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HANSARDIsrael: E1 Zone ExpansionI have set out the statement we made last year and the intensity of focus we have on these issues. I wrote to the Advertising Standards Authority following concerns raised in many…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 ExpansionAs I said, questions of justice and accountability are foremost in our mind. We raise them with the Israeli Government regularly, particularly in relation to cases that involve…01 Jul 2026HANSARDIsrael: E1 Zone ExpansionI gently push back on the suggestion that what we do has no consequences. I have been pleased to see, as I said to the Liberal Democrat spokesperson, that other partners and…01 Jul 2026HANSARDIsrael: E1 Zone ExpansionReturning to the question about the consequences for the Israeli Government, we could not have been clearer, alongside 11 other world leaders, about what they would look like. I…01 Jul 2026HANSARDIsrael: E1 Zone ExpansionI gently disagree. I feel that there is some force in what the right hon. Gentleman says about insanity being doing the same thing again and again. We have had many exchanges of…01 Jul 2026HANSARDIsrael: E1 Zone ExpansionI will not speak for the American Government; they have set out their position on their concerns about annexation quite clearly. We have discussed throughout this afternoon just…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 ExpansionWe have, and we will.01 Jul 2026HANSARDIsrael: E1 Zone ExpansionIt gives me no particular pleasure to be talking about the fourth round of sanctions. One would wish that diplomatic activity could have been enough to prevent the kind of…01 Jul 2026HANSARDIsrael: E1 Zone ExpansionI dislike disagreeing with my right hon. Friend. Slovenia introduced and then repealed the measures it took. In our discussions with our counterparts—particularly those in the…01 Jul 2026HANSARDIsrael: E1 Zone ExpansionI thank the right hon. Gentleman, my predecessor, for his question, and for the opportunity to comment on antisemitism. Before I do, I just want to say that this is a delicate…01 Jul 2026HANSARDIsrael: E1 Zone ExpansionI am hesitant; I do not want to end up talking about, at the Dispatch Box, what the Israeli Government’s plans may or may not be; they will speak about those themselves, through…01 Jul 2026HANSARDIsrael: E1 Zone ExpansionI have set out as clearly as I can our position on the E1 settlement. I have also been clear that no one should be profiting from unlawfully seized land.01 Jul 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 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: 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 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 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 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 2026