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HANSARDLebanonWe are clear-eyed about the fact that Iran continues to destabilise the middle east through its military, financial and political support for its proxies and partners, including…30 Jul 2024HANSARDLebanonI am very grateful to the Lib Dem spokesman for the tone and manner of his remarks. I can reassure him that I have been in touch with the UN special envoy, Amos Hochstein. I have…30 Jul 2024HANSARDLebanonWe have a long-standing no-contact policy with Hezbollah. However, we of course continue to speak to the Government in Lebanon, as fragile as that Government is. We condemn…30 Jul 2024HANSARDLebanonOver my 24 years in this place, the strangest of friendships have been struck up across party lines. Of course I will meet the right hon. Gentleman and the group, because this is…30 Jul 2024HANSARDLebanonI am grateful to my very good friend, who has been championing these issues for many, many years. This last period has, of course, been of huge concern to him and his…30 Jul 2024HANSARDLebanonIt was very important for me to visit the occupied territories and Israel within the first week in office. We said this in opposition and we say it again in government: of course,…30 Jul 2024HANSARDLebanonMy hon. Friend is right to raise the issue of water. We have waterborne disease—we now have polio setting in—and of course we have had the famine. The lack of desalination is a…30 Jul 2024HANSARDLebanonMy hon. Friend is right. When we look at the scale of rocket fire and missiles and the damage that they are doing, and when we think about these poor people away from their homes…30 Jul 2024HANSARDLebanonI am grateful to the right hon. Gentleman, who I know has taken up these issues over many years in this Parliament. Let me be clear: what I saw and what I continue to see in the…30 Jul 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 2024HANSARDLebanonI recognise the huge concern in this House and across the world about the nature of both the expansion and the violence. I have also said that recognition is important as a…30 Jul 2024HANSARDLebanonWith permission, Madam Deputy Speaker, I shall make a statement on the situation in Lebanon. On 27 July, Hezbollah launched a series of rockets into northern Israel and the…30 Jul 2024HANSARDTopical QuestionsIt was very important for me to meet the hostage families when I was in Israel, and I have spoken to hostage families since returning back to the country. We are of course giving…30 Jul 2024HANSARDTopical QuestionsFurther escalation is in nobody’s interests. I reassure my hon. Friend that we understand who sits behind Hezbollah—that is Iran. It has been engaged in a lot of activity to drive…30 Jul 2024HANSARDTopical QuestionsI am grateful to my hon. Friend for taking up such issues from the Back Benches. He will know that I was dealing with these matters on day one in office. Very sadly, this is the…30 Jul 2024HANSARDTopical QuestionsMy hon. Friend is absolutely right that our biggest trading relationship is with the European Union. He knows that the former Prime Minister, Boris Johnson, got the paper-thin…30 Jul 2024HANSARDTopical QuestionsI thank the hon. Gentleman for raising that issue. The disputed election in the last few days is of huge concern, and I issued a statement on it yesterday. There are ongoing…30 Jul 2024HANSARDTopical QuestionsI think the hon. Lady speaks for the whole House in the way that she put her comments, and I give her that undertaking.30 Jul 2024HANSARDTopical QuestionsMy hon. Friend has taken up these issues time and again in the House. Let me make it clear that the expansion we have seen this year is entirely unacceptable—it is more than the…30 Jul 2024HANSARDTopical QuestionsThere is absolutely no abandonment of our close ties and relationship with Israel, and it was hugely important for me to speak to both the Prime Minister and the President to…30 Jul 2024