Resignation of UK Ambassador to USA

Before we open to general questioning, may I thank the Minister of State for that pithy but very ...

I thank the Minister for his opening statement. The resignation of Sir Kim Darroch marks a dark m...

My apologies to the right hon. Gentleman, whose question it was my privilege to select.

The right hon. Gentleman has spoken with authority and wisdom. What he said should be pinned on e...

While the failure of the former Foreign Secretary to leap to the defence of Sir Kim shows a lack ...

I hope the House will understand if I hold back today from making any further comment on my right...

Thank you, Mr Speaker, for granting this urgent question, and I congratulate my right hon. Friend...

I am grateful to the hon. Lady—at least for her kind words about me. I do feel obliged to defend ...

May I first welcome the comments of my friend the right hon. Member for Wolverhampton South East ...

I thank my hon. Friend for what he has said consistently over the past few days. I thank him for ...

I thank the right hon. Member for Wolverhampton South East (Mr McFadden) not only for securing th...

I thank the hon. Gentleman for bowling me such easy balls and I will endeavour to answer as frank...

A leak is, by its very nature, a conspiracy. Who benefits?

There are those who break all the rules of decency who think they can benefit from it themselves....

I congratulate the right hon. Member for Wolverhampton South East (Mr McFadden) on securing this ...

I seem to recall that that was one of the kinder words that I used yesterday. [Laughter.]

T...

I thank my right hon. Friend for what he said earlier about the critical importance of the impart...

Swimmingly.

I commend to Members Henry Kissinger’s book “White House Years”. Among the many...

I commend the Minister for the integrity with which he has conducted himself over the last 24 hou...

Again, I am grateful to the hon. Gentleman and agree with him, and I thank him for his comments a...

As my right hon. Friend has outlined, it is absolutely fundamental that Foreign and Commonwealth ...

To a large extent, elsewhere it is business as usual. On a daily basis exactly that sort of proce...

The loss of Sir Kim Darroch in this way diminishes our standing in the world; it also diminishes ...

I take issue with the hon. Lady for saying that this has diminished us. We can hold our heads hig...

I understand that this is a fast-moving situation, but can the Minister give any further details ...

Yes, I have confidence in the system; what has happened here is that somebody has abused it. The ...

This is a truly exceptional moment: not for 175 years has the Head of State of a nation friendly ...

The hon. Gentleman is right to say that this is unprecedented. I do not think that this has ever ...

Go on!

I see that he is trying to entice me to do so. I can but say that the appointment process will be...

While acknowledging Sir Kim’s exemplary public service, may I ask my right hon. Friend whether he...

Of course we have to draw a line under this, because the world does not stop and diplomacy is nee...

I entirely agree with the sentiments expressed by the Minister earlier. Does he agree that in fai...

The House is certainly aware of my view that everybody should have been there in full support of ...

Like everyone else in the House, I have nothing but the highest respect for Sir Kim Darroch. Does...

My hon. and gallant Friend understands chivalry, decency, duty and honour, and that is precisely ...

These attacks on, and the undermining of, the legislature, the judiciary, the civil service and t...

We should stick together in defence of the standards that apply to us all. We should ensure that ...

How right the Minister is to deplore personal attacks, especially those on senior colleagues in m...

I am not sure where my hon. Friend has been over the past couple of days, but this is my second r...

One can only imagine what the American ambassador’s cables say about governance in this country. ...

Perhaps the only cheering moment in this unfortunate episode was when I learned that Nigel Farage...

Leak or hack?

We do not at the moment have any evidence that this was a hack, so our focus is on finding someon...

Sir Kim Darroch is the epitome of all that is the very best about Britain and our institutions. N...

I absolutely agree with my hon. Friend. In my years as a Minister, I have always seen ambassadors...

The right hon. Gentleman, whose conduct this week has been exemplary, just said that there is no ...

I do not, in any way, dismiss what the hon. Gentleman says. I take it at face value as a perfectl...

Now that we no longer have an ambassador to the United States, who is in charge of the British em...

We have an enormous embassy in Washington. It is standard practice in the diplomatic world that w...

It is important for the House to pause and reflect on the fact that this is the first time in mod...

I suppose, strictly speaking, it was who it should not be rather than who it should be, but let u...

I went to Washington in November 2018, and I met Sir Kim Darroch. He had very warm words to say a...

I am grateful to my hon. Friend for his words. He points out what is evident to anybody who visit...

If you’re invited.

Yes, I hope I am allowed back. Sir Kim was absolutely excellent.

The other thing my hon. Fr...

Attacks on the fundamental pillars of our democracy, whether it is Parliament, the judiciary, the...

I absolutely understand what the hon. Gentleman says about the stamp of authority that would be s...