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HANSARDPalestinian Authority Prime Minister VisitOur position is that the settlements are illegal under international law and harm prospects of a two-state solution. Settlements do not offer security to either Israel or…29 Apr 2025HANSARDPalestinian Authority Prime Minister VisitI thank my noble friend for her question, her long-standing interest in this topic and the thoughtful way she goes about raising these issues. We have announced funding recently,…29 Apr 2025HANSARDPalestinian Authority Prime Minister VisitI am answering the question that the noble Baroness asked. The reason we are donating aid is that children are starving and people are being displaced. Around 90% of the…29 Apr 2025HANSARDPalestinian Authority Prime Minister VisitI genuinely do not think the tone of that is at all helpful to what we are all trying to achieve here, which is peace and a two-state solution. Perhaps the noble Baroness is not…29 Apr 2025HANSARDPalestinian Authority Prime Minister VisitMy Lords, I welcome the support that we have had from both Front Benches for the two-state solution, and the support for the meeting that was held. I have to say that we agree…29 Apr 2025HANSARDPalestinian Authority Prime Minister VisitMy Lords, with the leave of the House, I will now repeat a Statement made in the other place earlier today by Minister Falconer. The Statement is as follows: “Yesterday, at the…29 Apr 2025HANSARDUkraine War: London TalksI think this is going to be done across departments. There are different chapters to the agreement and there will be different needs for different elements of it. The noble Lord…28 Apr 2025HANSARDUkraine War: London TalksI remind noble Lords of the announcement that was made some weeks ago now about increasing defence spending—at the expense of my own overseas development budget. We are putting…28 Apr 2025HANSARDUkraine War: London TalksIt is for the people of Ukraine to determine their own future. That has been the bedrock of the position of this Government from the very beginning, and I do not see that changing.28 Apr 2025HANSARDUkraine War: London TalksI do not know, is the honest answer to that question. I do not think it would be helpful for us to pick over the details of what is said in these conversations, but we have a very…28 Apr 2025HANSARDUkraine War: London TalksAs we have said in this Chamber many times, the intention of Russia is clearly to prevent Ukraine behaving as an independent sovereign state: it wants to choose Ukraine’s future…28 Apr 2025HANSARDUkraine War: London TalksOur position on the territorial integrity of Ukraine is unchanged. On the issue of negotiated outcomes, we remain of the view that that is for Ukraine to decide and not for others…28 Apr 2025HANSARDUkraine War: London TalksI thank the noble Lord for again stating his support for and solidarity with the Government on the issue of Ukraine. What do we think about Putin’s claims for a ceasefire? There…28 Apr 2025HANSARDUkraine War: London TalksMy noble friend is a wily operator in this House. We agree with the President of the United States in that we want to see peace and we want to see this conflict resolved. I would…28 Apr 2025HANSARDLondon Sudan ConferenceClearly, the withdrawal of USAID support is having an impact in many places around the world, and we are doing what we can. One of the outcomes from the conference, although not…28 Apr 2025HANSARDLondon Sudan ConferenceWe are clear that the conflict needs to end and that anyone with any influence over any of the warring parties should use it to bring the conflict to a peaceful conclusion. I am…28 Apr 2025HANSARDLondon Sudan ConferenceAs many in this Chamber who have followed not just the events in Sudan but conflicts throughout recent history will appreciate, it is often a good thing to start conversations on…28 Apr 2025HANSARDLondon Sudan ConferenceThat is a very good point. The conference is not our only effort; it was a one-day event that was focused on representatives from government, but I met a leading female civil…28 Apr 2025HANSARDLondon Sudan ConferenceI thank the noble Lord for raising the important issue of access for humanitarian support and aid. The conference was not designed as a pledging conference to raise money, but it…28 Apr 2025HANSARDLondon Sudan ConferenceThe reality is exactly as the noble Lord describes. This is the worst humanitarian situation on the planet at the moment. It gets too little attention, but this Government want to…28 Apr 2025