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HANSARD Imprisonment of Craig and Lindsay Foreman in IranI am grateful to my hon. and learned Friend the Member for Folkestone and Hythe (Tony Vaughan), both for securing the debate and for his support for Craig, Lindsay and their…21 May 2026HANSARD Middle EastBut not finished, indeed. I am sure the Minister for Trade would be keen to emphasise how much heavy lifting has been required over recent months and years to get it over the…21 May 2026HANSARD Middle EastThere must be accountability. I met members of the Lebanese Red Cross during my recent visit, and was appalled to see further killings of those in their brave number subsequently.21 May 2026HANSARD Middle EastI thank my hon. Friend. I am aware of the letter.21 May 2026HANSARD Middle EastI am grateful to the Chair of the Foreign Affairs Committee for her question, which, as she says, she has put to me before. First, it is important to emphasise that we continue to…21 May 2026HANSARD Middle EastIt is a great pleasure to answer a question from my hon. Friend, not least because he himself was a distinguished member of the diplomatic service. He is absolutely right.21 May 2026HANSARD Imprisonment of Craig and Lindsay Foreman in IranI will try to make a little progress before I take the intervention from my hon. and learned Friend the Member for Folkestone and Hythe. I am always reluctant, when at the…21 May 2026HANSARD Imprisonment of Craig and Lindsay Foreman in IranI raised the case with the Iranian ambassador very recently—whenever I last saw him—and I have raised it in every single interaction I have had with him, but I reassure the hon.…21 May 2026HANSARD Middle EastWell, I have laid out the steps that we have taken so far. Let me turn to the question of my hon. Friend the Member for Liverpool Wavertree (Paula Barker). She focused in…21 May 2026HANSARD Middle EastI am reluctant to pass comment on the deliberations of other legislatures. The hon. Member referred to a number of European Union countries; as I am sure he knows, they have not…21 May 2026HANSARD Middle EastI want to be clear about British leadership on those questions. As I said in the statement, before all of the events that the hon. Member describes with Mr Ben-Gvir, I had already…21 May 2026HANSARD Middle EastI heard from girls wanting to be doctors and teachers that they could not get to school in the morning because of restrictions. I heard that their dads could not walk them to…21 May 2026HANSARD Middle EastI absolutely agree with my hon. and gallant Friend that we need to work with our partners across the region to have the best effect.21 May 2026HANSARD Middle EastIt is important to be clear that we are providing no bombs and no bullets to the Israeli Government that could be used against Palestinians. That is the decision that this…21 May 2026HANSARD Middle EastI thank my hon. Friend for the question. I can hear the frustration from colleagues, which I often hear when I indicate that further action may be possible but will not trail it…21 May 2026HANSARD Middle EastI do, to all three questions.21 May 2026HANSARD Middle EastI would take the point with more force if we were not today seeing our European partners looking to imitate things that we did some considerable time ago. I recognise the depth of…21 May 2026HANSARD Middle EastI thank my hon. Friend and former colleague in the Foreign Office for her question. We are pressing for full consular rights—we made that point this morning. We understand from…21 May 2026HANSARD Middle EastWith permission, Madam Deputy Speaker, I would like to make a statement to update the House on the situation in Iran, the strait of Hormuz and across the wider middle east. I…21 May 2026HANSARD Middle EastIt is very difficult to have one’s predecessor ask in Parliament for credit to be given to his predecessors. In the spirit of the bipartisanship we have shown this afternoon, I…21 May 2026