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HANSARDMiddle East UpdateI agree with the noble Lord. On one of the many occasions when I was challenging him as the Minister about ensuring access to aid, he said that airlifts and sea routes are all…07 May 2025HANSARDMiddle East Update—Lady Harman. I nearly said “Hayman”. She and I were both at the Commission on the Status of Women at the United Nations, and we focused on this agenda: how you ensure that when…07 May 2025HANSARDIndia-Pakistan: EscalationMy Lords, with the leave of the House, I shall now repeat a Statement made in another place. The Statement is as follows: “With permission, I will make a Statement on India and…07 May 2025HANSARDIndia-Pakistan: EscalationThe noble Lord and I have discussed these issues many times. His Government and this Government are at one on de-escalation and stable relationships being the priority. From those…07 May 2025HANSARDMiddle East UpdateTo answer the latter point, I am afraid that I am not able to give the noble Lord any further information in relation to those discussions. When the French Foreign Minister was…07 May 2025HANSARDMiddle East UpdateI am unable to confirm that, but I think the noble Baroness knows that we have been absolutely committed to trying to ensure that medical support and aid are delivered, either…07 May 2025HANSARDMiddle East UpdateI have written to the noble Baroness on a couple of occasions in response to the Written Questions she has asked on the casualty numbers. I hear what she says, but I think…07 May 2025HANSARDMiddle East UpdateI suspect that there are people in the State of Israel who share some of those commitments. Of course, we very much welcomed President Trump’s and the US’s involvement in…07 May 2025HANSARDMiddle East UpdateI thank my noble friend. As she knows from previous debates, we are absolutely committed to women, peace and security. Our new Special Envoy for Women and Girls, the noble and…07 May 2025HANSARDMiddle East UpdateI think I have made it clear to the House, and I repeat to the noble Lord, that we have been absolutely clear that the remaining hostages must be released, and the way to do that…07 May 2025HANSARDIndia-Pakistan: EscalationI thank the noble Lord for those questions. He is right. Last week, in addressing an Urgent Question, we covered the water treaty and appealed for it not to be disrupted. As he…07 May 2025HANSARDIndia-Pakistan: EscalationI think it is the other way around: my noble friend Lord Khan spoke to me today about his efforts and his work. We had quite a detailed exchange last week following an Urgent…07 May 2025HANSARDIndia-Pakistan: EscalationI thank the noble Baroness and the noble Lord for their contributions. Our message is very clear: regional stability is in the interests of both India and Pakistan. If this…07 May 2025HANSARDIndia-Pakistan: EscalationI agree with the noble Lord. All government departments, particularly my colleagues in the Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government, are absolutely focused on…07 May 2025HANSARDMiddle East UpdateI thank the noble Lord and the noble Baroness for their contributions and questions. I start with the points from the noble Lord, Lord Callanan, about Iran and Syria. Iran…07 May 2025HANSARDIndia-Pakistan: EscalationThe noble Lord is absolutely right. As I said at the beginning, if the situation escalates further, nobody wins. I reassure him, as I think I said in my other responses, that the…07 May 2025HANSARDMiddle East UpdateThe noble Baroness is absolutely right. We have been focused on ensuring that agencies are allowed to deliver aid. When we last considered this matter, I made it clear that we…07 May 2025HANSARDMiddle East UpdateI am afraid I cannot give my noble friend an up-to-date report but, as she knows, I have worked with a number of noble friends and across the House to ensure that…07 May 2025HANSARDMiddle East UpdateI thank my noble friend for his question, which I tried to address in my opening comments to the Front Benches opposite. The scale of the problem is such that it requires all…07 May 2025HANSARDMiddle East UpdateMy noble friend makes a very good point, and she is well aware of both my personal and this Government’s commitment to supporting civil society in all contexts. We have been…07 May 2025