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HANSARDUkraine and GeorgiaI congratulate the hon. Member for Strangford (Jim Shannon) on securing this important urgent question. The brutalisation of peaceful, ordinary Georgians and the hospitalisation…15 May 2024HANSARDWar in GazaI welcome the efforts made by the Foreign Secretary, the Deputy Foreign Secretary and the Minister for the Middle East, who have been in and out of the middle east many times over…07 May 2024HANSARD Defence Personnel Data BreachWith one in five residents of Rutland being veterans or serving personnel, this news will be very concerning to our communities. In the last six weeks it has been concluded that…07 May 2024HANSARDSecurity in the Western BalkansI think that is a deeply cynical and unfair point to make. The people of Bosnia and Kosovo want to join the EU, and therefore it is right we support them in their ambitions. We…02 May 2024HANSARDForced Labour: Product Ban1. If she will introduce legislative proposals to ban products from UK markets that are made with or transported using forced labour.02 May 2024HANSARDSecurity in the Western BalkansMy right hon. Friend, unsurprisingly, is absolutely right. That is why it is so important at this time, when we see the risk of a return to the tinderbox, that we in this place…02 May 2024HANSARDSecurity in the Western BalkansThank you, Madam Deputy Speaker, for convening this debate. I thank the Minister for his response. The future of the Balkans must be one of peaceful co-existence—it is what their…02 May 2024HANSARDSecurity in the Western BalkansWithout question, everyone must help to defuse the situation and everyone must support ethnic minorities, and we should be clear that we in this place, as I will say later in my…02 May 2024HANSARDSecurity in the Western BalkansDodik absolutely did do that. Once again my right hon. Friend is absolutely right. Over the next few days, there will be a great Easter coming together of Dodik, Vučić and others…02 May 2024HANSARDSecurity in the Western BalkansIs my right hon. Friend concerned that there is going to be an Easter Assembly, where Dodik and Vučić plan to sign a declaration around Greater Serbia? What does he think that…02 May 2024HANSARDSecurity in the Western BalkansYes, we must do that. I had hoped to touch on Montenegro, but I will conclude. We can protect the truth in Bosnia by voting for a UN resolution to commemorate the Srebrenica…02 May 2024HANSARDSecurity in the Western BalkansI beg to move, That this House recognises the acute security situation in the Western Balkans; supports the territorial integrity and sovereignty of Kosovo and Bosnia and…02 May 2024HANSARDSecurity in the Western BalkansI thank the hon. Gentleman for his kind words earlier in his speech. Is he aware that when the Foreign Secretary was giving evidence to the Foreign Affairs Committee he described…02 May 2024HANSARDSecurity in the Western BalkansMy hon. Friend gives us the opportunity to reflect on the fact that none of us wants to be stood here talking about conflict in the Balkans, or just about security. In fact, when…02 May 2024HANSARDSecurity in the Western BalkansThe hon. Gentleman may not be aware that in the last few days Aleksandar Vulin—a former spy chief for Serbia who, having been sanctioned by the United States Government for his…02 May 2024HANSARD Business of the HouseTransport for the East Midlands has found that 60% of drivers feel unsafe driving on the A1, and over half report either being in an accident or knowing someone who has been in…02 May 2024HANSARDSecurity in the Western BalkansMy right hon. and gallant Friend is absolutely right. To that point, I know that the Foreign Secretary, in answering questions from Members in the other place yesterday, said that…02 May 2024HANSARDForced Labour: Product BanI thank my hon. Friend for his answer. However, companies with well-documented links to Uyghur slave labour are dumping their goods here in the UK. That is because the United…02 May 2024HANSARDTopical QuestionsBritish citizen Ryan Cornelius has now been imprisoned in the United Arab Emirates for 16 years. In 2022, the UN determined that he was “arbitrarily detained”, and before the…30 Apr 2024HANSARDTopical QuestionsThe Liberal Democrat-run council in Rutland has announced that it will close our specialist—and “outstanding” rated—SEND nursery, the Parks School. This comes with the further…29 Apr 2024