00:00The Chagos deal will go ahead. Yvette Cooper, Foreign Secretary, has spoken to her American counterpart, Marco Rubio, and we're
00:12working with them to make this happen.
00:15To explain, my colleague Hamish Faulkner was in the House of Commons answering questions for a long period yesterday, and
00:22as can happen to any of us in politics from time to time, he, as the Foreign Office said, misspoke.
00:27You know, they've clarified their position, and the deal is going ahead, and the Foreign Office will update everybody as
00:36it moves forward.
00:38Keir Starmer and Yvette Cooper have made comments in recent days just saying how concerning it is.
00:46I think everybody will be worried. The significant conflict and the situation we've seen around the world has been a
00:56real worry, I think, to everybody.
00:59That's why it's right that Yvette Cooper, as our Foreign Secretary, continues that work of careful diplomacy to try to
01:07make progress,
01:08to try to improve circumstances for those facing conflict in the world, and I support the work that she's doing
01:15on that.
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