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HANSARDTopical QuestionsWe provide £104 million to the BBC World Service. That is very good value indeed. I will not seek to get into budget negotiations in advance of the Budget—I know better than…22 Oct 2024HANSARDLebanon: CeasefireThe first thing we have to do is get Hezbollah back north of the Litani river, consistent with 1701. We should not move away from 1701 until we have made progress under it. I…22 Oct 2024HANSARDLebanon: CeasefireI thank my hon. Friend for her important question. We are absolutely clear that attacks by the IDF on UNIFIL bases must stop, and they must stop immediately. We have called on…22 Oct 2024HANSARDLebanon: CeasefireI will have to write to my right hon. Friend about the specific watchtower and whether we have provided any aid. Underlying her point, I think, is a question about what we do when…22 Oct 2024HANSARDTopical QuestionsI referred to our actions against Iran in the region, and the importance of removing its influence in Lebanon as best we can. This week I will attend the Lebanon conference in…22 Oct 2024HANSARDTopical QuestionsI refer my hon. Friend to my previous answer. I will also write to him with further details of what we will do.22 Oct 2024HANSARDTopical QuestionsThe Foreign Secretary has set out our views on the Israeli application of international humanitarian law at greatest length in relation to the decision to suspend arms licences.…22 Oct 2024HANSARDTopical QuestionsI hope Members recognise that the words that we have been speaking at this Dispatch Box have not been hollow. Since coming into government, we have restored funding to UNRWA. We…22 Oct 2024HANSARDTopical QuestionsI think that you, Mr Speaker, and other Members will understand that it is not appropriate to comment on that in the House.22 Oct 2024HANSARDTopical QuestionsI can assure the House that the safety and wellbeing of British children overseas, which appears to be relevant in this case, is of the utmost concern to the Government as a…22 Oct 2024HANSARDIran: Support for TerrorismThe Foreign Office works closely with our allies and partners to counter Iran’s support for proscribed groups, which include Hamas—as many Members have mentioned—as well as…22 Oct 2024HANSARDLebanon: CeasefireThe UK was the first G7 country to call for an immediate ceasefire between Lebanese Hezbollah and Israel, when we did so on 19 September. A political solution consistent with…22 Oct 2024HANSARDLebanon: CeasefireWe agree that Lebanese Hezbollah should not be conducting the actions that it has been conducting. As I said in response to the previous question, this situation needs to be…22 Oct 2024HANSARDLebanon: CeasefireWe agree very much. Only a political solution will enable Lebanese civilians to return to their homes and Israeli civilians to return to the north of Israel. Clearly Hezbollah has…22 Oct 2024HANSARDLebanon: CeasefireI thank Finn for the question. Over the course of the past few weeks, we have announced £15 million of aid for the people affected by the strikes in Lebanon and those who are now…22 Oct 2024HANSARDTopical QuestionsI will write to my hon. Friend about the complex issue of trade with Israel and how we make that distinction, if that is okay.22 Oct 2024HANSARDTopical QuestionsThat is a very fine question. The BBC World Service is a UK soft power asset. We give £104 million to the BBC World Service— [ Interruption. ]22 Oct 2024HANSARDIran: Support for TerrorismAs I understand the question from the former Home Secretary, she is saying that when she was Home Secretary she did not proscribe the IRGC, but she thinks we should have done so…22 Oct 2024HANSARDGaza and Humanitarian AidI think that is an issue in relation to the advisory opinion of the ICJ rather than the ceasefire; that is how I understood my hon. Friend’s remarks. I will stick to the ceasefire…10 Oct 2024HANSARDGaza and Humanitarian AidThey have only just come in, but we are very concerned about reports of attacks on staff of the United Nations Interim Force in Lebanon. The work of UN peacekeepers is incredibly…10 Oct 2024