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HANSARDUK-Ukraine 100-year PartnershipI am very grateful to the right hon. Member for raising this issue. Ukraine’s rightful place is in NATO—allies agreed at the July summit in Washington that that was the rightful…20 Jan 2025HANSARDUK-Ukraine 100-year PartnershipI am so glad that my hon. Friend has drawn attention to pillar 4. That allows me to remind the House that the Prime Minister announced £40 million for a new economic recovery…20 Jan 2025HANSARDUK-Ukraine 100-year PartnershipI know that the hon. Gentleman understands history. He will know that after the second world war, we were in quite a lot of debt to the United States as a result of lend-lease,…20 Jan 2025HANSARDUK-Ukraine 100-year PartnershipMy hon. Friend will be pleased to know that the partnership between schools under pillar 9 is fundamental. It is what gives us the bedrock on which to build both the English…20 Jan 2025HANSARDUK-Ukraine 100-year PartnershipI say to the hon. Gentleman—in whose question is a seriousness about the cost of war and what it takes to negotiate—that when I met Donald Trump, my sense was that he did…20 Jan 2025HANSARDUK-Ukraine 100-year PartnershipI am grateful to take my hon. Friend’s question and to see her back in her place. She is right to commend the work of her constituents in offering their homes to Ukrainian…20 Jan 2025HANSARDMiddle EastWith permission, I will update the House on the deal announced between Israel and Hamas. Last night, US President Biden and Qatari Prime Minister Al Thani confirmed that…16 Jan 2025HANSARDMiddle EastEmily Damari is a British national. She spent her 28th birthday in captivity. She was taken from her home in the Kfar Aza kibbutz. Emily enjoys watching football and is a…16 Jan 2025HANSARDMiddle EastI am grateful to my hon. Friend for mentioning Northern Ireland and the essential role that was played in particular by the last Labour Government. She will no doubt have noticed…16 Jan 2025HANSARDMiddle EastI agree wholeheartedly with my hon. Friend.16 Jan 2025HANSARDMiddle EastI thank my hon. Friend for her question. We will be making a further assessment of the humanitarian need and what more we can do in the coming weeks, given the changed…16 Jan 2025HANSARDMiddle EastI am very grateful to my hon. Friend for asking that question. I raised this issue with the Israeli Foreign Minister at the weekend. We do want to see accountability, and we do…16 Jan 2025HANSARDMiddle EastMy hon. Friend is absolutely right to put on record the issue of volume. At the moment, the agreement is for 600 or so trucks. That is ambitious, and the situation on the ground…16 Jan 2025HANSARDMiddle EastI am grateful to my hon. Friend. For the reasons I have set out, security will be essential if the aid is to get in and if international partners are to be reassured, so that the…16 Jan 2025HANSARDMiddle EastMy hon. Friend is absolutely right to focus on medical support. We will continue to support UK-Med, and we made a decision to give it more funds when we were just a few days into…16 Jan 2025HANSARDMiddle EastI say to the hon. Lady, as I think has been said before, that we have a legal process in this country were that to come to pass, and that process is important. Ultimately, it will…16 Jan 2025HANSARDMiddle EastI pray in aid some of my statements earlier in this session.16 Jan 2025HANSARDMiddle EastWe are signatories to the treaty of Rome, and we will comply with our legal obligations—not just because we should, but because we believe in them.16 Jan 2025HANSARDMiddle EastWe absolutely support that, and we will continue to work towards it.16 Jan 2025HANSARDMiddle EastThe Palestinian cause is a just cause, which is why we recommit to two states. You can hold in your heart the pain of the Israeli people and the plight of those hostages and their…16 Jan 2025