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HANSARDTopical QuestionsMy sincere condolences go out to George Lowe’s family. Consular staff remain in contact with the Cypriot authorities and the family on this case. We passed to the Cypriot…24 Oct 2023HANSARDEuropean Political Community: Granada MeetingOn Thursday 5 October, the Prime Minister attended the European Political Community summit in Granada, Spain. Leaders from across the continent gathered for the third time to…19 Oct 2023HANSARDWater, Sanitation and Hygiene: Sustainable DevelopmentI am pleased to serve under your chairship, Mrs Latham. I am grateful to my hon. Friend the Member for Hendon (Dr Offord) for securing this important debate, and all Members…17 Oct 2023HANSARDWithdrawal Agreement Joint Committee: Twelfth MeetingThe Withdrawal Agreement Joint Committee met on 28 September 2023, with UK and EU delegates joining by video conference. The meeting was co-chaired at alternate level by me and…16 Oct 2023HANSARDNATO Parliamentary AssemblyThe right hon. Lord Dodds of Duncairn has replaced the right hon. Member for Lagan Valley (Sir Jeffrey M. Donaldson) as a member of the United Kingdom delegation to the NATO…19 Sept 2023HANSARDUK-EU Parliamentary Partnership Assembly: MembershipThe hon. Member for Wallasey (Dame Angela Eagle) has been appointed as a full representative and vice-chair of the UK-EU Parliamentary Partnership Assembly in place of the right…19 Sept 2023HANSARD UkraineI am very grateful to right hon. and hon. Members for their thoughtful and useful contributions. Like many in the Chamber, I have just returned from Ukraine and the Yalta European…11 Sept 2023HANSARD Ahmadi Muslims: PakistanI am grateful for that intervention. The right hon. Gentleman will know that the UK has a long-standing relationship with Pakistan, underpinned, as has been described today, by…06 Sept 2023HANSARD Ahmadi Muslims: PakistanI am grateful to my hon. Friend for putting that question again. I was already going to respond to it; I am grateful to the hon. Member for Mitcham and Morden (Siobhain McDonagh)…06 Sept 2023HANSARD Ahmadi Muslims: PakistanVery briefly.06 Sept 2023HANSARD Ahmadi Muslims: PakistanI am glad that the hon. Lady raised that, as did the hon. Member for Glasgow Central (Alison Thewliss)—she is not in her place now, but she notified me that she would be leaving.…06 Sept 2023HANSARD Ahmadi Muslims: PakistanI am very grateful to my hon. Friend the Member for Carshalton and Wallington (Elliot Colburn) for securing this important debate. I commend his work and his ongoing support of…06 Sept 2023HANSARDClimate Finance: Tackling Loss and DamageIt is a great pleasure to be here, Mr Betts. I am responding on behalf of the Minister for Development and Africa, my right hon. Friend the Member for Sutton Coldfield (Mr…05 Sept 2023HANSARDClimate Finance: Tackling Loss and DamageIt is of course part of the ODA spend. The UK invested £2.4 billion worth of international climate finance between 2016 and 2020 into adaptation, including investments in areas…05 Sept 2023HANSARDClimate Finance: Tackling Loss and DamageI grateful for that question and it is, of course, too early for the UK to say whether or how much we might commit to any dedicated loss and damage fund, because the work of the…05 Sept 2023HANSARD British Nationals Detained OverseasIt is a great pleasure to be here today, Ms Ali. I am here in the place of the Minister of State, Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office, my right hon. Friend the Member for…05 Sept 2023HANSARD British Nationals Detained OverseasYes, indeed—we consider all these cases. If I may, I will come on to that case, because the hon. Gentleman has been a champion of it. Let me assure him—I am sure he knows this—the…05 Sept 2023HANSARD British Nationals Detained OverseasI am grateful for the opportunity, and I will reiterate the language used by the Foreign Secretary and referred to by the right hon. Member for Chingford and Woodford Green (Sir…05 Sept 2023HANSARD British Nationals Detained OverseasMr Lai has a British passport. He is a dual British national born in China.05 Sept 2023HANSARD British Nationals Detained OverseasHe is a dual British national and we will continue to look at this case. We will continue to use our channels with the Chinese and Hong Kong authorities to raise his case and call…05 Sept 2023