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HANSARD Israel and GazaI welcome my hon. Friend and north London colleague to his seat. He represents a part of the country with a significant Jewish population; in my own constituency, I am very proud…19 Jul 2024HANSARD Israel and GazaI am grateful to my hon. Friend for his question, which gives me an opportunity to talk about what I saw on the west bank. The situation is febrile—it is anxious. There is…19 Jul 2024HANSARD Israel and GazaMy hon. Friend knows that I know Peterborough very well, having spent seven years of my life in that great cathedral city. I have knocked on doors with him and know that this is…19 Jul 2024HANSARD Israel and GazaI am grateful to my hon. Friend for her question, and may I congratulate her on her remarkable speech at the beginning of the debate on the Address? She has also raised these…19 Jul 2024HANSARD Israel and GazaI am very grateful to have been asked a question by the new occupant of Robin Cook’s seat. He was a stalwart and a champion of this cause. I was grateful to come into this House…19 Jul 2024HANSARD Israel and GazaMy hon. Friend has got off to a good start. She is right, first, because we have seen so many aid workers lose their lives and, secondly, because her emphasis on the partnerships…19 Jul 2024HANSARD Israel and GazaI am grateful to the hon. Lady for her remarks; I welcome her, the Green party’s representative for North Herefordshire, to the House. As I said in my remarks, this is one of the…19 Jul 2024HANSARD UkraineMy hon. Friend is right to press this issue, as he has for many months, and it is why I press the Deputy Foreign Secretary. We as an Opposition would have thought that we would be…20 May 2024HANSARD UkraineI thank the Deputy Foreign Secretary for advance sight of his statement, and the Foreign Secretary for his help in facilitating my visit to Ukraine last week with the shadow…20 May 2024HANSARD UkraineI am grateful to the right hon. Gentleman for that undertaking, which the whole House will have heard. The Office of Financial Sanctions Implementation website reflects that the…20 May 2024HANSARD UkraineMy right hon. Friend conveys the loophole after loophole that countless journalists have pointed out, and that countless members of the public can see. The Deputy Foreign…20 May 2024HANSARD UkraineI know the Deputy Foreign Secretary is doing his best. On the issue of repurposing state assets, we are told, “Just wait, we will get there. We have a G7 meeting, we will get…20 May 2024HANSARDIsrael and GazaI thank the Minister for advance sight of his statement. The conflict has now gone on for 226 days. That is 226 days of destruction; 226 days of Israeli hostages still in chains;…20 May 2024HANSARDWar in GazaThank you, Mr Speaker, for granting this urgent question, but I have to say that it is extraordinary that the Government did not come forward with a statement today. This is a…07 May 2024HANSARDWar in Gaza(Urgent Question ): To ask the Deputy Foreign Secretary to make a statement on the war in Gaza.07 May 2024HANSARDTopical QuestionsLast week the US Congress agreed a new $61 billion aid package for Ukraine. The bipartisan co-operation led by Mike Johnson is essential if Ukraine is to continue to defend…30 Apr 2024HANSARDMiddle East: UN Security CouncilMore than 30,000 Palestinians are dead, more than 100 Israeli hostages are still unaccounted for and Gaza is facing famine. The war must end now with an immediate ceasefire. That…30 Apr 2024HANSARD Commons Scrutiny of Secretaries of State in the House of LordsOn a point of order, Mr Deputy Speaker. The seriousness of what we have just heard from the Chair of the Procedure Committee cannot be understated. The world is more divided and…18 Apr 2024HANSARDHumanitarian Situation in Gaza(Urgent Question): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs if he will make a statement on the humanitarian situation in Gaza.17 Apr 2024HANSARDHumanitarian Situation in GazaThank you, Mr Speaker, for granting me this urgent question. Conditions in Gaza are desperate and intolerable. Famine is taking hold, sewage is pooling in the streets and the…17 Apr 2024