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Business of the House

That last question took the biscuit. [Hon. Members: ““Resign!””] I have nothing to resign from. May I ask the Leader of the House for an early debate on British representation overseas? As he will know, this year and next year, a number of our high commissions, embassies and consulates will close, including those in Lesotho, Madagascar, Swaziland, Tonga, Vanuatu, Kiribati, Bahamas and a number of consulates in the United States and Germany. He must understand that lowering the British flag also lowers our influence and that the vacuum created will be filled by other countries—including, of course, China.