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HANSARDKurdistan Region of IraqIt is a pleasure to see you in the Chair, Ms Bardell. I, too, thank the hon. Member for Filton and Bradley Stoke (Jack Lopresti) for securing the debate and for the way he opened…07 Feb 2024HANSARDPalestinian State: RecognitionPalestinian recognition is an inalienable right, not a privilege to be conferred by others. Although I was pleased to hear the Foreign Secretary say last night that the UK, “with…30 Jan 2024HANSARD Israel and the Occupied Palestinian TerritoriesI thank the Minister for prior sight of his statement. On Friday, despite concerted efforts to dismiss, ridicule and undermine South Africa’s case, the International Court of…29 Jan 2024HANSARD Human Rights in Hong KongI thank you, Mr Twigg, and the Minister for understanding that I will have to leave early to attend a Holocaust Memorial Day event in Parliament. It is a pleasure to see you in…23 Jan 2024HANSARDDefending the UK and AlliesThe right of innocent passage is a fundamental principle of international law and cannot be interrupted by non-state actors. However, although the Prime Minister might wish that…15 Jan 2024HANSARD Afghanistan: UK Government PolicyIt is a pleasure to see you in the Chair, Dr Huq. I congratulate the right hon. Member for Bournemouth East (Mr Ellwood) on securing the debate and on the thoughtful and…10 Jan 2024HANSARDIsrael and PalestineThank you, Mr Speaker, and may I wish you and your staff a very happy new year? Of course, it has not been a happy new year for the 2 million desperate and terrified people…08 Jan 2024HANSARDIsrael and GazaI, too, send my very best wishes to the family of the hon. Member for Oxford West and Abingdon (Layla Moran). As we know, later today the Government’s call for a sustainable…19 Dec 2023HANSARDTrial of Jimmy LaiI thank the right hon. Member for Chingford and Woodford Green (Sir Iain Duncan Smith) for securing this urgent question, and Lord Alton, Baroness Kennedy and the hon. Member for…18 Dec 2023HANSARD Citizens’ RightsI thank the Minister for prior sight of his statement. I, too, am pleased that both sides appear to be working constructively to uphold the obligations laid out in the withdrawal…14 Dec 2023HANSARD Venezuela: Threat to GuyanaI thank the hon. Member for Bridgwater and West Somerset (Mr Liddell-Grainger) for securing this urgent question. It is indeed ironic that the day after the excitement of COP,…14 Dec 2023HANSARDHamas and Israel: Breaches of International LawArticle 86 of the Rome statute says that, in relation to the work of the International Criminal Court, state parties shall “cooperate fully with the Court in its investigation and…07 Dec 2023HANSARD Cyber Interference: UK DemocracyI thank the Minister for prior sight of his statement. It makes for disturbing reading and I absolutely agree that Russia’s actions are completely unacceptable. That Members of…07 Dec 2023HANSARDUniversal Declaration of Human Rights and UN Convention on GenocideIt is a pleasure to see you in the Chair, Ms McDonagh, for this debate to mark the 75th anniversary of the United Nations universal declaration of human rights and the UN…07 Dec 2023HANSARDGaza: Humanitarian SituationExactly as it said it would at the end of the humanitarian pause, Israel has resumed its offensive in Gaza with full force, including an appalling attack on the Médecins Sans…04 Dec 2023HANSARDScottish Work Visa SchemeFive years ago, the Migration Advisory Committee said that the current system was failing remote communities. Recently published figures show that my Argyll and Bute constituency…29 Nov 2023HANSARDScottish Work Visa Scheme11. If he will make an assessment with Cabinet colleagues of the potential merits of devolving the power to introduce a Scottish work visa scheme to the Scottish Government.29 Nov 2023HANSARDIsrael and the Occupied Palestinian TerritoriesI thank the Minister of State for prior sight of his statement, but here we are on day one of the new FCDO regime and already we see the absurdity of having a Foreign Secretary…14 Nov 2023HANSARDIsrael and PalestineIf it is not the Foreign Secretary’s responsibility to make that assessment, I wonder whose it is. He knows that international humanitarian law is unambiguous in saying that the…24 Oct 2023HANSARDIsrael and PalestineHas the Secretary of State seen any evidence, been made aware of any evidence or had reasonable grounds to believe that Israel has breached international humanitarian law in its…24 Oct 2023