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HANSARDChina AuditI am grateful for the work that my hon. Friend does in this area, but I must maintain that there has not been that access under any Government, other than for those on the…24 Jun 2025HANSARDTopical QuestionsAs the right hon. Gentleman probably knows, I was in Pakistan recently, and we discussed a range of human rights issues.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 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 AuditI refer the hon. Gentleman to the powers to counter foreign interference and transnational repression under the National Security Act.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 2025HANSARDGavi: FundingWe are proud to be founding partners of Gavi. We have invested more than £5 billion since 2000 helping to immunise more than 1 billion children. Gavi has enjoyed good cross-party…24 Jun 2025HANSARDChina AuditThat issue is still subject to consultation and will be announced by the Home Secretary in the usual way.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 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 AuditI reassure my hon. Friend that our universities were able to contribute to our China audit.24 Jun 2025HANSARDTopical QuestionsMy hon. Friend will recognise that we, alongside our partners throughout the global community, continue to raise serious issues relating to the plight of Palestinians in Gaza, and…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 want to reassure my hon. Friend that we have banned the sale of arms that could be used in Gaza, and we liaise with the French and the Saudi Arabians, despite the suspension of…24 Jun 2025HANSARDChina AuditIt is a good question, and I refer my hon. Friend to the industrial strategy and the further work that we have to do on supply chains. From day one, this Government have taken a…24 Jun 2025HANSARDAlaa Abd el-FattahI can reassure the hon. Gentleman that I remain in close touch with Laila and the family, and that this is a No. 1 priority for me and I expect to see Alaa released. I gently…24 Jun 2025HANSARDFrozen Russian AssetsWe have renewed engagement with our allies to pursue all lawful avenues to make Russia pay for Putin’s illegal war on Ukraine. I have engaged with G7 Foreign Ministers on this,…24 Jun 2025HANSARDSaudi ArabiaI have found it hugely beneficial to be able to speak to His Highness Prince Faisal so closely over the last few days, at the outbreak of this crisis and then again in the last 48…24 Jun 2025HANSARDChina AuditI am grateful to the hon. Gentleman for raising that. May I also name-check the work of my hon. Friend the Member for Cities of London and Westminster (Rachel Blake) on this…24 Jun 2025