Contributions
1,541 recent contributions in Hansard
HANSARDNorth-West SyriaIt is incredibly difficult to provide appropriate and sustained care in north-west Syria. As my right hon. Friend says, many people have been displaced, not necessarily by the…02 Dec 2024HANSARDNorth-West SyriaI thank the right hon. Lady for her questions. She raised a lot of issues and I will endeavour to address as many as I can. The right hon. Lady asked what regional co-ordination…02 Dec 2024HANSARDNorth-West SyriaIn these early days of the conflict, we are focused on events in Syria, but I am happy to write to my hon. Friend with details about what else we might do.02 Dec 2024HANSARDNorth-West SyriaI regret to tell the hon. Member that the Syrian people have to choose between more than two evils. There is a multiplicity of actors in the region, and that multiplicity makes…02 Dec 2024HANSARDNorth-West SyriaLet me talk about two sets of sanctions—and I apologise to my hon. Friend if I talk about the wrong ones. First, we have extant sanctions on Syria. I was recently in the House to…02 Dec 2024HANSARD Pakistan: Freedom of ReligionI am grateful to the hon. Member for Strangford (Jim Shannon) for securing this important debate. I pay tribute to his work as the co-chair of the all-party parliamentary group…28 Nov 2024HANSARD Pakistan: Freedom of ReligionI raised the specific question of how policing operates in relation to religious minorities with the Pakistani Minister for Law and Human Rights, the Minister for Interior, and…28 Nov 2024HANSARD Pakistan: Freedom of ReligionI thank the hon. Member for his consideration of these issues. I am happy to write to him in more detail about what we are doing in Pakistan to try to ensure that women and girls,…28 Nov 2024HANSARDHostages in GazaEnsuring the safe release of all hostages, including British national Emily Damari and three other hostages with strong UK links, remains a top priority for this Government. We…26 Nov 2024HANSARDUK Soft PowerWe continue to engage heavily on those issues—the Foreign Secretary was in Moldova last week. We are committed to enhancing the UK’s soft power after a period of decline, and that…26 Nov 2024HANSARDUK Soft PowerI pay tribute to the right hon. Member’s long commitment to these issues. I returned last week from Pakistan where I was first deployed when he was the Secretary of State for…26 Nov 2024HANSARDUK Soft PowerThe Foreign Secretary has made it clear that the UK is committed to supporting Moldova’s democratic choice to pursue a path of freedom, independence and European integration. The…26 Nov 2024HANSARDUK Soft PowerAs these are the first departmental questions since the appointment of the shadow Foreign Secretary, the right hon. Member for Witham (Priti Patel), I welcome the shadow…26 Nov 2024HANSARDHostages in GazaRegrettably, no organisation has had access to the hostages. We continue to call for access for the International Committee of the Red Cross and any other appropriate…26 Nov 2024HANSARDTopical QuestionsI can assure my hon. Friend that His Majesty’s ambassador to Iran will continue to raise this appalling issue directly with Iranian officials in Tehran. Furthermore, the UK was…26 Nov 2024HANSARDTopical QuestionsWe considered this question at exhaustive length yesterday. I repeat that the shadow Attorney General has written on the question of which elements of international law are most…26 Nov 2024HANSARDTopical QuestionsI can assure my hon. Friend the Member for Tooting (Dr Allin-Khan) that the UK Government intend to stand by our international obligations in relation to the ICC, and in relation…26 Nov 2024HANSARDTopical QuestionsSince the Government took office in July, I hope it has been clear how important questions of international law are to us, how soberly we treat these issues and how we ensure that…26 Nov 2024HANSARDTopical QuestionsAs I set out to the House yesterday afternoon, the ICC is the primary method of accountability for war crimes, and it should be supported across the whole House. Our support for…26 Nov 2024HANSARDHostages in GazaThis Government will continue to do everything we can to press for a ceasefire, the release of all hostages and a reduction in violence in the middle east. The Foreign Secretary…26 Nov 2024