policy, threats and funding

02:46:01

Resigning ministers — defence policy and funding

02:46:01

Former Defence Secretary — tenure, reforms and SDR

02:46:01

Former Defence Secretary — rising threats and call for 3–3.5% defence spend

02:49:39

Resigning Armed Forces Minister — drones, modern warfare and underfunding

02:54:27

Resigning Armed Forces Minister — NI veterans, broader security and Labour tradition

02:59:44

Cyber Security and Resilience Bill — new clauses and strategic scope

03:04:56

Bill stage opening and Liberal Democrat cyber proposals

03:04:56

Opening of Bill stage and Liberal Democrat cyber amendments

03:04:56

Procedural point of order and start of Bill stage

03:04:56

Point of order — delayed response to breast implants report

03:04:56

Bill consideration opens — Lib Dems move NC2

03:06:25

Liberal Democrat proposals — fraud, SME cyber support and digital sovereignty

03:10:20

Fraud, social media liability and SME cyber support

03:10:20

Enforcement, regulator capacity and digital sovereignty (NC13)

03:13:37

NIS scope — essential sectors and hostile-state risks

03:20:10

Select Committee Chair — essential sectors, cloud concentration and foreign IoT risks

03:20:10

Select Committee Chair — retail as essential cyber sector

03:20:10

Select Committee Chair — cloud concentration and tech sovereignty (NC18)

03:25:38

Select Committee Chair — foreign‑owned IoT modules and US import risks (NC819)

03:29:10

Hostile states, fair trials and cyber threat context

03:35:32

Backbench amendment — clause 6, fair trials and totalitarian states

03:35:32

Backbencher — UK cyber threat landscape and NCSC data

03:48:45

Cyber resilience Bill — scope, threats and AI powers

03:52:45

Critical infrastructure scope and emergency AI powers

03:52:45

Critical supply chains — food sector and managed service providers

03:52:45

NC21 — food supply chain as essential service

03:52:45

Amendment 28 — managed service provider concentration and national resilience

03:54:24

NC12 emergency powers and AI catastrophic risk

03:57:34

NC12 — last‑resort ‘kill switch’ for UK data centres and AI models

03:57:34

Amendments 4–5 — Chinese IoT modules and ‘kill switch’ vulnerabilities

04:04:25

NC12 — AI superintelligence, catastrophic risk and data-centre kill switch

04:18:29

Cyber threats to public services and opposition proposals

04:14:28

Local government, data centres and cyber resilience

04:14:28

Backbencher — Jo Cox tribute and data centre siting

04:14:28

Government backbencher — local government capacity and cyber culture change

04:25:21

Backbencher — Redcar cyberattack, EA takeover and hostile state threats

04:30:14

Opposition frontbencher — hostile state threats and proposed safeguards

04:34:23

Opposition frontbencher — Jo Cox tribute and cyber state threats

04:34:23

NC14 and NC15 — register of hostile states and China embassy risks

04:39:20

Amendment 3 — fair-trial safeguards and critique of Lib Dem digital sovereignty NC13

04:44:12

Minister — NIS Bill scope, powers and hostile state concerns

04:48:00

Minister — government amendments and NIS sector scope

04:48:00

Minister Narayan — technical government amendments and NIS scope tests

04:48:00

Food sector, EU comparison and local government cyber resilience

04:52:08

Minister — hostile states, foreign ownership and technology‑specific risks

04:55:04

Minister — hostile states register, foreign ownership and sector scope

04:55:04

Minister — IoT modules, AI emergencies and fair‑trial safeguards

05:02:05

Report stage close — withdrawal of NC2 and division on NC13

05:06:42

Legislative business and adjournment debate

05:10:25

Legislative business — foreign powers register and Cyber Bill

05:10:25

Legislative business — foreign powers register and Cyber Bill passage

05:10:25

House business — foreign powers register vote and Tibet question

05:10:25

Division result on NC13 and vote on NC14 register of foreign powers

05:10:25

Q — Tibetan plateau: dams, water security and conflict risk

05:25:16

Cyber Bill — final Report Stage divisions and government amendments

05:32:53

Cyber Security Bill — division result and vote on amendment 3

05:32:53

Cyber Bill — division result and government amendments 15–27

05:45:05

Cyber Bill Third Reading — government case and opposition scrutiny

05:46:28

Cyber Bill Third Reading — Minister’s case for passage

05:46:28

Cyber Bill Third Reading — Opposition and Lib Dem critiques

05:49:05

Closing business and adjournment — Isle of Wight dementia care

05:55:54

End‑of‑day proceedings — closing business and Isle of Wight dementia care

05:55:54

House closing business — points of order, divisions, petitions

05:55:54

Point of order — Russian warning shots at UK‑flagged yacht

05:55:54

Division and approval of remaining House motions

05:56:54

Point of order — inflammatory ‘Gestapo’ remark and Jo Cox

06:11:42

Public petitions — Wetheral road safety, MND strategy and Tring planning

06:12:42

Adjournment debate — Isle of Wight dementia care placements

06:17:19

Adjournment — Isle of Wight dementia patients discharged to mainland care homes

06:17:19

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House of Commons

16 June 2026

Tue, 16 Jun 2026 Actual start 11:00 House of Commons

34:39 - 35:54

Speaker 1

Colleagues, today we mark the 10th anniversary of the murder of our former colleague and friend to so many in this place, Jo Cox. Jo was proud to be a Member of Parliament for Batley and Spen. She was dedicated to serving her constituents and was a relentless campaigner for equality, human rights and social justice. Jo's death while carrying out her constituency duties shocked members across the House. In my role as chair of the Parliamentary Security Committee at the time of her death, and since then as Speaker, I've made it my personal mission to improve the security and safety of members, their families and staff, because no member should fear carrying out their democratic duties.

In remembering Jo today, I invite all the House to reflect on the words she shared during her maiden speech.

We are far more united and far more in common than that which divides us. Our thoughts are with Jo's family and friends on this day. Thank you, colleagues. Order, order, we start with questions, Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, Kerry McCarthy.

35:54 - 36:04

Speaker 3

Thank you, Mr. Speaker, and I would echo what you've just said about Jo Cox. I think her message is more important today than it ever was. Question number one.

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