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HANSARD Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action: IranIt is a real pleasure to serve under your chairpersonship, Ms Nokes. I had hoped to speak yesterday about Sir David Amess. He was a man of great knowledge and experience, and he…19 Oct 2021HANSARDAfghanistan: FCDO Responses to MembersA week ago last Sunday, The Observer newspaper quoted a whistleblower who had access to Foreign Office email accounts. He said that MPs were not getting replies to the emails they…09 Sept 2021HANSARD AfghanistanI was elected to the House in 2001, which was the year of the NATO intervention in Afghanistan. I recall very clearly that the objective clearly stated by the then Government was…18 Aug 2021HANSARDYemenWhere is the morality and sense in the Government trumpeting at the G7 the importance of fighting famine while, at the same time, withdrawing food aid from nearly a quarter of a…20 Jul 2021HANSARDPalestinian School Textbooks: EU ReviewI was wondering about the issue of monitoring the textbooks. We are discussing a European Union report. I imagine such reports will not be as accessible by us in the future. Are…30 Jun 2021HANSARDPalestinian School Textbooks: EU ReviewIt is a pleasure to serve under your chairpersonship, Dame Angela. I, too, am pleased that today’s debate has been secured and congratulate the hon. Member for Eastbourne…30 Jun 2021HANSARDMiddle East: Two-state SolutionMay I begin by expressing my sympathies to the families of the HALO Trust staff who lost their lives in Afghanistan? They were killed by an armed group while on a mission clearing…15 Jun 2021HANSARDIsrael and PalestineWith all due respect, what I am saying is what I believe to be right, and what the Labour party deems to be right. There is no expediency about it—it is a long-standing commitment…14 Jun 2021HANSARDIsrael and PalestineIt is a pleasure to serve under your chairpersonship, Mr Dowd. I am pleased that this debate is taking place today, because there is tremendous public concern about this issue:…14 Jun 2021HANSARD Community Renewal Fund and Levelling Up Fund in WalesIt is a pleasure to serve under your chairpersonship, Ms Rees, and I warmly welcome this afternoon’s debate. Like Bridgend county borough, Caerphilly county borough contains some…08 Jun 2021HANSARDIsrael and Gaza: CeasefireTo ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs if he will make a statement on the UK Government’s efforts to secure a ceasefire in Israel and Gaza.19 May 2021HANSARDIsrael and Gaza: CeasefireIt is of enormous concern to everyone in the House that in this conflict between Hamas and Israel nearly 300 people have been killed, including 65 children. This is truly…19 May 2021HANSARD Violence in Israel and PalestineLike everyone else in this House, I have been appalled by what we have seen in Jerusalem, Gaza and Israel. The loss of life has been terrible, and my heart goes out to the…12 May 2021HANSARDNazanin Zaghari-RatcliffeAfter having completed a five-year sentence, for Nazanin to be given a further one-year sentence and a travel ban is truly appalling. Let us be clear: Nazanin was put on trial on…27 Apr 2021HANSARDReligious Minorities: Land RightsIt is a pleasure to serve under your chairpersonship, Dr Huq. I want to echo the comments of the hon. Member for Argyll and Bute (Brendan O'Hara) and give my warmest…22 Apr 2021HANSARDIsrael and the Palestinians: Supporting PeaceThe International Criminal Court has decided to conduct an investigation into alleged war crimes by Palestinian armed groups and Israeli forces in the occupied territories. The…20 Apr 2021HANSARDUK Shared Prosperity FundWill the shared prosperity fund allocate resources on the basis of need?17 Mar 2021HANSARDUK Shared Prosperity FundWhat recent discussions he has had with the First Minister of Wales on the UK shared prosperity fund.17 Mar 2021HANSARDOccupied Palestinian Territories: Humanitarian SituationThe Israeli covid-19 vaccination programme is the best in the world. However, the Minister has indicated that Israel has a legal responsibility to ensure the health and wellbeing…02 Mar 2021HANSARDWelsh AffairsI begin by paying tribute to Hywel Francis, the former Member for Aberavon. Hywel was a good friend for many years. He was a great socialist, a distinguished historian, an…25 Feb 2021