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HANSARDIran 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: 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 welcome the right hon. Gentleman’s focus on Yemen. I reassure the House that I do remain focused on Yemen, as do other Ministers—it is vital that we see the release of the…09 Jul 2026HANSARDIran Conflict: CeasefireThe hon. Gentleman is right to point to the threats that the IRGC has posed in the region and internationally. As I said in an earlier answer, domestic measures are being…09 Jul 2026HANSARDIran Conflict: CeasefireThe arrangements that govern UK-US military co-operation and the use of our bases have been set out in some detail by Defence Ministers. They remain in place and they include…09 Jul 2026HANSARDIran Conflict: CeasefireThat is a very important question. I was involved in foreign affairs before I came to this House, and I recognise that, perhaps more so than in practically any period in recent…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: 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 2026HANSARDSiren Associates Ltd: FCDO ContractsI am grateful to the hon. Member for Boston and Skegness (Richard Tice) for securing the debate and for providing me with an opportunity to talk about the Lincolnshire police,…02 Jul 2026HANSARDIsrael: E1 Zone ExpansionIt is obviously not appropriate for me to set out who should win an election in a fellow democracy. What I can set out is British Government policy and what we would wish to see…01 Jul 2026HANSARDIsrael: E1 Zone ExpansionThe statement was signed by 11 countries. We all have different arrangements and different tools at our disposal. The British Government’s position is that we oppose any…01 Jul 2026HANSARDIsrael: E1 Zone ExpansionI thank the hon. Lady for the question. I can reassure her that I am very conscious of the electoral timeline and the rumoured timeline for the tenders as well. That is one reason…01 Jul 2026HANSARDIsrael: E1 Zone ExpansionI have tried to be as explicit as I can be about the potential consequences, while abiding to the long-standing position on sanctions.01 Jul 2026HANSARDIsrael: E1 Zone ExpansionI thank my hon. Friend for the question, and I know that she has been a doughty supporter of some of the Gaza students who were relocated to her constituency. She is right to…01 Jul 2026HANSARDIsrael: E1 Zone ExpansionMadam Deputy Speaker, let me beg your forgiveness for forgetting the customs of the House—you would think that practice would make perfect. I thank my hon. Friend for the…01 Jul 2026HANSARDIsrael: E1 Zone ExpansionMy hon. Friend has been a doughty advocate on these questions for many years, and I was pleased to join her to meet students from Gaza earlier this week. We will take steps to…01 Jul 2026HANSARDIsrael: E1 Zone ExpansionI have spoken myself to schoolgirls impeded in their day-to-day lives. We have taken four waves of sanctions sanctions against settlers, recognising the severity of the situation,…01 Jul 2026HANSARDIsrael: E1 Zone ExpansionGoods produced in illegal settlements should not be traded with the United Kingdom. We distinguish them clearly from goods produced in green line Israel. I have said repeatedly…01 Jul 2026HANSARDIsrael: E1 Zone ExpansionI do not think I can go further in response to my hon. Friend than I have already. We have been clear at the highest possible level, in the voice of our Prime Minister, about the…01 Jul 2026HANSARDIsrael: E1 Zone ExpansionI hesitate to commit the Government to primary legislation. The Sanctions and Anti-Money Laundering Act has been sufficient for the four waves so far, but I have heard my hon.…01 Jul 2026