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HANSARDAfghanistan: FCDO UpdateI know how passionate the right hon. and learned Lady is about this issue and how assiduous she has been on it. It is difficult to give a precise number of the applications and…06 Sept 2021HANSARD AfghanistanYou don’t listen.18 Aug 2021HANSARD AfghanistanI thank hon. Members on both sides of the House for their contributions. The debate has demonstrated why this House’s voice had to be heard and why it was right to recall…18 Aug 2021HANSARD AfghanistanI thank my hon. Friend. We pay tribute to all those who have returned and paid the price, through physical or mental health injuries, and, of course, a huge tribute goes out to…18 Aug 2021HANSARD AfghanistanMay I make a little progress and then I will come back to the hon. Gentleman? I thought that the hon. Member for Barnsley Central (Dan Jarvis)—I do not know whether he is back in…18 Aug 2021HANSARD AfghanistanI will come on to address that matter, but I understand the point that the hon. Gentleman makes. My right hon. Friend the Member for North Shropshire (Mr Paterson) gave a…18 Aug 2021HANSARD AfghanistanCan I just make a little progress? I have already given way and will do so again when I come to that point. My right hon. Friend the Member for North Shropshire gave a truly…18 Aug 2021HANSARD AfghanistanI will make a little progress. There were many other heartfelt, insightful and truly valuable contributions in the House today. I also listened very carefully to those on the…18 Aug 2021HANSARD AfghanistanI will make a little progress. I welcome what the shadow Foreign Secretary said about our ambassador, Sir Laurie Bristow, and the team on the ground. In case there was any doubt,…18 Aug 2021HANSARD AfghanistanMy hon. Friend is absolutely right. Of course we need to be open-hearted and generous, but if we were to allow people to come to this country who subsequently attacked this…18 Aug 2021HANSARD AfghanistanI will make some progress. I have been very generous. I pay tribute to those leading this work. I have already mentioned Sir Laurie Bristow, our ambassador. There is a phenomenal…18 Aug 2021HANSARD AfghanistanLet me come on and address the totality of the arrangements—I think that will answer squarely her point. The evacuation effort has three strands, and by the way, it has been in…18 Aug 2021HANSARD AfghanistanI will make some more progress because I have only four minutes and I have already given way on a number of occasions. The crucial point is that in order to secure the airport, we…18 Aug 2021HANSARD AfghanistanI thank my hon. Friend, who is absolutely right to raise that point, which I will come to if he allows me to. The third strand of the evacuation scheme is, as my right hon.…18 Aug 2021HANSARDGlobal Anti-corruption SanctionsToday, the UK has imposed asset freezes and travel bans on five individuals under the Global Anti-Corruption Sanctions Regulations 2021. This is the second set of designations…22 Jul 2021HANSARDHong Kong: National Security LawI think that this is the most big-hearted offer that the UK has made since the Indian Ugandans fled Idi Amin. My hon. Friend is right that it is not just about offering safe…20 Jul 2021HANSARDHong Kong: National Security LawThe hon. Lady knows that the participation of any national team in the Olympics is a matter for the British Olympic Association, which is required, as a matter of law under the…20 Jul 2021HANSARDHong Kong: National Security LawThe national security law in Hong Kong is not being used for its original avowed purpose, which according to Beijing was to target “a tiny number of criminals who…endanger…20 Jul 2021HANSARDTopical QuestionsOur position on the Armenian genocide is unchanged, but certainly in relation to the other disputes the hon. Lady mentioned, we of course work with the international community to…20 Jul 2021HANSARDTopical QuestionsLabour Members are talking about cuts. We have just made the biggest ever donation to the Global Partnership for Education, a 15% increase on last time. As a result, at the G7 we…20 Jul 2021