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HANSARDAfghanistanToday I am updating the House on the UK’s ongoing humanitarian assistance to Afghanistan and setting out how the Government will continue to support the Afghan people in the years…16 Jul 2026HANSARD IranThat may not be the most controversial thing I say.15 Jul 2026HANSARD IranLet me start by joining the hon. Member for Farnham and Bordon (Gregory Stafford) in offering my condolences to the family of Ann Widdecombe. I also join my hon. Friend the Member…15 Jul 2026HANSARD IranI am grateful to Members for their valuable interventions in this debate, and I will endeavour to respond to all the points raised. I may leave the Oxford Union point to…15 Jul 2026HANSARD IranI am sure the hon. Gentleman will not be disappointed. He had an opportunity to hear from the future Prime Minister yesterday, but the current Prime Minister is in place until the…15 Jul 2026HANSARD IranIt is important that we designate all three organisations. Two of them have links to Iran, and one of them has been named in relation to barbarous attacks on the Jewish community…15 Jul 2026HANSARD IranMany Members of the House will have looked carefully on the Friday before last at the judgment relating to an attack on a journalist here. Let me say a little more. It is neater…15 Jul 2026HANSARD IranI am grateful to the right hon. Gentleman for that courteous and generous question. Let me be absolutely explicit about the effect. If Parliament approves these designations later…15 Jul 2026HANSARD IranThat is a really important question. In my career as a diplomat, I saw the extent of disinformation and hostile efforts to influence others change incredibly quickly. Iran has…15 Jul 2026HANSARD IranWe have to be extremely clear about the circumstances of the strait. It is clear that Oman has the right to do what it wishes within its own waters, consistent with international…15 Jul 2026HANSARD IranMy hon. and learned Friend has been a doughty advocate for his constituents, and I am deeply concerned by the reports that he has mentioned. I am aware of them, and I am urgently…15 Jul 2026HANSARDIran Conflict: CeasefireWe strongly condemn the outrageous Iranian attacks on the territory or vessels of our Gulf partners Bahrain, Qatar, the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia and Kuwait. This is a serious…09 Jul 2026HANSARDIran Conflict: CeasefireI do not quite know what to say to that. I am sure that the shadow Foreign Secretary will know—she can look me in the eye—that it is unlikely to be the debates around the defence…09 Jul 2026HANSARDIran Conflict: CeasefireAs a former negotiator, I am reluctant to criticise fudges and creative language as negotiators must often reach for them. However, there are many areas that cannot be fudged and…09 Jul 2026HANSARDIran Conflict: CeasefireI will not get ahead of the process laid out in the legislation that was passed last night, but it is clearly an important step forward in providing the British Government and…09 Jul 2026HANSARDIran Conflict: CeasefireI am sorry I have not replied to the correspondence yet; I will do so as quickly as I can. In relation to the question about military support, I want to be clear: the UK stands…09 Jul 2026HANSARDIran Conflict: CeasefireI have sought in all my remarks to remain grounded in the relevant principles of international law. It is absolutely clear that the strikes Iran has conducted this week in Omani…09 Jul 2026HANSARDIran Conflict: CeasefireAs I alluded to earlier, the impact on the cost of living in this country from the events in the strait of Hormuz is obvious and pronounced, but it is even more acute across the…09 Jul 2026HANSARDIran Conflict: CeasefireIt is important that we maintain relations with the regime in Tehran. It is important, for many of the reasons that have been alluded to this morning, that we continue to make our…09 Jul 2026HANSARDIran Conflict: CeasefireThe reason I am not often keen to be drawn in this Chamber on specific cases is that I have to make a judgment, as the whole Government do, about what we can do in the best…09 Jul 2026