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HANSARDMiddle East Peace PlanI certainly agree with the hon. Gentleman that any annexation unilaterally would be contrary to international law, damaging to peace efforts, and cannot go unchallenged, but the…04 Feb 2020HANSARDMiddle East Peace PlanI thank my hon. Friend. This is a first step on the road back to negotiations. The absence of dialogue creates a vacuum that only fuels instability and leads to the drifting of…04 Feb 2020HANSARDMiddle East Peace PlanWe welcome the US proposals for peace talks between the Israelis and the Palestinians based on recognition of the two-state solution. We support this initiative to get both sides…04 Feb 2020HANSARDWuhan: UK NationalsMy hon. Friend is absolutely right, and those are precisely the issues that I raised with the Chinese Foreign Minister. In fairness, we have seen 83 British nationals repatriated…04 Feb 2020HANSARDWuhan: UK NationalsThe hon. Gentleman is quite wrong on everything that he has just said. I visited the crisis centre yesterday. We have an excellent cross-Whitehall team, including the Ministry of…04 Feb 2020HANSARDWuhan: UK NationalsI spoke to Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi on 28 January about the evacuation of UK nationals from Wuhan and also about UK medical supplies to help the Chinese authorities tackle…04 Feb 2020HANSARDTopical QuestionsI think the hon. Gentleman has misunderstood the UK position. There is a proposal for peace talks, which would require a two-state solution, based on both sides agreeing. We have…04 Feb 2020HANSARDTopical QuestionsThe hon. Lady raises a conflict that I, and the whole Government, are very concerned about. We work with all our international partners, and in the past week I met the Saudi…04 Feb 2020HANSARD Global BritainI pay tribute to my hon. Friend, not for his role in the House, but for his experience and role in peacekeeping operations. I particularly remember him giving evidence to the…03 Feb 2020HANSARD Global BritainMy hon. Friend is absolutely right—financial services are a critical part of the UK economy. In the political declaration, clear arrangements are envisaged to make sure that we…03 Feb 2020HANSARD Global BritainI refer the right hon. Gentleman to the economic framework partnership agreement 2008.03 Feb 2020HANSARD Global BritainI thank my right hon. Friend for his question and congratulate him on his recent election to the Select Committee. I agree with all the aspects that he raised. We want to make…03 Feb 2020HANSARD Global BritainThe issue of 5G and high-risk vendors has raised the importance of making sure that the UK has the right fiscal regulatory approach to encouraging tech investment in this country…03 Feb 2020HANSARD Global BritainI certainly agree that there is a case for WTO reform and for making sure that it can be an effective mechanism for resolving disputes. We want the WTO to work effectively. We…03 Feb 2020HANSARD Global BritainMy hon. Friend is right that data is important. We are, of course, looking at the data adequacy process. Given the high level and high standards of UK regulation and laws in this…03 Feb 2020HANSARD Global BritainI know that the hon. Gentleman follows these things carefully. Of course, the article in the EU-Canada agreement to which he refers is a hortatory recognition of the importance of…03 Feb 2020HANSARD Global BritainWe of course enter the negotiations with a spirit of optimism, ambition and good will, but we also want to be clear. I think a question was asked earlier about the EU side not…03 Feb 2020HANSARD Global BritainIt has already been materially resolved. When I was out in Washington, I met many members on the hill from all sides of Congress, including Richie Neal, who chairs the Friends of…03 Feb 2020HANSARD Global BritainI think I agree with all my right hon. Friend’s points. We were asked by the EU to make a choice and we have chosen a Canada-style agreement. It seems to many of us that the EU…03 Feb 2020HANSARD Global BritainThe hon. Gentleman is absolutely right. That is just one area where a free trade agreement with the US and, indeed, with other countries around the world—particularly with the…03 Feb 2020