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HANSARDOverseas Humanitarian WorkHumanitarian preparedness and response is one of the Foreign Office’s seven priorities under the leadership of my right hon. Friend the Foreign Secretary, and is a priority for…20 Jul 2021HANSARDYemenWe continue to fully support the UN efforts to end the conflict in Yemen, alongside the US, the Saudis and other international partners. The United Nations has put a fair deal on…20 Jul 2021HANSARDCyber-attack: MicrosoftThe right hon. Lady is absolutely right that a comprehensive approach to cyber-security is incredibly important. As I say, the UK is proud of the fact that we are a global leader…20 Jul 2021HANSARDCyber-attack: MicrosoftI completely understand the right hon. Gentleman’s point. He will understand that we never speculate on the future use of sanctions because to do so could be counterproductive to…20 Jul 2021HANSARDCyber-attack: MicrosoftI thank my right hon. Friend and predecessor for the point that he has made. I hope he will understand that I will not speculate at the Dispatch Box about the nature and scope of…20 Jul 2021HANSARDCyber-attack: MicrosoftThe hon. Lady raises a point that my right hon. Friend the Member for Chingford and Woodford Green (Sir Iain Duncan Smith) has already raised, and I have already touched on it. As…20 Jul 2021HANSARDCyber-attack: MicrosoftI thank my right hon. Friend for asking this important and timely question. Yesterday, on 19 July, the UK Government joined like-minded partners to confirm that Chinese…20 Jul 2021HANSARDTopical QuestionsMy right hon. Friend the Foreign Secretary raised this very issue with his Israeli counterpart, I have raised it with the Israeli ambassador, and we have consistently called for…20 Jul 2021HANSARDTopical QuestionsAs I said earlier, the UK values and welcomes means for Israelis and Palestinians to work more closely together, and we call on the leadership of both to do so at Government and…20 Jul 2021HANSARDIsrael and PalestineProcurement by public bodies is governed by various public procurement regulations. The Public Contracts Regulations 2015 require contracting authorities to treat all economic…20 Jul 2021HANSARDIsrael and PalestineThe UK enjoys a close and important relationship with Israel, and because we have that close relationship, we are able directly to bring up sensitive issues. I and my ministerial…20 Jul 2021HANSARDHuman Rights: Trade DealsI thank the hon. Gentleman for giving us due notice that the support of the SNP for future trade arrangements cannot be guaranteed. I had kind of worked that out by myself,…20 Jul 2021HANSARDCyber-attack: MicrosoftMy hon. Friend makes an important point: working with our international partners is an incredibly important part of this. The joint statement that we made attributing…20 Jul 2021HANSARDCyber-attack: MicrosoftI understand and respect the passion that the hon. Gentleman and others speak with, and no one takes the targeting of parliamentarians lightly. We do not take the cyber-attacks on…20 Jul 2021HANSARDHuman Rights: Trade DealsFCDO Ministers are in regular contact with Cabinet colleagues on a range of trade-related issues and we are clear that more trade does not have to come at the expense of our…20 Jul 2021HANSARDCyber-attack: MicrosoftI can assure my hon. Friend that we are working across Government on the issue. We recognise that it is an incredibly important area of activity: as we are now all reliant on…20 Jul 2021HANSARDCyber-attack: MicrosoftThe hon. Gentleman makes an important point. I am very pleased that NATO was one of the signatory organisations to yesterday’s statement as an important multilateral partner,…20 Jul 2021HANSARDCyber-attack: MicrosoftI can assure my hon. Friend that the UK is very much taking a leadership role with regard to the development of cyber-security and cyber-response. We are always most effective on…20 Jul 2021HANSARD Syrian Refugees in Jordan and LebanonIt is a pleasure to serve under you as Chair today, Mrs Cummins. I am grateful to the hon. Member for Cumbernauld, Kilsyth and Kirkintilloch East (Stuart C. McDonald) for securing…22 Jun 2021HANSARDMiddle East: Two-state SolutionThe UK remains fully committed to a two-state solution as the best way to permanently end the occupation, deliver Palestinian self-determination and ensure Israel’s Jewish and…15 Jun 2021