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HANSARDDefending the UK and AlliesWe are the fifth largest donor to the UN appeal in Yemen, with a billion pounds since the conflict started. We are providing food to at least 100,000 people every month. It is a…15 Jan 2024HANSARDDefending the UK and AlliesMy hon. Friend is absolutely right; the linkage is with the behaviour of the Iranian regime. We agree with the US assessments, and I can reassure him that we are working closely…15 Jan 2024HANSARDDefending the UK and AlliesI think that just highlights Russia’s continuing malignant activity, which serves to cause everyone alarm, particularly when it comes to the security of nuclear power. The IAEA…15 Jan 2024HANSARDDefending the UK and AlliesI thank the hon. Gentleman for his support. On its merits, as I said, our initial assessment is that we have been successful in destroying the specific targets that were selected,…15 Jan 2024HANSARDDefending the UK and AlliesMy hon. Friend is absolutely right. If Putin were to succeed, it would not just embolden him, but embolden our adversaries around the world, and that is why it is important that…15 Jan 2024HANSARDDefending the UK and AlliesI think the hon. Lady’s characterisation of what we did was not right. It was not bombing Yemen; it was taking targeted, limited action against Houthi military sites that were…15 Jan 2024HANSARDDefending the UK and AlliesI can reassure my right hon. Friend that I and both the Defence Secretary and Foreign Secretary are having those conversations. I spoke to President Sisi recently and, indeed, all…15 Jan 2024HANSARDDefending the UK and AlliesMy hon. Friend is absolutely right, and we will continue to engage diplomatically to broaden that coalition. As he knows, 14 countries have signed the statement—the UN Security…15 Jan 2024HANSARDDefending the UK and AlliesThat is an excellent point. There is absolutely no credible civilian justification for enrichment at the levels that the IAEA has reported in Iran. We are determined that Iran…15 Jan 2024HANSARDDefending the UK and AlliesWe should be proud of our record. We have been one of the largest contributors to the effort in Ukraine, but it is also important to recognise that we have consistently been the…15 Jan 2024HANSARDDefending the UK and AlliesI thank the hon. Gentleman for being, I think, the first Member on the Opposition Benches to remind the House that Hamas still holds 100 Israeli hostages—it is good that he…15 Jan 2024HANSARDDefending the UK and AlliesI thank my right hon. Friend for his support and his comments. He is right that this is not a decision I took lightly, and right to point out that publicising an action like this…15 Jan 2024HANSARDDefending the UK and AlliesThat is an excellent point. In a word, yes. That is why we have invested £2.5 billion in rebuilding our stockpiles. Beyond the money, we do need to build our defence industrial…15 Jan 2024HANSARDDefending the UK and AlliesI thank the hon. Gentleman for his comments, and reassure him that the action we took was—I believe—necessary, but it was limited, proportionate, and in keeping with international…15 Jan 2024HANSARDDefending the UK and AlliesI agree with my right hon. Friend about the destabilising influence of the Iranian regime. We will continue to work constructively with our allies to ensure that we do not just…15 Jan 2024HANSARDDefending the UK and AlliesI do not believe that we can outsource our foreign policy to the perception in other countries. We should recognise the risks of inaction. To do nothing, as I said, would be to…15 Jan 2024HANSARDDefending the UK and AlliesThe hon. Lady is absolutely right about the necessity of doing that. It was a feature of our conversations last week, but we also facilitated a visit by some of our leading…15 Jan 2024HANSARDDefending the UK and AlliesAs I have pointed out, 14 countries signed a statement earlier this year calling on the Houthis to desist from what they were doing and saying that there would be consequences,…15 Jan 2024HANSARDDefending the UK and AlliesAs I have said, in all cases there is a risk of inaction in the face of attacks on civilian lives and British interests, and it would have been wrong to do nothing. There has been…15 Jan 2024HANSARDDefending the UK and AlliesAs I have said repeatedly, we are deeply concerned about the devastating impact of the fighting in Gaza on the civilian population. Too many people have lost their lives already…15 Jan 2024