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HANSARDTopical QuestionsI thank my hon. Friend for making those points. I can assure her that in all the conversations we have about our commitment to Africa and to the broader world, ensuring 12 years…15 Jun 2021HANSARDMiddle East: Two-state SolutionWe congratulate the new Government on their formation and look forward to working with them in pursuit of the almost universally held goal in this House and across the…15 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 2021HANSARDMiddle East: Two-state SolutionMy right hon. Friend the Foreign Secretary travelled to both Israel and the Occupied Palestinian Territories shortly after the most recent scenes of violence. We enjoy good…15 Jun 2021HANSARDMiddle East: Two-state SolutionThe UK Government’s position on demolitions, settlement expansion and annexation is clear and long-standing. As I have said, we enjoy good bilateral relations with the Government…15 Jun 2021HANSARDIsrael and PalestineLet me make a little more progress; I am conscious that we are a little tight on time. We thank UNRWA for its support for Gazans displaced during the conflict and for its…14 Jun 2021HANSARDIsrael and PalestineI thank my hon. Friend for the question he has asked. As we have seen today, there is widespread condemnation of those acts and where there are small pockets of resistance against…14 Jun 2021HANSARDIsrael and PalestineIt is a pleasure to serve under your chairmanship, Mr Dowd. I am grateful to the hon. Member for Newcastle upon Tyne North (Catherine McKinnell) for securing this debate, and I…14 Jun 2021HANSARDIsrael and Gaza: CeasefireIsrael seeks to defend itself against attacks from the military wing of Hamas, which is an internationally recognised terrorist organisation. Our military export licensing regime…19 May 2021HANSARDIsrael and Gaza: CeasefireThe United Kingdom will continue working with the whole of the international community, including our European partners, partners in the region and the United States, towards what…19 May 2021HANSARDIsrael and Gaza: CeasefireThe hon. Gentleman makes the important point that the priority at the moment is twofold: an immediate end to the conflict and the immediate access of humanitarian aid. The UK…19 May 2021HANSARDIsrael and Gaza: CeasefireMy right hon. Friend makes an incredibly important point. The Palestinian people have many friends and allies in the international community and they have people within their own…19 May 2021HANSARDIsrael and Gaza: CeasefireI am not able to confirm the reports to which my hon. Friend referred, but I reinforce the points that I made about the need for Iran not to be a destabilising influence in the…19 May 2021HANSARDIsrael and Gaza: CeasefireThe hon. Gentleman speaks with a huge amount of wisdom on this. It is perhaps seductive but ultimately futile to work to reinforce a side of an argument while an argument…19 May 2021HANSARDIsrael and Gaza: CeasefireMy hon. Friend is right; we seek, as does the international community, a peaceful life for the Palestinian people and for the Israeli people. That can be done only through…19 May 2021HANSARDIsrael and Gaza: CeasefireLet me read verbatim a section from my opening speech. I said: “The UK position on evictions, demolitions and settlements is clear and long-standing: we oppose these activities.…19 May 2021HANSARDIsrael and Gaza: CeasefireMy hon. Friend makes a very important point. I can assure him that the conversation I had this morning with representatives of the Arab nations, including the representative of…19 May 2021HANSARDIsrael and Gaza: CeasefireThe UK has a robust arms export licensing regime, and all export licences are assessed in accordance with it. I can assure the right hon. Gentleman that the UK takes its arms…19 May 2021HANSARDIsrael and Gaza: CeasefireI remind the hon. Gentleman of the sequencing of the events that unfolded in Gaza and Israel. Israel’s actions were in response to indiscriminate rocket attacks from an…19 May 2021HANSARDIsrael and Gaza: CeasefireMy right hon. Friend makes an incredibly important point. We recognise that in our desire to prevent Iran acquiring a nuclear weapon we cannot be blind to its broader regional…19 May 2021