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HANSARD Situation in the Red SeaWith permission, Mr Speaker, I would like to make a statement on the recent response to Houthi aggression in the Red sea. Thirty years ago, the United Nations convention on the…26 Feb 2024HANSARD Situation in the Red SeaI thank the hon. Member for his—as he has described it—tentative support. I have noted that the House has been largely unified on this issue during the past four statements,…26 Feb 2024HANSARD Situation in the Red SeaMy hon. Friend is absolutely right that this has a cost not just to business or industry, but to households in this country. It will come straight through to the bill for the…26 Feb 2024HANSARD Situation in the Red SeaI somewhat reject that characterisation. To be absolutely clear, we are very much of the view that Iran is responsible; it funds, trains and provides equipment to the Houthis and…26 Feb 2024HANSARD Situation in the Red SeaThere are essentially two forms of warfare that my hon. Friend is pointing to: one is direct cyber-attack and the other is the use of electronic warfare to cause particular…26 Feb 2024HANSARD Situation in the Red SeaFirst, I am very grateful for the support of the right hon. Gentleman’s party. Secondly, two factors have to be in play in order to take action: the will to do it and the…26 Feb 2024HANSARD Situation in the Red SeaI shall ensure that that answer is forthcoming.26 Feb 2024HANSARD Situation in the Red SeaAgain, I thank the hon. Gentleman for his party’s support on this. He will be interested to hear that I had extensive discussions last week both at NATO in Brussels and at the…26 Feb 2024HANSARD Situation in the Red SeaI will certainly look into that for the hon. Member, but I would have thought that Israel uses UK airports for the purposes of flying El Al and other airlines to this country.26 Feb 2024HANSARD Situation in the Red SeaI know that my right hon. and learned Friend is a big fan of Somaliland. I have visited it myself in the past, and I know that in a difficult environment, they do a very good…26 Feb 2024HANSARD Situation in the Red SeaI would say two things to the hon. Lady. First, as I have tried to stress before, I do think that this operation is having an impact. We have seen longer periods between attacks,…26 Feb 2024HANSARD Situation in the Red SeaMy hon. Friend raises a very important point, and if he does not mind, I will confer with my right hon. Friend the Foreign Secretary on this issue. On the membership point, the…26 Feb 2024HANSARD UkraineWe are always looking at the best ways to train people. My expectation is that that training will continue, but we are always looking at how to improve it further. I mentioned…22 Feb 2024HANSARD UkraineThe hon. Member is absolutely right to point out those irresponsible comments, which very much follow in the footsteps of what Putin goes around saying. It is completely…22 Feb 2024HANSARD UkraineI am delighted that my hon. Friend was in Poland yesterday. The Poles have been right on the frontline next to Ukraine on this. They have been tremendous in their support for…22 Feb 2024HANSARD UkraineThe right hon. Gentleman is absolutely right about that. As I said, after a period of time, sanctions become holed, and people can get around them and through them. I have always…22 Feb 2024HANSARD UkrainePerhaps I may take this opportunity to correct the “we” to “he”, for the avoidance of doubt.22 Feb 2024HANSARD UkraineI thank the right hon. Gentleman for his support, and indeed all Members of this House from all parties, for the tremendous support that Ukraine has experienced from this…22 Feb 2024HANSARD UkraineWith permission, Madam Deputy Speaker, I would like to update the House on the conflict in Ukraine, as we prepare to mark two years since the start of the full-scale Russian…22 Feb 2024HANSARD UkraineI am grateful to my right hon. Friend for raising that matter. I am aware of his work in Congress—in fact, I think we were there at roughly the same time last month—and his clear…22 Feb 2024