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HANSARDMiddle East UpdateI have raised the issue of aid workers, and the tremendous loss of aid workers’ lives in this conflict, directly in all my meetings with the Israeli Government. Another issue sits…02 Sept 2024HANSARDMiddle East UpdateWe have one of the most robust export licensing regimes in the world. The process requires us to make an assessment of the clear risk in the theatre of conflict, which in this…02 Sept 2024HANSARDMiddle East UpdateI reassure my hon. Friend that we are keeping this issue under review. We are in dialogue with our closest allies on this issue, and we will not flinch from dealing with the…02 Sept 2024HANSARDMiddle East UpdateMay I say that I know the strength with which my hon. Friend talks about these issues, and has talked about them consistently over many years? Let me make it clear that the…02 Sept 2024HANSARDMiddle East UpdateWith permission, Mr Speaker, I will make a statement on the middle east. On taking office in July, I told the House that this Government’s priority in the region will be to…02 Sept 2024HANSARDMiddle East UpdateI am grateful for the tone of my hon. Friend’s remarks. He is entirely right to put the spotlight on Iran. That is why I have announced further sanctions today, it is why we keep…02 Sept 2024HANSARDMiddle East UpdateIt is of tremendous concern that over the last few days the World Food Programme has suspended its activities in Gaza because its own workers have come under attack in connection…02 Sept 2024HANSARDMiddle East UpdateThe right hon. Gentleman, who has raised these issues consistently in the House over many years, is absolutely right to draw our focus to what is happening on the west bank. Not…02 Sept 2024HANSARDMiddle East UpdateI say to the right hon. Gentleman that this party supported British fighters taking to the skies on 13 April in the defence of Israel when missiles were being delivered from Iran.…02 Sept 2024HANSARDMiddle East UpdateI assure my hon. Friend that both the Minister for Development, my right hon. Friend the Member for Oxford East (Anneliese Dodds), and I are working on these issues, and that our…02 Sept 2024HANSARDMiddle East UpdateI was very pleased to meet—alongside the Minister for Development, my right hon. Friend the Member for Oxford East (Anneliese Dodds)—Dr Tedros, who leads the World Health…02 Sept 2024HANSARDMiddle East UpdateYes.02 Sept 2024HANSARDMiddle East UpdateI am grateful for the question. It is horrendous that polio has returned after two decades of absence in Gaza. We convened and pressed to get this pause in Gaza to get children…02 Sept 2024HANSARDMiddle East UpdateI say to my very good friend that the UK position is clear: settlements are completely unacceptable and illegal under international law. They present an obstacle to peace, and…02 Sept 2024HANSARDMiddle East UpdateI am grateful for the question, and I would not want the House to lose sight of the further sanctions on four individuals that I announced in the House this afternoon; Members can…02 Sept 2024HANSARDMiddle East UpdateI am grateful to the hon. Lady. I have now personally spoken to or met all the families of British and UK-linked hostages and have heard for myself the suffering that they have…02 Sept 2024HANSARDMiddle East UpdateYes. We need a ceasefire now. It is in the hands of the major actors to bring that about, and to get those hostages out and get that hostage deal. So many families in Israel want…02 Sept 2024HANSARDMiddle East UpdateMy hon. Friend asks a very good question, and she is absolutely right: what brings this to an end is a ceasefire. The issues boil down to the security of Israel once we get to…02 Sept 2024HANSARDMiddle East UpdateI know that the right hon. Gentleman is informed on many aspects of these issues. He must know that our arms exports to Israel amount to about 1% of its arms; in fact, the United…02 Sept 2024HANSARDLebanonThe hon. Gentleman knows a lot about the issue of terrorism, and for that reason he has always used his position on the Back Benches to raise these issues. He is absolutely right:…30 Jul 2024