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HANSARD Middle EastI reassure the hon. Lady that the UK Government are not complicit in any actions that would breach international humanitarian law. I took that step back in September alongside…21 Jul 2025HANSARD Middle EastI associate myself with much that the hon. Gentleman said. It is a source of great regret to me that we have not brought this most horrendous of wars and conflicts to an end. My…21 Jul 2025HANSARDSyria: Visit by Foreign SecretaryI am today updating the House following my visit to Syria, where I met President Al-Sharaa and renewed the bilateral diplomatic relationship. This was the first visit by a UK…10 Jul 2025HANSARDChina AuditThe hon. Member is absolutely right that it is a fine balance. We need to invest more in our police capability, and that is an outcome of this audit. We need to continue to work…24 Jun 2025HANSARDChina AuditI recognise, and it is right to put on the record, that Conservative Members, the right hon. Gentleman among them, have raised significant issues over the past decade or so about…24 Jun 2025HANSARDChina AuditMy hon. Friend’s question goes to the heart of capabilities. We must have more diplomats with a fine understanding of China and more Mandarin speakers, and we are doing that.…24 Jun 2025HANSARDChina AuditThe paradox is important, but let me be clear that £600 million-worth of new investment in our intelligence services is an important development. Investment in our capabilities,…24 Jun 2025HANSARDChina AuditPrime Minister Johnson’s record on China is shocking. It led to the grave embarrassment of having to do a U-turn on Huawei, which would have been able to get into the most…24 Jun 2025HANSARDChina AuditWhat I see is naivety on the behalf of the hon. Gentleman. First, to be clear, the Deputy Prime Minister has not made her quasi-judicial decision. It is wrong, and he should…24 Jun 2025HANSARDChina AuditAs I have said, this was a comprehensive audit of our relations with China, and for reasons that the hon. Gentleman and other hon. Members have raised consistently, there are…24 Jun 2025HANSARDChina AuditI know that the right hon. Lady can be pretty brazen, but a lecture from her about China policy should make even her blush. The Conservative party oversaw more than a decade of…24 Jun 2025HANSARDChina AuditI am grateful to my hon. Friend for his championing on the APPGs, and for pressing these issues. I said in my statement that we will co-operate where we can but challenge where we…24 Jun 2025HANSARDChina AuditThe hon. Gentleman has put his views on the record, and I will consult my officials about what he has revealed.24 Jun 2025HANSARDChina AuditI reassure my hon. Friend that our universities were able to contribute to our China audit.24 Jun 2025HANSARDChina AuditLet me express my respect for the right hon. Gentleman’s expertise on the China threat. I acknowledge that he is subject to sanctions; I have consistently raised that point with…24 Jun 2025HANSARDChina AuditI remind the hon. Gentleman that, in December, we appointed my hon. Friend the Member for North Northumberland (David Smith) as the special envoy for freedom of religion and…24 Jun 2025HANSARDTopical QuestionsHaving been to the region twice—I am going back soon, within the next six weeks—I assure the right hon. Gentleman that we have absolutely not lost interest. Dame Karen Pierce is…24 Jun 2025HANSARDTopical QuestionsI have spoken to Secretary of State Rubio every single week that I have been in office. The Prime Minister and the President of the United States have the best of relationships.…24 Jun 2025HANSARDTopical QuestionsJust as the hon. Gentleman would not expect members of Congress or the Senate to comment on domestic issues in our country, I am not going to stray into domestic issues in the US.…24 Jun 2025HANSARDTopical QuestionsI am grateful to my hon. Friend for reminding us of the horrendous human rights record of this regime, a regime that is the worst sponsor of state terrorism in the world.24 Jun 2025