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HANSARDTopical QuestionsThe Government continue to stand up for our values, our allies and those most in need. The Foreign Secretary attended the NATO and G7 Foreign Ministers meetings and reaffirmed our…30 Apr 2024HANSARDSudan: Humanitarian SituationWe very much hope that Jeddah 3 will be the next significant opportunity to negotiate. What we require is a ceasefire, with the troops returning to barracks, and a political…30 Apr 2024HANSARDSudan: Humanitarian SituationThis year, the UK will nearly double its support for people in Sudan, with £89 million in aid. That is nearly double the amount we set out at the beginning of last year, but in…30 Apr 2024HANSARDIllegal Migration: International Co-operationThat is an unbelievably tempting invitation from my hon. Friend. Recently, we have seen a 120% increase in French troops on the ground and a 36% reduction in the number of…30 Apr 2024HANSARDTopical QuestionsMy hon. Friend makes a good point. We are working closely with a number of partner Governments, including the United States of America, Cyprus and the United Nations. Maritime…30 Apr 2024HANSARDRafah: Military OffensiveI refer my hon. Friend to the comments I made earlier. He will know that the British and American Governments have been working in lockstep to prevent the situation he has…30 Apr 2024HANSARDTopical QuestionsWe are trying to make sure that the water is restored, as I set out earlier, and we are championing the provision of aid by land, sea and air, and I set out the help we have…30 Apr 2024HANSARDGaza: Humanitarian SituationPresident Biden has been very heavily engaged in this matter. As the hon. Member knows, both the American and British Governments have pressed Israel not to launch an all-out…30 Apr 2024HANSARDIllegal Migration: International Co-operationMy hon. Friend makes a very good point: what is sauce for the goose is also sauce for the gander. The movement of asylum seekers from the UK to the southern Irish Republic would…30 Apr 2024HANSARDTopical QuestionsMy hon. Friend is right. An enormous amount of work is going on in respect of AMR, which is being discussed extensively this year at the United Nations. Dame Sally Davies, who…30 Apr 2024HANSARDTopical QuestionsI think the hon. Gentleman is speculating in an extraordinary manner. What the Court said at the time was that the hostages should be released, that there should be more aid into…30 Apr 2024HANSARDTopical QuestionsWe have worked extensively with our partners in the Gulf on evacuations, and Britain is doing a great deal through our medical support for the field hospital we have in Gaza as…30 Apr 2024HANSARDTopical QuestionsAs the hon. Lady knows, UN resolution 2728, which was passed on 25 March, reflected the international consensus behind the UK’s position about the importance of getting aid in and…30 Apr 2024HANSARDTopical QuestionsI am pleased to tell my hon. Friend that I have visited Djibouti, without suffering the fate that I am so sorry he suffered. As he knows, we are taking up this matter with the…30 Apr 2024HANSARDTopical QuestionsAs we have made clear, recognition of a Palestinian state cannot come at the beginning of the process, but it does not have to come at the end.30 Apr 2024HANSARDTopical QuestionsMy right hon. Friend, who knows a great deal about this matter, speaks with considerable authority on it. I have no doubt that his voice will be heard in both the Foreign Office…30 Apr 2024HANSARDTopical QuestionsI am grateful to my hon. Friend for his thoughts and ideas, which he came and spoke to me about last week. He was conveying the views of the mosques in Aylesbury. We are pursuing…30 Apr 2024HANSARDBlue Belt ProgrammeI am glad that the hon. Gentleman has had a chance to visit St Helena—as have I in the past. It is one of the most remarkable places on Earth. On the issue of cleaning up the…30 Apr 2024HANSARDBlue Belt ProgrammeMy hon. Friend is absolutely right. It is interesting to note that 85% of plastic pollution in the Pacific and Indian oceans comes from just six rivers, and therefore an…30 Apr 2024HANSARDBlue Belt ProgrammeThe blue belt programme supports the protection and sustainable management of 4.3 million sq km of ocean around Britain’s overseas territories.30 Apr 2024