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HANSARDGaza: Humanitarian AidMy hon. Friend has a long track record of raising such issues, and she is absolutely right to highlight the fate of pregnant women and those who have recently given birth in Gaza.…02 Sept 2025HANSARDGaza: Humanitarian AidI agree very much with my hon. Friend. The US of course has a key role to play in securing a lasting peace in the region. As the Foreign Secretary said yesterday, he has raised…02 Sept 2025HANSARDGaza: Humanitarian AidYesterday, the Foreign Secretary set out the long-standing position of Ministers on such determinations. Under the previous Government, the threshold that this House set…02 Sept 2025HANSARDTopical QuestionsI thank my hon. Friend for her sustained engagement in these issues. As the Foreign Secretary has said, we talk regularly to hostage families in Israel and to participants in…02 Sept 2025HANSARDTopical QuestionsThe Foreign Office seeks in its consular assistance to always provide timely support to British nationals overseas. I will investigate the case and report back to the hon. Lady.02 Sept 2025HANSARDTopical QuestionsI am grateful to my hon. Friend for her work on these matters. We have seen those reports; the Foreign Secretary referred to them in the House yesterday afternoon. As I said…02 Sept 2025HANSARDTopical QuestionsMy hon. Friend has long advocated these questions. I pay tribute to the work of Save the Children and other UK non-governmental organisations that have continued to do dangerous…02 Sept 2025HANSARDTopical QuestionsMr Speaker, as there has been a number of different reports on this, let me clarify that we believe that it is the Houthi Prime Minister, rather than the Yemeni Prime Minister,…02 Sept 2025HANSARDTopical QuestionsMy hon. Friend has extensive experience in defence and I am grateful to him for his question. During the UK-Morocco strategic dialogue in June, both sides agreed to deepen our…02 Sept 2025HANSARDTopical QuestionsI thank my hon. Friend for his important question; polio is an issue not just in Gaza but in Afghanistan and Pakistan. Eradication is vital, and we are committed to an eradication…02 Sept 2025HANSARDTopical QuestionsThere have been important commitments about the future nature of any Palestinian state, including from President Abbas, who said that any such state would be demilitarised. There…02 Sept 2025HANSARDTopical QuestionsI set out the detail of the sanctions to which my hon. Friend refers, and the Foreign Secretary has announced a review of some of the elements of our bilateral co-operation with…02 Sept 2025HANSARDTopical QuestionsMy hon. Friend asks a vital question, which I raised directly with the Syrian Minister of Justice and the Syrian Foreign Minister last week. The violence—in coastal regions,…02 Sept 2025HANSARDWorld Bank Lending to Egypt: Loan GuaranteeMy noble Friend the Minister of State for International Development, Latin America and Caribbean, the right hon. Baroness Chapman of Darlington has today made the following…15 Jul 2025HANSARD Actions of Iranian Regime: UK ResponseI would be— [Interruption.] There is an amusing degree of lightness from the Opposition Benches about security matters. I would be delighted to discuss this matter further. The…07 Jul 2025HANSARD Actions of Iranian Regime: UK ResponseI thank the hon. Gentleman for his important question. I am sure I will receive complaints from his party’s Front Benchers, but he will understand that I will not be commenting on…07 Jul 2025HANSARD Actions of Iranian Regime: UK ResponseI am happy to be clear that that level of enrichment has no obvious civilian purpose. We are told that it was for research and development, but I think many observers have drawn…07 Jul 2025HANSARD Actions of Iranian Regime: UK ResponseAs ever, the hon. Gentleman asks an important question focused on those who are vulnerable. We have sustained an embassy in Tehran, and I am pleased to announce that it has…07 Jul 2025HANSARD Actions of Iranian Regime: UK ResponseWith the greatest of respect to my predecessor, he will know that the Defence Secretary and the Attorney General do rather different roles. I do not think they are in…07 Jul 2025HANSARD Actions of Iranian Regime: UK ResponseI am not, for reasons obvious, going to provide a running commentary on the assessments of UK intelligence agencies.07 Jul 2025