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HANSARDFreedom of Religion or Belief: SudanIt is a particular pleasure to serve under your chairmanship, Mrs Barker. I am standing in for the Under-Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, my…11 Jun 2026HANSARDFreedom of Religion or Belief: SudanMy hon. Friend has been one of the most focused voices in questions around the Africa strategy and the UK’s approach to the continent. I hope he will forgive me if I focus in…11 Jun 2026HANSARDBackbench BusinessIt is a particular pleasure to serve under your chairmanship, Mrs Barker. I am standing in for the Under-Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, my…11 Jun 2026HANSARDBackbench BusinessMy hon. Friend has been one of the most focused voices in questions around the Africa strategy and the UK’s approach to the continent. I hope he will forgive me if I focus in…11 Jun 2026HANSARDFreedom of Religion or Belief: SudanIt is a particular pleasure to serve under your chairmanship, Mrs Barker. I am standing in for the Under-Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, my…11 Jun 2026HANSARDFreedom of Religion or Belief: SudanMy hon. Friend has been one of the most focused voices in questions around the Africa strategy and the UK’s approach to the continent. I hope he will forgive me if I focus in…11 Jun 2026HANSARD Myanmar: Human RightsI am delighted to serve under your chairmanship, Mr Twigg. I am grateful to the right hon. Member for Godalming and Ash (Sir Jeremy Hunt) for securing this debate. I pay tribute…10 Jun 2026HANSARD Myanmar: Human RightsSorry—I could not quite hear the hon. Gentleman, but I think he was asking whether we have been engaging with faith-based groups in Myanmar. We have, and the Minister for the…10 Jun 2026HANSARD Myanmar: Human RightsI pay tribute to my hon. Friend, who did such a good job in her previous guise as the Minister for the Indo-Pacific. We are standing by these commitments. It will be for the…10 Jun 2026HANSARD Lebanon: Israel Defence Forces OperationsI thank my hon. Friend for his question and for his commitment to the region and developments in the middle east. We are proud that we are now one of the largest humanitarian…03 Jun 2026HANSARD Lebanon: Israel Defence Forces OperationsWe have discussed these issues on a number of occasions. The Foreign Secretary and the Prime Minister have set out why we had to take the difficult decisions we have made, but I…03 Jun 2026HANSARD Lebanon: Israel Defence Forces OperationsWords do matter. It has been a long-standing principle of this Government, and indeed previous Governments, that it is not for Ministers to say what crimes are—that is for courts…03 Jun 2026HANSARD Lebanon: Israel Defence Forces OperationsI am grateful to my hon. Friend for describing my work in gracious terms. I hope Britain’s sustained commitment on the issues in Lebanon has demonstrated that we understand the…03 Jun 2026HANSARD Lebanon: Israel Defence Forces OperationsI am almost reluctant to talk any more about that Minister from the Dispatch Box. I am glad, I am afraid to say, that I sanctioned him in the way that I described earlier. We were…03 Jun 2026HANSARD Lebanon: Israel Defence Forces OperationsPerhaps the right hon. Member has been to southern Lebanon, as I have recently. I can assure him that it is not an arms dump; it is a place where people are living, where children…03 Jun 2026HANSARD Lebanon: Israel Defence Forces OperationsWe have already covered sanctions in these exchanges. I slightly correct my hon. Friend: what will protect Lebanon is not Iran or its talks with the United States of America; it…03 Jun 2026HANSARD Lebanon: Israel Defence Forces OperationsIt does. Of course, flags are much less important than the horrific loss of life that we have discussed over the course of this afternoon. However, it is hard to draw the…03 Jun 2026HANSARD Lebanon: Israel Defence Forces OperationsTo be clear about the position, I think my hon. Friend is referring to the 2020 Israel-UK road map, which is suspended. However, on the very important question she raises about…03 Jun 2026HANSARD Lebanon: Israel Defence Forces OperationsI very strongly agree with the right hon. Gentleman. It is the Lebanese armed forces who, in the end, must be the force that disarms Hezbollah and ends the threats to both the…03 Jun 2026HANSARD Lebanon: Israel Defence Forces OperationsI thank the right hon. Gentleman, my Lincolnshire neighbour, for his kind words and attention to these matters. I take the challenge that there is a completely untrue narrative…03 Jun 2026