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HANSARDUK Relations with QatarIt is a pleasure to serve under your chairmanship, Mr McCabe, and I am grateful to the right hon. Member for Orkney and Shetland (Mr Carmichael) for securing the debate and giving…10 Dec 2020HANSARDUK Relations with QatarI am torn. I do not want to cut into the right hon. Gentleman’s time.10 Dec 2020HANSARD Government Policy on IranI thank my hon. Friend for raising that point. I cannot give him clarity on that in today’s debate, but I recognise that those calls have come from every corner of the House and…09 Dec 2020HANSARD Government Policy on IranThe hon. Lady makes a very good point. Let us be crystal clear: Iranian support for those groups contravenes UN Security Council resolutions and breaches international law. We…09 Dec 2020HANSARD Government Policy on IranIt is a pleasure to serve under your chairmanship, Mrs Miller. I am genuinely grateful to my hon. Friend the Member for Henley (John Howell) for bringing forward this important…09 Dec 2020HANSARDArrest of Egyptian Human Rights AdvocatesI thank the hon. Lady for that intervention, which spurs me to clarify why I made the points about the bilateral economic relationship. While making representations to the…08 Dec 2020HANSARDDraft Conflict Minerals (Compliance) (Northern Ireland) (EU Exit) RegulationsI thank my hon. Friend for highlighting that point. There are of course other high-value items—diamonds being the most obvious—that are subject to provisions in other legislation,…08 Dec 2020HANSARDArrest of Egyptian Human Rights AdvocatesI am grateful to the hon. Member for Bethnal Green and Bow (Rushanara Ali) for securing this debate and to the Members who have intervened for making important points during her…08 Dec 2020HANSARDDraft Conflict Minerals (Compliance) (Northern Ireland) (EU Exit) RegulationsI am grateful to the hon. Lady for the points that she has raised. Unfortunately, I cannot give her a specific date for the revision of regulation 8, but it will be as soon as…08 Dec 2020HANSARDDraft Conflict Minerals (Compliance) (Northern Ireland) (EU Exit) RegulationsI beg to move, That the Committee has considered the draft Conflict Minerals (Compliance) (Northern Ireland) (EU Exit) Regulations 2020. Mr Hollobone, it is a genuine pleasure to…08 Dec 2020HANSARD Kenyan Civil Service Pensions: Non-paymentMy understanding is that we do not have a specific taskforce, but we do raise this issue at both high commissioner and ministerial level. My hon. Friend the Minister for Africa…07 Dec 2020HANSARD Kenyan Civil Service Pensions: Non-paymentI too would like to express my gratitude to the right hon. Member for East Ham (Stephen Timms) for securing this debate. I pay tribute to him for the work that he has done on…07 Dec 2020HANSARD Kenyan Civil Service Pensions: Non-paymentI have not been privy to the details of the conversations, but I think it would be unimaginable for the Kenyan Government not to realise that when there is interest from Members…07 Dec 2020HANSARDInternational Development and Gender-based ViolenceIt is a pleasure to serve under your chairship, Ms Rees. I am grateful to my hon. Friend the Member for Totnes (Anthony Mangnall) for securing the debate, and to my hon. Friend…26 Nov 2020HANSARDInternational Development and Gender-based ViolenceThat money has already been allocated. As I said, I cannot give clarity as to what future funding streams will be like, but this agenda remains a priority for the Government. We…26 Nov 2020HANSARDSaudi Arabia: Human Rights DefendersOur strong relationship with Saudi Arabia allows us to raise human rights concerns through a range of ministerial and diplomatic channels. Ahead of the G20 leaders’ summit, I…24 Nov 2020HANSARDClimate Change: International Co-operationI am very proud of the fact that the United Kingdom is and will remain one of the most generous aid donors in the world. We have focused relentlessly on ensuring that the work of…24 Nov 2020HANSARDClimate Change: International Co-operationAs the UK will be the the host of COP26 and the president of the G7 next year, securing greater global ambition on climate change is a diplomatic priority for this Government.…24 Nov 2020HANSARDNuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty Review ConferenceI think that everyone from all parts of this House will share the desire to see a world without nuclear weapons. However, we do need to ensure that at no point do we compromise…24 Nov 2020HANSARDTopical QuestionsThe FCDO takes all reports of sexual assaults abroad extremely seriously. Miss McNamara had a deeply distressing experience in the UAE earlier this year. Consular officials from…24 Nov 2020