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HANSARDTopical 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 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 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 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 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 2024HANSARDConflict in Gaza: IranNo. The hon. Lady will have seen how, in respect of UN Security Council resolutions 2720 and 2728, Britain’s diplomacy worked to move people into a common position. We are very…30 Apr 2024HANSARDGaza: Humanitarian SituationThe hon. Member will have seen the 6 April maritime announcement and she will know that Britain is ramping up the delivery of aid by land, sea and air. She will, I hope, be aware…30 Apr 2024HANSARDSudan: Government ResponseI thank the hon. Lady very much for the eloquent way in which she has outlined the position in Sudan, and she is absolutely right. On the subject of the Sudan envoy, let me assure…22 Apr 2024HANSARDSudan: Government ResponseI thank the hon. Lady for her question. Britain is pursuing all diplomatic avenues to press the warring parties into a permanent ceasefire, allow unrestricted humanitarian access,…22 Apr 2024HANSARDSudan: Government ResponseMy right hon. Friend will have seen the open-source reporting of various outlets. The point the British Government make on all occasions is that any arms supply into Sudan merely…22 Apr 2024HANSARDSudan: Government ResponseThe two situations are not analogous. If the Labour party wants to launch a campaign for extra visas and a special scheme matching the one in Ukraine, I look forward to hearing…22 Apr 2024HANSARDSudan: Government ResponseThe hon. Gentleman will understand the great difficulties in helping directly on the ground; I know the matter is of great interest, both to him and to the Prime Minister’s envoy…22 Apr 2024HANSARDSudan: Government ResponseThese discussions are taking place in the margins of the United Nations, and at the conference that took place in Paris on Monday last week. The hon. Gentleman is right to…22 Apr 2024HANSARDSudan: Government ResponseOn the hon. Lady’s second point, I have set out the clear message from the British Government about the supply of arms,. On her first point, she is right that conflicts elsewhere…22 Apr 2024HANSARDSudan: Government ResponseI am afraid that the hon. Lady is entirely right. We have read these reports and many others with horror. That is one of the reasons why we are supporting the Centre for…22 Apr 2024HANSARDSudan: Government ResponseMy hon. Friend is right about the great heritage and deep links, including heritage links, between Britain and Sudan over many years. The truth is that we have to do everything we…22 Apr 2024HANSARDSudan: Government ResponseIn respect of my right hon. Friend’s final point, we are hopeful that the third set of negotiations in Jeddah will take place. The Saudis committed on 15 April to that happening…22 Apr 2024HANSARDSudan: Government ResponseWe will do everything we can to assist. The hon. Lady will understand the constraints we work within, but I will note what she said. If she has any specific cases that she wishes…22 Apr 2024HANSARDSudan: Government ResponseI was in Adré when I visited the border between Chad and Sudan. I saw the weight of human misery crossing that border—88% of those crossing were women and children, which shows…22 Apr 2024HANSARDSudan: Government ResponseI hope that today’s urgent question will be of some comfort in respect of what the Government are seeking to do and the role we play at the United Nations—where we are the…22 Apr 2024