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HANSARD Health InequalitiesI always listen with great respect to what the hon. Member has to say, but given that the SNP has its hands on many of the levers relating to the things she has discussed this…04 Mar 2020HANSARD British Citizens Imprisoned Overseas and CoronavirusThe hon. Member for Hampstead and Kilburn (Tulip Siddiq) is right to raise the plight of her constituent and other dual nationals wrongfully detained in Evin prison. Can the…02 Mar 2020HANSARD Airport ExpansionThis judgment will potentially simply export carbon emissions to our competitors, together with UK jobs and prosperity, and it is particularly bad news for the south-west. What…02 Mar 2020HANSARD CoronavirusMercifully, nobody in this country has yet died of coronavirus, but every year 600 people die of seasonal flu. In the phase to which my right hon. Friend refers, is he redoubling…26 Feb 2020HANSARDSyria: Security SituationMay I congratulate my successor on his appointment? In my opinion, it is the best job in Government. Apropos his recent visit to Munich, did he discuss with our German partners…24 Feb 2020HANSARDLibya: Peace ProcessMy hon. Friend is right to say that this is a very busy region indeed. However, I disagree that the international community is taking its eye off the ball—witness the Berlin…04 Feb 2020HANSARDIraqThe security situation in Iraq is deeply worrying. The threat from Daesh remains, and the recent attacks by Shi’a military groups on diplomatic premises are unacceptable, as is…04 Feb 2020HANSARDIraqI thank the hon. Lady for her supplementary question. I spoke to the Prime Minister of the Kurdistan region of Iraq, Masrour Barzani, recently—last month—and we discussed this…04 Feb 2020HANSARDLibya: Peace ProcessThe Berlin conference attended by the Prime Minister on 19 January showed wide international support for a ceasefire, resumption of UN-led political talks and an end to external…04 Feb 2020HANSARDMiddle EastI am grateful to the hon. Gentleman. We have discussed the case of Luke Symons at some length, and of course my door always remains open. We continue to do what we can in a very…04 Feb 2020HANSARDMiddle EastMy hon. Friend is of course absolutely right. The renunciation of violence and the return to the political process are of crucial importance in trying to get towards what I think…04 Feb 2020HANSARDMiddle EastMy hon. Friend is absolutely right. There are of course a large number of projects and initiatives, many of them funded by the United Kingdom, that are aimed at promoting peace.…04 Feb 2020HANSARDMiddle EastAs I said on 14 January, our strategic aims remain to de-escalate US-Iran tensions, constrain Iran’s nuclear development and hold Iran to account for destabilising activity in the…04 Feb 2020HANSARDTopical QuestionsMy hon. Friend is right, and she will be aware of the support that we give for health and education in the occupied Palestinian territories, pending the definitive political…04 Feb 2020HANSARD Middle East Peace PlanI am grateful for my hon. Friend’s comments. I reiterate the point that this is not our plan, and we are not endorsing it. I suspect he will have gone through this, as I did last…30 Jan 2020HANSARD Middle East Peace PlanMy right hon. Friend is of course absolutely right. The refugee issue is sometimes not necessarily associated with Jewish refugees. I remember reading a good book on this subject…30 Jan 2020HANSARD Middle East Peace PlanThis Government uphold international law. Our position on annexation is very clear, and I do not need to repeat it.30 Jan 2020HANSARD Middle East Peace PlanAnnexation is clearly illegal. We continue to use every means available to ensure either that it does not happen or, if it does, that there is an appropriate international…30 Jan 2020HANSARD Middle East Peace PlanWhat I can do is reiterate our position, which has not changed and which I have trotted out twice already this morning. This is not our plan, we welcome the fact that it has…30 Jan 2020HANSARD Middle East Peace PlanIt would be unwise to completely dismiss out of hand something of this nature, created and built by one of our closest allies, but that appears to be the position of those on the…30 Jan 2020