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HANSARDAfghanistanI thank the hon. Member very much for raising the case. I have to tell him that I am told we have no evidence of anybody being pulled off flights, but obviously I would ask him to…06 Sept 2021HANSARDAfghanistanI thank my right hon. Friend and am of course aware of the continuing issues between the People’s Republic of China and Taiwan. Indeed, I discussed that recently with the…06 Sept 2021HANSARDAfghanistanI thank my hon. Friend and Derbyshire Dales District Council for stepping up. We will of course make sure that the funds are available, and she should make representations to the…06 Sept 2021HANSARDAfghanistanI thank my hon. Friend. The UK is pulling together with our German friends, our Italian friends, our French friends, our American friends—all our G7 colleagues and others—to forge…06 Sept 2021HANSARDAfghanistanNo, and the hon. Gentleman is wrong in every respect, including what he says about military hardware because that was decommissioned.06 Sept 2021HANSARDAfghanistanMy hon. Friend makes an interesting suggestion and I encourage it to be taken up. We need to ensure that the elements of the Taliban who are different, as I believe they are, from…06 Sept 2021HANSARDAfghanistanI believe the whole country should pull together and everybody should step up to the plate. I know that there are councils across the country that will want to help and are…06 Sept 2021HANSARDAfghanistanI think the best I can do is direct my hon. Friend once again to the integrated review, which I know that he has studied and I believe is now more relevant than ever.06 Sept 2021HANSARDAfghanistanThe hon. Gentleman makes an incredibly important point. The labour market is full of vacancies at the moment, and there are obviously opportunities for hard-working people of…06 Sept 2021HANSARDAfghanistanThe right hon. Gentleman knows, because he has heard me say it before, that there was a full review after the end of the military operation in 2014—a review of what it achieved…06 Sept 2021HANSARDAfghanistanI thank my hon. Friend, whose trenchant views I often agree with, but I think in this case the special relationship—at Carbis Bay I called it the irreplaceable or the…06 Sept 2021HANSARDAfghanistanVirtually everywhere is the answer to that. [ Interruption. ] We have our own sanctions policy. We have been able to set up new embassies and legations around the world. We are…06 Sept 2021HANSARDAfghanistanYes. I had the opportunity to thank the troops the other day, but I want to thank everybody who has been involved: Border Force officials and everybody in the councils who has…06 Sept 2021HANSARDAfghanistanI am sure that the whole House sympathises very much with what has happened to those individuals in Afghanistan that the hon. Gentleman describes. We are doing our level best to…06 Sept 2021HANSARDAfghanistanWith permission, Mr Speaker, I will update the House on the situation in Afghanistan and our enduring effort to provide sanctuary for those to whom we owe so much. Since the House…06 Sept 2021HANSARDAfghanistanYes, there are many difficult cases, but I thank my right hon. Friend for drawing attention to those particular individuals who are at risk. I will ensure that the relevant…06 Sept 2021HANSARDAfghanistanThe right hon. and learned Gentleman did not put many questions to me. He made the general assertion that the Government had not been focusing on Afghanistan but, as far as I can…06 Sept 2021HANSARDAfghanistanMy right hon. Friend deserves to be listened to with great respect on Afghanistan. From his service, he understands these issues deeply, but I must tell him that people listening…06 Sept 2021HANSARDAfghanistanI am always happy to meet representatives of the Scottish Government and other devolved Administrations, of course. The right hon. Gentleman asked some specific questions about…06 Sept 2021HANSARDAfghanistanI am very grateful to the hon. Lady. I am very sorry to hear what happened at Hamid Karzai International airport. I hope they will be successful under the resettlement scheme. If…06 Sept 2021