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HANSARDAction Against Houthi Maritime AttacksWhat is escalatory is the Houthis ramping up attacks on commercial shipping, launching missiles and drones against US and UK warships, and threatening allied bases in the region.…23 Jan 2024HANSARDAction Against Houthi Maritime AttacksI refer the hon. Gentleman to my previous answer. We are absolutely committed to a two-state solution and will work very hard with all our allies to make progress towards that aim.23 Jan 2024HANSARDAction Against Houthi Maritime AttacksThe Foreign Secretary will be in the region this week and will reiterate what I have said publicly and from this Dispatch Box: we are absolutely committed to a two-state solution.…23 Jan 2024HANSARDAction Against Houthi Maritime AttacksThe position of this Government is the same as that of previous Governments and is long-standing: we will recognise a Palestinian state at a time that best serves the peace…23 Jan 2024HANSARDAction Against Houthi Maritime AttacksI can reassure the hon. Gentleman that we are having exactly that conversation with all our partners and allies in the region. I started that dialogue when I visited the region…23 Jan 2024HANSARDAction Against Houthi Maritime AttacksOur actions are clear: we have trebled our aid commitment this year, we are doing everything we can to open more crossings, and recently we worked to deliver a new humanitarian…23 Jan 2024HANSARDAction Against Houthi Maritime AttacksI refer the hon. Lady to my previous answer. In fact, the Houthis’ disruption of Red sea shipping is harming the Yemeni people, who are relying on those corridors to bring aid in.…23 Jan 2024HANSARDAction Against Houthi Maritime AttacksAgain, I would not draw a link between the action in the Red sea and the situation in Gaza. They are two completely different things. The Houthis may seek to link them, but we…23 Jan 2024HANSARDAction Against Houthi Maritime AttacksI thank my hon. Friend for that excellent point. Like her, I have spent time with hostage families, including just yesterday, and she is right about the trauma that they are…23 Jan 2024HANSARDAction Against Houthi Maritime AttacksAgain, I urge the hon. Lady not to link and conflate these two things, because—23 Jan 2024HANSARDAction Against Houthi Maritime AttacksAs I say, we are in dialogue with the Yemeni Government, and they are doing their best to counter the narrative that the hon. Lady mentions. Also, I would not characterise these…23 Jan 2024HANSARDEngagementsWe are investing record sums to deliver not just 40 new hospitals across the country but 90 different hospital upgrades. The hon. Lady will be familiar with the plans at West…17 Jan 2024HANSARDEngagementsWhat I can tell the right hon. and learned Gentleman is that, in spite of him seeking to block every single attempt that we have made, we have now managed, because of our actions,…17 Jan 2024HANSARDEngagementsIt is great to hear that my hon. Friend is an avid parkrunner. I thank him for volunteering so that the people of Tamworth can enjoy one, too. I completely agree with him—when I…17 Jan 2024HANSARDEngagementsJust this week we had another example of the right hon. and learned Gentleman doing one thing and saying another. This week he backed the Home Secretary in banning the terrorist…17 Jan 2024HANSARDEngagementsAs I said, we have actually identified and removed over 20,000 people from this country back to where they belong. The right hon. and learned Gentleman asks these questions about…17 Jan 2024HANSARDEngagementsIt is rich to hear from the right hon. and learned Gentleman about belief in something. It will be news to him that it is actually the case that you can believe in something and…17 Jan 2024HANSARDEngagementsIf the hon. Gentleman did care about supporting working families to pay their bills and to pay their mortgage, why on earth is the SNP making Scotland the highest taxed part of…17 Jan 2024HANSARDEngagementsThe Leader of the Opposition may have something to say about forms of transportation, and perhaps about HS2 as well—I still have not heard his position on the subject. Old Oak…17 Jan 2024HANSARDEngagementsI set up the community ownership fund when I was Chancellor and it is doing fantastic work funding hundreds of projects across the country, including, I believe, one in the hon.…17 Jan 2024