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HANSARD IranWith permission, Mr Deputy Speaker, I will make a statement on the threat that Iran poses to the United Kingdom and the actions that His Majesty’s Government are taking to counter…06 Jul 2023HANSARD IranMy right hon. Friend raises an important point. My Department has discussed that with the Home Office. Indeed, I have discussed it with the Minister for Security, my right hon.…06 Jul 2023HANSARD IranI echo the right hon. Gentleman’s comments about the Iranian people. I have said it before, but I will say it again: our quarrel is not with them. As he says, Iran is a country…06 Jul 2023HANSARD IranI know the hon. Gentleman had a long career in local government before coming to this House, so perhaps he will understand that street naming is not a foreign policy issue.06 Jul 2023HANSARD IranI commend my hon. Friend on the passion and consistency with which he champions this issue. I completely agree that that support for violence and terrorism, not just in the west…06 Jul 2023HANSARD IranI can assure my hon. Friend that we take a thoughtful but firm and decisive approach to our posture with regard to Iran. I will always keep all options under review. We will…06 Jul 2023HANSARD IranMy right hon. Friend echoes the Government’s strength of feeling about media freedom. I can reassure her and the House that, in my conversations with the very senior leadership of…06 Jul 2023HANSARD IranMy hon. Friend, who knows the continent of Africa and its politics incredibly well, is absolutely right to highlight the fact that Iranian malign activity is not restricted to its…06 Jul 2023HANSARD IranI thank the hon. Gentleman for welcoming the measures that we have taken. He asks once again about proscription. He will have heard my earlier response that we always keep options…06 Jul 2023HANSARD IranMy hon. Friend raises important points, and I welcome her comments on the structures we have put in place today and will be putting forward, with legislation, to the House in due…06 Jul 2023HANSARD IranMy right hon. Friend makes a very important point with regard to our policy towards Russia’s invasion of Ukraine. Working to ensure that Russia is not supported through military…06 Jul 2023HANSARD IranIt really is not. I can assure the hon. Gentleman that we do have regular and senior contact with representatives of the Iranian Government. The Iranian regime, through their own…06 Jul 2023HANSARD IranThe hon. Lady makes an important point about the courage of Iranian women—courage that is genuinely beyond measure. I have seen open-source footage of Iranian women, and actually…06 Jul 2023HANSARDWithdrawal Agreement Joint Committee: 11th MeetingThe Withdrawal Agreement Joint Committee met on 3 July 2023 in Brussels, with delegates attending in person and by video conference. I co-chaired the meeting with European…04 Jul 2023HANSARDWithdrawal Agreement Joint CommitteeThe next meeting of the Withdrawal Agreement Joint Committee will take place on 3 July 2023, with delegations attending in person and by video conference. The meeting will be…26 Jun 2023HANSARDSituation in RussiaI can assure my hon. Friend that throughout, including during the high-profile events of this weekend in the UK—I confirmed this in my phone call with G7 Foreign Ministers and our…26 Jun 2023HANSARDSituation in RussiaThe hon. Gentleman makes an incredibly important point. Prigozhin and the Wagner Group have been responsible for truly appalling acts of violence, not just in Ukraine but in other…26 Jun 2023HANSARDSituation in RussiaMy right hon. Friend makes an important point. It is not possible for us to predict and I do not intend to speculate, but he is absolutely right that the events over this weekend…26 Jun 2023HANSARDSituation in RussiaThe hon. and gallant Gentleman makes the important point that Vladimir Putin has not only been lying to the world about his motivations for this war of aggression but lying to the…26 Jun 2023HANSARDSituation in RussiaThe hon. Gentleman makes an incredibly important point. What we have seen, horrifically, is the specific targeting of civilians and civilian infrastructure by Russian forces in…26 Jun 2023