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HANSARDIran-Israel UpdateThat resolution also calls for the release of the hostages, which Hamas rejected just this weekend.15 Apr 2024HANSARDIran-Israel UpdateI can give my hon. Friend that commitment. That was exactly the subject of our discussions among the G7 leaders yesterday. She mentions nuclear. Iran’s nuclear programme has never…15 Apr 2024HANSARDIran-Israel UpdateMr Speaker, before I start, I would like to express my deepest sympathy, and I am sure that of the whole House, on the death of your father. He was a true giant of not just this…15 Apr 2024HANSARDIran-Israel UpdateI am sorry, but I missed the part of the right hon. Gentleman’s question where he condemned Iran and Hamas for what they have done. We will always encourage de-escalation in the…15 Apr 2024HANSARDIran-Israel UpdateI have been very clear that too many civilians have already lost their lives in Gaza. The UN Security Council resolution also called for the unconditional release of the hostages,…15 Apr 2024HANSARDIran-Israel UpdateWe have continued to call on the Israeli Government to do everything they can to protect civilian life, as they exercise their right and duty to ensure security for citizens. I…15 Apr 2024HANSARDIran-Israel UpdateI am happy to tell my right hon. Friend that we keep these things under constant review to make sure that we have the capabilities we need to protect our country and to stand up…15 Apr 2024HANSARDIran-Israel UpdateFirst, it is important not to try to draw any equivalence between Israel’s absolute right—indeed, duty—to provide security for its citizens in the face of an appalling terrorist…15 Apr 2024HANSARDIran-Israel UpdateIran’s treatment of its own citizens is appalling, and we have repeatedly condemned it and called Iran out for that.15 Apr 2024HANSARDIran-Israel UpdateAs I have said, there is no credible civilian justification for the enrichment levels we have seen and that the International Atomic Energy Agency has reported in Iran. We are…15 Apr 2024HANSARDIran-Israel UpdateWe have been consistently clear that we are concerned about the humanitarian situation in Gaza. We have called on the Israelis to open up more aid corridors and have them open…15 Apr 2024HANSARDIran-Israel UpdateI have personally repeatedly raised with Prime Minister Netanyahu the issue of settler violence in the west bank, as have my colleagues including the deputy Foreign Secretary. We…15 Apr 2024HANSARDIran-Israel UpdateI spoke explicitly to the Prime Minister of Israel, who did that when I spoke to him the very next day. We have made absolutely crystal clear our concerns about what has happened,…15 Apr 2024HANSARDIran-Israel UpdateI am happy to join my right hon. Friend in paying tribute not just to our colleagues in America but to our partners across the region, who participated in a joint international…15 Apr 2024HANSARDInvestigatory Powers Commissioner: Annual Report 2022I have today laid before both Houses a copy of the annual report of the Investigatory Powers Commissioner, the right hon. Sir Brian Leveson. This report covers the activities of…26 Mar 2024HANSARDEngagementsUnlike both the Liberal Democrats and the Labour party, who believe in top-down targets that decimate the green belt, we believe in local people having a say over their local…20 Mar 2024HANSARDEngagementsAs the hon. Gentleman knows, I have explained to the Opposition repeatedly that the findings from the Integrated Food Security Phase Classification initiative are gravely…20 Mar 2024HANSARDEngagementsIt was surprising, Mr Speaker, to hear all this talk about the 1970s from the shadow Chancellor in particular, but if you see what is happening in places like Birmingham, where…20 Mar 2024HANSARDEngagementsThe right hon. and learned Gentleman talks about his ideas, but we are two weeks on from the Budget. The shadow Chancellor found time to make a one-hour speech last night, and we…20 Mar 2024HANSARDEngagementsI am surprised to hear the hon. Gentleman quoting the IFS, because it also described the recent SNP Budget as, in its words, “misleading”, and said that “pain is almost certainly…20 Mar 2024