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HANSARDPalestinian Territories: Development SupportMy Lords, the Government recognise that a reformed Palestinian Authority is essential to long-term stability and development, and in advancing a two-state solution. The UK…01 Sept 2025HANSARDMiddle EastMy Lords, with the leave of the House, I shall repeat a Statement on the situation in the Occupied Palestinian Territories. The Statement is as follows: “On the ground, it is…01 Sept 2025HANSARDMiddle EastI thank both noble Lords for their contributions. I thank particularly the noble Lord, Lord Callanan, for reminding us of the situation in Afghanistan. He is right about the…01 Sept 2025HANSARDMiddle EastFor the Palestinian Authority, it is not a condition of recognition, as the noble Lord knows, but we are working with the Palestinian Authority to bring about the reforms that we…01 Sept 2025HANSARDMiddle EastI agree in that, obviously, the situations that the right reverend Prelate refers to are deeply rooted in history. Many of us understand and study this and appreciate what he is…01 Sept 2025HANSARDPalestinian Territories: Development SupportI think the noble Baroness’s question is incredibly constructive and it is our view that the Palestinian Authority is the only viable leadership for a future Palestinian state. As…01 Sept 2025HANSARDPalestinian Territories: Development SupportI am afraid that there is nothing in my tone this afternoon that has been in any way lecturing or hectoring. I have been clear about our reasons for reaching a position where we…01 Sept 2025HANSARDMiddle EastAs the noble Baroness should know, we do not comment on future sanction designations.01 Sept 2025HANSARDMiddle EastI think it is. I was in South Africa in 1994, just before the elections. I remember that time of huge optimism but also of great fear in certain parts of the population. I…01 Sept 2025HANSARDMiddle EastHamas should not claim the credit, but what it claims and what is true will be very different. It may well make statements to that effect, but they are not true. We are being as…01 Sept 2025HANSARDMiddle EastI do not know why Sudan does not get the attention that it should. It is a problem. Perhaps it has to do with media access and presence in that region, or perhaps there are other…01 Sept 2025HANSARDMiddle EastOn the issue of attendance at the UN General Assembly, it is obviously an issue for the US to decide who enters the country, but it is not right to deny Mr Abbas the ability to…01 Sept 2025HANSARDPalestinian Territories: Development SupportI might suggest that the noble and gallant Lord defines “near term”. Clearly, there is a great deal of work to do, but that should not put us off. If it is our position, which it…01 Sept 2025HANSARDMiddle EastThe issue with F35s is that their components are provided on a pooled basis. My understanding is that, if we stopped their provision, there are other situations in which there…01 Sept 2025HANSARDPalestinian Territories: Development SupportOne of the reasons that the Prime Minister made the statement on recognition at the beginning of the Recess was specifically to keep the prospect of a two-state solution alive.…01 Sept 2025HANSARDPalestinian Territories: Development SupportClearly, what has happened in regard to the students is through no fault of those students—it is a very difficult situation. We are talking to our colleagues in the Home Office,…01 Sept 2025HANSARDOfficial Development AssistanceI think those comments were made by the Minister for Public Health, Minister Dalton, at the International Development Committee last week. I would invite the noble Baroness to…21 Jul 2025HANSARDOfficial Development AssistanceODA is not being spent on the Chagos deal, as the noble Earl should know; I have told him about four times. We inherited a situation in which about one-third of the ODA budget was…21 Jul 2025HANSARDOfficial Development AssistanceIt would be a very strange former Minister for Development who would not regret a reduction in the budget—or any Minister in any department, because that is not what any of us is…21 Jul 2025HANSARDOfficial Development AssistanceOne could say the same about HIV and, to an extent, malaria. That is one of the reasons that the UK is now the largest donor to Gavi, the Vaccine Alliance. As we now understand…21 Jul 2025