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HANSARD Jewish Refugees from the Middle East and North Africaindicated assent .19 Jun 2019HANSARD Jewish Refugees from the Middle East and North AfricaIt is a great pleasure to serve under your chairmanship, Mr Hollobone, for my first time in this capacity. I congratulate my right hon. Friend the Member for Chipping Barnet…19 Jun 2019HANSARDSyria: Civilians in IdlibOur investigation into this is ongoing, and I am not going to pre-empt the outcome of our investigation into attribution or, indeed, intent. All I would say to my hon. Friend is…18 Jun 2019HANSARDSyria: Civilians in IdlibFirst, I have an apology for the hon. Gentleman. Yesterday in the urgent question, I think I associated him with the Opposition Front Bench. I am afraid that this was a facet of…18 Jun 2019HANSARDSyria: Civilians in IdlibI am grateful to the hon. Gentleman for his remarks and questions. It is important that we work with international partners to apply pressure to those who are responsible. He will…18 Jun 2019HANSARDSyria: Civilians in IdlibThe first thing to say about the recent onslaught in the governorate of Idlib specifically is that virtually all those involved are internally displaced people within that…18 Jun 2019HANSARDSyria: Civilians in IdlibI am grateful to my hon. Friend for his question. Russia is clearly a party to the current situation. It is supporting the regime and is responsible for a lot of the trauma that…18 Jun 2019HANSARDSyria: Civilians in IdlibAs I indicated in my remarks, my local authority has also been active in this area. It is important that the process should be conducted properly, and that relocations to places…18 Jun 2019HANSARDSyria: Civilians in IdlibThe truth is that we engage on an ongoing basis with charitable organisations, but I will not comment specifically on those organisations, really for their security. Much of our…18 Jun 2019HANSARDSyria: Civilians in IdlibThe hon. Lady knows that this is an ongoing piece of work, as my right hon. Friend the Member for Sutton Coldfield (Mr Mitchell) rightly referred to. It does not relate simply to…18 Jun 2019HANSARDSyria: Civilians in IdlibI entirely agree with my right hon. Friend: either the regime and its supporters’ statements are wildly inaccurate or its targeting is wildly inaccurate. He will know that the UN…18 Jun 2019HANSARDSyria: Civilians in IdlibI am very grateful to the hon. Lady, and of course I join with her in her heartfelt tributes to our colleague Jo Cox. The hon. Lady will know that we committed £400 million in the…18 Jun 2019HANSARDSyria: Civilians in IdlibI am pleased that the hon. Lady welcomes yesterday’s statement, which indicated that these matters are always kept under review. The Government will have heard the views being…18 Jun 2019HANSARDSyria: Civilians in IdlibThe hon. Gentleman will have heard yesterday’s statement and will hopefully have been reassured, at least in part. The situation in Calais clearly goes well beyond Syria and is…18 Jun 2019HANSARDSyria: Civilians in IdlibI am pleased that the hon. Gentleman’s local authority area has been helpful in accommodating refugees. My experience in my constituency is that they have been warmly welcomed,…18 Jun 2019HANSARDSyria: Civilians in IdlibIn relation to the current escalation, as I said before, these are internally displaced people. They are within the Idlib governorate, so it is not simply a question of airlifting…18 Jun 2019HANSARDSyria: Civilians in IdlibI am grateful to the hon. Gentleman for his remarks. He must know that what we are able to do depends very much on access and safety and whether or not we can get to those who are…18 Jun 2019HANSARDSyria: Civilians in IdlibThe Government are extremely concerned by the current escalation of violence in north-west Syria, and are appalled by the disgraceful and wholly unwarranted attacks on civilians…18 Jun 2019HANSARDSyria: Civilians in IdlibMy hon. Friend is right to say that the Russian people would indeed think that, if they knew the full extent of the actions being taken in their name by President Putin’s…18 Jun 2019HANSARDGulf of Oman Oil Tanker AttacksI am not sure I am prepared to second-guess the Iranian Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps. My right hon. Friend is a very wise man—very wise, indeed—and he has a lot of experience…17 Jun 2019