Member of Parliament
Alistair Burt
Member since
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Bills sponsored
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Speeches (30d)
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Speeches (all)
215
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1
Last spoke
05 Nov 2019
Recent contributions (215)
HANSARD Nazanin Zaghari-RatcliffeSanctions are in place in relation to a number of figures in Iran—the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps in its entirety, and others—on human rights grounds. That course of action…07 Jan 2019HANSARD Nazanin Zaghari-RatcliffeI am grateful to my hon. Friend. If I was to offer some thoughts on that they would take us the best part of the next half-hour, because again I go back to the point about the…07 Jan 2019HANSARD Nazanin Zaghari-RatcliffeNo one understands compassion better than the hon. Gentleman, who articulates it so clearly in the House on so many occasions. We still think it best to handle this issue in a…07 Jan 2019HANSARD Nazanin Zaghari-RatcliffeThe authority structure in Iran is complex, as any study of it will show. I am absolutely certain that the messages that the British Government send, and our work through the…07 Jan 2019HANSARD Nazanin Zaghari-RatcliffeThe hon. Gentleman asks me a question to which I do not know the answer, but the point he makes is fair. The adherence to international agreements is very important, and they…07 Jan 2019
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