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HANSARDBelarus: Violations ReportThe Government have welcomed the publication of the report by the Organisation for Security and Co-operation in Europe’s (OSCE) independent rapporteur, Professor Wolfgang Benedek,…09 Nov 2020HANSARDNATO Parliamentary AssemblyThe hon. Member for Lanark and Hamilton East (Angela Crawley) has replaced the hon. Member for Dunfermline and West Fife (Douglas Chapman) as a Member of the United Kingdom…05 Nov 2020HANSARDTopical QuestionsSince the last oral questions, I have hosted my German and French counterparts at Chevening to discuss Iran and Belarus. I visited Washington where I met Vice-President Pence,…13 Oct 2020HANSARDASEAN Countries: UK RelationsFirst, I must congratulate my hon. Friend on her appointment as trade envoy for Cambodia, Laos and Vietnam. She will know that UK-ASEAN trade is already worth over £40 billion in…13 Oct 2020HANSARDTopical QuestionsAs the hon. Gentleman will know, Turkey is a close NATO ally, but that has never stopped us from raising human rights across the whole range. We will obviously continue to do so…13 Oct 2020HANSARDUK Internal Market Bill: DiplomacyWe continue to work with the EU in the Joint Committee to resolve outstanding issues in relation to the Northern Ireland protocol.13 Oct 2020HANSARDUK Internal Market Bill: DiplomacyNo, I do not agree with that. The measures in the United Kingdom Internal Market Bill are defensive, precautionary and proportionate, to safeguard the integrity of the UK. I was…13 Oct 2020HANSARDUK Internal Market Bill: DiplomacyI am afraid I just do not accept the assertion, and I do not accept the equivalence. We have very clear understandings in relation to the positions we take in terms of consular…13 Oct 2020HANSARDUK Internal Market Bill: DiplomacyI thank the hon. Lady. As I have made clear, the Bill is a defensive, precautionary measure to safeguard the integrity of the UK. If the hon. Lady wants to know what people…13 Oct 2020HANSARDTopical QuestionsMy hon. Friend takes a close interest in this issue, and he will know that India and Pakistan are both long-standing and important friends of the United Kingdom. We have…13 Oct 2020HANSARDUK Internal Market Bill: DiplomacyMy hon. Friend is absolutely right. We have just signed a deal with Japan, and we have signed a continuity deal with South Korea. We are looking at a second one, and we have…13 Oct 2020HANSARDPresident of BelarusThe UK does not accept the results of the rigged presidential election in Belarus. We have worked with our international partners to promote a peaceful resolution. We have…13 Oct 2020HANSARDTopical QuestionsWe have a Commonwealth Foreign Ministers’ meeting coming up, where we will be looking at the further amount of support we are providing to ease the humanitarian plight of the…13 Oct 2020HANSARDTopical QuestionsMy hon. Friend brings the passion for journalism that he had outside this House to the core of this issue. He is right to say that we value the role of the BBC World Service in…13 Oct 2020HANSARDTopical QuestionsThat is a good example for all the other challenges we have; it is an area where we must work with China if we are going to shift the dial on climate change. China is the largest…13 Oct 2020HANSARDTopical QuestionsTurkey is a close partner and a strategic ally in NATO, and has Council of Europe obligations. We raise the whole suite of international obligations that apply as a matter both of…13 Oct 2020HANSARDTopical QuestionsMy right hon. Friend makes a good point about the shifting economics and the shifting geopolitical centre of gravity. We have more co-operation with South America, as well as…13 Oct 2020HANSARDTopical QuestionsI agree with the hon. Member about the importance of raising human rights. The most recent thing we did, with my French and German counterparts as E3, was issue a démarche to…13 Oct 2020HANSARDTopical QuestionsI absolutely agree with the concern that the hon. Lady has raised. Bringing ODA into the FCDO gives us the opportunity to raise these issues diplomatically, as well as to look…13 Oct 2020HANSARDTopical QuestionsI thank my hon. Friend and pay tribute to her work in government; I know her commitment on this issue. She will know that since 2015, the UK has supported 8 million girls to gain…13 Oct 2020