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HANSARD SyriaWith permission, Madam Deputy Speaker, I will make a statement on Syria. Over less than a fortnight there has been an extraordinary change. What began as an opposition offensive…09 Dec 2024HANSARD SyriaI am grateful for the way in which the hon. Gentleman has outlined the dangers after a dictator falls. He will understand that it would be wrong of me to comment on operational…09 Dec 2024HANSARD SyriaWhat happened in Iraq and Libya—the vacuum that engulfed those countries when a dictator left, leading to sectarian violence from group upon group and to those places becoming…09 Dec 2024HANSARD SyriaMy hon. Friend is right to raise those issues. It is important to remember that Syrians have now been in this country for many years indeed. Their lives are here; their children…09 Dec 2024HANSARDRelease of Alaa Abd el-FattahThe right hon. Gentleman should be reassured that I spoke to the Egyptian Foreign Minister yesterday and said to him that I was meeting Mrs el-Fattah today. I urged him to look at…26 Nov 2024HANSARDIsraeli Settler Violence: SanctionsI commend my hon. Friend for standing up on those issues. Let me be absolutely clear: annexation would be illegal and we would stand opposed to it. I make that fundamentally…26 Nov 2024HANSARDIsraeli Settler Violence: SanctionsYes, 100%.26 Nov 2024HANSARDIsraeli Settler Violence: SanctionsI think the previous Foreign Secretary was wrong to talk about sanctions under consideration—particularly to talk about sanctions that he said were under consideration but then…26 Nov 2024HANSARDIsraeli Settler Violence: SanctionsYesterday at the G7 meeting in Rome, Foreign Ministers discussed that very issue. We were united—all of us—in condemning any suggestion of annexation. We would stand against it.26 Nov 2024HANSARDRelease of Alaa Abd el-FattahI look forward to meeting Mr el-Fattah’s mother later on today. I reassure my hon. Friend personally that I share his determination and resolve to see Alaa reunited with his…26 Nov 2024HANSARDRelease of Alaa Abd el-FattahI reassure the right hon. Gentleman that the situation of Ryan Cornelius has been raised with the UAE, and officials continue to provide consular access to Mr Cornelius and Mr…26 Nov 2024HANSARDTopical QuestionsIt was very important for me to meet the families of those people a few weeks ago. The killing of seven World Central Kitchen aid workers, including those British nationals, in an…26 Nov 2024HANSARDTopical QuestionsI was very pleased to see President Zelensky recognise just yesterday the UK’s leadership in challenging the shadow fleet. As the hon. Gentleman will know, I have made this part…26 Nov 2024HANSARDTopical QuestionsMy hon. Friend raises a very important issue. A few months ago, I met Ukrainian children who had been taken to Russia and who had fortunately been brought back to Ukraine by a…26 Nov 2024HANSARDTopical QuestionsYes, yes, yes and more yes. I thank the right hon. Gentleman for highlighting this very important issue. The NATO alliance is the strongest and best alliance that the modern world…26 Nov 2024HANSARDTopical QuestionsI am grateful to my hon. Friend for his question. On coming into government, it was important that we conducted a China audit right across Whitehall to look at the range of…26 Nov 2024HANSARDTopical QuestionsThe right hon. Gentleman knows that I have huge respect for him, but that is a little bit rich, given the drop in defence spending that we saw under the last Government. The Prime…26 Nov 2024HANSARDTopical QuestionsI thank my hon. Friend for his question. He served in Haringey before taking up his place in this House and we have been good friends over many years. He is right to raise this…26 Nov 2024HANSARDTopical QuestionsI confirm that, of course, everybody with a British passport has the right to representation. I would hope that we are the kind of country that supports all sorts of people in…26 Nov 2024HANSARDTopical Questions“Massive” is probably the word I would use. His case is being raised in America and across the European Union, and we are raising it too. His trial has begun, and he is now well…26 Nov 2024