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HANSARDIsrael and GazaI simply do not recognise the right hon. Gentleman’s description of resolution 2728. It is Hamas who are using the Palestinian people as a human shield in the grotesque way that…26 Mar 2024HANSARDIsrael and GazaThe House will not recognise all of the things that the hon. Gentleman has just said. Let me make it absolutely clear once again: Israel does have the right of self-defence, but…26 Mar 2024HANSARDIsrael and GazaThe hon. Lady will not be surprised to hear me say that the British military forces always comply with international humanitarian law and are absolutely required to do so. I am…26 Mar 2024HANSARDIsrael and GazaI am grateful to the former Chair of the Defence Committee for what he says. He is right that the best way to get aid into Gaza is by truck—by road—and that is what Britain has…26 Mar 2024HANSARDUK Ocean LeadershipMy noble Friend the Minister of State for Climate, Environment and Energy (Lord Benyon) has today made the following statement: “This statement provides an update on UK leadership…25 Mar 2024HANSARD Hong Kong Security LegislationAt the end of his interesting contribution, the hon. Gentleman asked a philosophical question, and I think he seeks a rhetorical answer. By the very way in which he expressed his…20 Mar 2024HANSARD Sri Lanka: Human RightsYes, I will certainly take that away, as my hon. Friend requests, and I hope that some of what I will have to say will assist in addressing that point. We want to encourage the…20 Mar 2024HANSARD Hong Kong Security LegislationMy hon. Friend knows a great deal about these matters and speaks with great wisdom on them. He is right to speculate that these discussions are taking place across government.…20 Mar 2024HANSARD Sri Lanka: Human RightsI believe this is the first time we have been joined in such an endeavour during our time in the House together, Dame Maria, and it is a huge privilege to serve under your…20 Mar 2024HANSARD Hong Kong Security LegislationI thank my right hon. Friend for his urgent question. Yesterday, Hong Kong’s Legislative Council passed new national security legislation unanimously under article 23 of the Basic…20 Mar 2024HANSARD Hong Kong Security LegislationWe are very much aware of the Confucius Institutes and the way in which they operate. I can assure the hon. Gentleman that we always keep such matters under review. If we have any…20 Mar 2024HANSARD Hong Kong Security LegislationI thank my right hon. Friend for his comments, which I will deal with as best I can. He indicated just two or three of the defects in this appalling legislation. He was right to…20 Mar 2024HANSARD Hong Kong Security LegislationMy right hon. Friend speaks with great experience on these matters from his time on the Intelligence and Security Committee. I agree with him about the nature of China. The…20 Mar 2024HANSARD Hong Kong Security LegislationI thank the shadow Foreign Secretary for his comments. I agree entirely with what he said about article 23. He chides me for not saying more on the issue of sanctions. The point I…20 Mar 2024HANSARD Hong Kong Security LegislationI am most grateful to the hon. Gentleman for his opening sympathy and support, which is always very welcome. In respect of the audit of Chinese involvement, much of that work is…20 Mar 2024HANSARD Hong Kong Security LegislationI do not recognise the point that my hon. Friend makes. We have relations with many regimes whose values and views we do not share. That is the nature of international diplomacy…20 Mar 2024HANSARD Hong Kong Security LegislationThe hon. Lady is an extremely experienced parliamentarian and knows that I will not add to what my right hon. Friend the Secretary of State for Business and Trade said here…20 Mar 2024HANSARD Hong Kong Security LegislationMy hon. and learned Friend makes an extremely shrewd point. The impact of this legislation is, of course, devastating in the areas that he identifies. This is not legislation that…20 Mar 2024HANSARD Hong Kong Security LegislationI thank the former Chair of the Defence Committee for his question. During my business career, I was in and out of Hong Kong very regularly. It is quite extraordinary how Hong…20 Mar 2024HANSARD Hong Kong Security LegislationThat is not a matter, as the right hon. Gentleman will appreciate, only for us. But he is right in his fundamental understanding, as he has set out, about the breach of the law…20 Mar 2024