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HANSARDGaza and Humanitarian AidI will try to make a tiny bit more progress, and then I will hand back.10 Oct 2024HANSARDGaza and Humanitarian AidI am grateful to the hon. Member for Birmingham Perry Barr (Ayoub Khan) for securing this important debate, and I thank you, Ms Vaz, for your expert management of today’s…10 Oct 2024HANSARDGaza and Humanitarian AidThen I will probably get to the end, in order to allow people to respond. From the Prime Minister down, we will continue to call on all parties to act in accordance with…10 Oct 2024HANSARDGaza and Humanitarian AidI do not accept that we are facilitating rather than opposing. I could not be clearer in everything I have said this afternoon about the position of the British Government. I have…10 Oct 2024HANSARDGaza and Humanitarian AidI was coming to that issue, but I will take it now. I am very familiar with these issues; in fact, as an official in 2014, I was working with the mass atrocity prevention hub,…10 Oct 2024HANSARDGaza and Humanitarian AidMy colleague will understand that there is a difference between what we can say in public and what we can say in private. However, I reassure him that those points are being made…10 Oct 2024HANSARD Sanctions: SyriaI beg to move, That the Syria (Sanctions) (EU Exit) (Amendment) (No. 2) Regulations 2024, (SI, 2024, No. 833), dated 29 July 2024, a copy of which was laid before this House on 30…09 Sept 2024HANSARD Sanctions: SyriaI should be happy to do so. I can assure the hon. Member for Honiton and Sidmouth (Richard Foord) that no assistance will be provided directly to the Government of Syria, and that…09 Sept 2024HANSARD Sanctions: SyriaI thank Members for their contributions. Let me address some of the important questions that they have raised, particularly in relation to Captagon, chemical weapons, and whether…09 Sept 2024HANSARD Sanctions: RussiaI understand that, and I agree. I welcome the importance that the hon. Gentleman placed in his comments on working together. I also believe that, on many of these issues, we are…09 Sept 2024HANSARD Sanctions: RussiaI thank Members for their contributions to this debate. In particular, I thank the shadow Minister, the hon. Member for Rutland and Stamford (Alicia Kearns), for her kind words…09 Sept 2024HANSARD Sanctions: RussiaI defer to your good guidance, Mr Speaker. In conclusion, European security is a key focus of this Government. Supporting Ukraine remains vital to that end, and the UK is…09 Sept 2024HANSARD Sanctions: RussiaI thank the hon. Member. If he allows me, I will go a little further into the introductory remarks, which I hope will specify why this afternoon’s measures will provide greater…09 Sept 2024HANSARD Sanctions: RussiaI beg to move, That the Russia (Sanctions) (EU Exit) (Amendment) (No. 3) Regulations 2024, (SI, 2024, No. 834), dated 29 July 2024, a copy of which was laid before this House on…09 Sept 2024HANSARDIran: Alleged Human Rights ViolationsThat is a very important question. Iran clearly remains an extremely hostile environment for journalists, who face harassment, arbitrary detention and long prison sentences. We…30 Jul 2024HANSARDIran: Alleged Human Rights ViolationsIran’s continued repression of women and girls, ethnic and religious minorities, and human rights defenders is unacceptable. We will continue to work with international partners…30 Jul 2024HANSARDInternational Court of Justice Advisory OpinionI know that my hon. Friend cares deeply about these matters. The Foreign Secretary visited the region within a week of taking office, and he has also raised those precise issues…30 Jul 2024HANSARDInternational Court of Justice Advisory OpinionWe have been clear that the Government must uphold both our domestic and international legal obligations. The UK respects the independence of the ICJ. We received the advisory…30 Jul 2024HANSARDIran: Alleged Human Rights ViolationsThe Government recognise the threat that the IRGC poses, and we will take the necessary measures to counter it at home and abroad. We will keep the list of proscribed terrorist…30 Jul 2024HANSARDInternational Court of Justice Advisory OpinionI thank the right hon. Member for his question. This is an extremely complex finding, covering 90 pages. It was issued after considerable deliberation by the ICJ, and there is a…30 Jul 2024