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HANSARDSupport for UkraineThis is an ongoing and complex issue. We endeavour to do the best that we can, at pace, and are unpicking much that happened under the previous Government.30 Jul 2024HANSARDTopical QuestionsThe Government are reconnecting Britain with the world in European capitals, in NATO and at Blenheim, and I have been resetting relations with Europe and reinforcing support for…30 Jul 2024HANSARDTopical QuestionsI raised this issue in opposition—I think it was the subject of the last speech I gave before the election—and it is an issue that I intend to take up with full vigour. We were…30 Jul 2024HANSARDTopical QuestionsI am very grateful to the right hon. Gentleman. I was able to raise the issue of Sudan with G7 Foreign Ministers in my first days in office, and I continue to hold discussions…30 Jul 2024HANSARDTopical QuestionsI paid tribute to the right hon. Gentleman earlier, but this is one area that was left in a mess. Frankly, £3.4 billion being spent on refugees in hotels is the lion’s share of…30 Jul 2024HANSARDTopical QuestionsThe hon. Lady is right: the situation on the de facto border between Lebanon and Israel is very concerning. We urge all parties to act with caution. The UK condemns the strike in…30 Jul 2024HANSARDTopical QuestionsThe US has committed over £135 billion in support for Ukraine, including the supplemental $61 billion, and we thank it for that. I was very pleased to meet with J. D. Vance at 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 2024HANSARDLebanonI am grateful to the right hon. Gentleman for the tone and cross-party nature of his remarks. He knows better than many in this House how serious it is to be dealing with any…30 Jul 2024HANSARDLebanonWe 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 2024