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HANSARDAfghanistan: Food ShortagesI assure your Lordships that we have learned the lessons of other conflicts as well, including those in Yemen, and ensure that those lessons are put into practice here.09 Nov 2021HANSARDAfghanistan: Food ShortagesMy Lords, on the noble Baroness’s first point, we are working with international partners including international financial institutions on the issue of cash that is held, but of…09 Nov 2021HANSARDAfghanistan: Food ShortagesI am engaging directly with a number of women leaders. Most recently I met Hasina Safi and Fatima Gailani to inform our policy in the medium term, particularly on the issues of…09 Nov 2021HANSARDAfghanistan: Food ShortagesAgain, I agree with my noble friend, who speaks with great insight on this issue. Let me assure him that we are focused on dealing directly with women leaders in identifying which…09 Nov 2021HANSARDAfghanistan: Food ShortagesMy Lords, I assure the noble Baroness that we have engaged at the highest level with the World Food Programme, established agencies on the ground and, indeed, all UN partners. I…09 Nov 2021HANSARDAfghanistan: Food ShortagesMy Lords, I assure the noble Baroness that operationally, as I said, Sir Simon Gass and Martin Longden met with the Taliban and pressed on the importance of human rights within…09 Nov 2021HANSARDAfghanistan: Food ShortagesMy Lords, the noble Lord is quite correct. Indeed, in the initial stages of the takeover by the Taliban of Afghanistan, it was very clear that in those areas that had been under…09 Nov 2021HANSARDAfghanistan: Food ShortagesMy Lords, the noble and gallant Lord speaks from great insight and experience of the region. He is quite right about the situation with ISKP, but he will also be aware that there…09 Nov 2021HANSARDAfghanistan: Food ShortagesMy Lords, I have already said that the Government have announced an increase in funding to £286 million, but it is appropriate that we allocate this funding in a structured way,…09 Nov 2021HANSARDAfghanistan: Food ShortagesI totally agree with the noble Lord, and that is exactly what we are focused on.09 Nov 2021HANSARDAfghanistan: Food ShortagesMy Lords, I share the view that the noble Lord has expressed, and indeed of what my noble friend said about the report of John Simpson. I have met directly with those fleeing the…09 Nov 2021HANSARDAfghanistan: Food ShortagesMy Lords, as far as the Security Council is concerned, I assure my noble friend that I myself directly engaged in a recent debate on Afghanistan. On delegations, we are engaging…09 Nov 2021HANSARDAfghanistan: Food ShortagesMy Lords, I agree with the noble Baroness, and I assure her that the Government are doing exactly that. I myself, as the Minister responsible for our relations with Afghanistan…09 Nov 2021HANSARDAfghanistan: Food ShortagesMy Lords, as we all know, the humanitarian situation in Afghanistan is dire and of deep concern. It has been a central subject of all our conversations with all players, including…09 Nov 2021HANSARDOrganization for Security and Co-operation in EuropeMy Lords, I thank all noble Lords for their contributions, in particular my noble friend Lord Bowness for tabling this debate. I join others in paying tribute to his service to…28 Oct 2021HANSARDNazanin Zaghari-RatcliffeMy Lords, I hear what the noble Lord says. On my return from your Lordships’ House, I will make sure that this issue is raised specifically in the briefing that is prepared.27 Oct 2021HANSARDNazanin Zaghari-RatcliffeMy Lords, one thing that we have been clear on is that this situation—the debt referred to by my noble friend—is a live issue bilaterally between the United Kingdom and Iran. On…27 Oct 2021HANSARDNazanin Zaghari-RatcliffeMy Lords, I do not agree with the noble Lord that the Government have not prioritised this case and others. We continue to do so. Of course, there is a relationship with Iran on…27 Oct 2021HANSARDNazanin Zaghari-RatcliffeMy Lords, my noble friend raises an important point. We are consistently in touch with Nazanin directly. Indeed, my right honourable friend the Foreign Secretary spoke to her on…27 Oct 2021HANSARDNazanin Zaghari-RatcliffeMy Lords, first, I think that I speak for all noble Lords in saying that we stand very much with all families experiencing the dreadful situation of their loved ones being…27 Oct 2021