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HANSARD Baby Loss Awareness WeekI can retire now. [ Laughter . ]08 Oct 2019HANSARDNazanin Zaghari-RatcliffeI understand the issue relating to how the Iranian Government treat dual nationals, but is it not imperative that we send out a signal from the House that every British citizen is…07 Oct 2019HANSARD Prime Minister's UpdateCan I congratulate my right hon. Friend on becoming Prime Minister? I hope he is enjoying doing the job as much as I am enjoying not doing the job. Does he agree that those who…25 Sept 2019HANSARD IranI congratulate my right hon. Friend on his appointment, for which I was delighted to be the warm-up act. Does he agree that western policy towards Iran is, unfortunately,…25 Sept 2019HANSARDForeign and Commonwealth OfficeI have just asked the Defence Secretary that very question, to which the answer is yes, for future ships being built in the UK.24 Jul 2019HANSARDForeign and Commonwealth OfficeI have just asked the Defence Secretary that very question, to which the answer is yes. [Official Report, 22 July 2019, Vol. 663, c. 1131.] Letter of correction from the Secretary…24 Jul 2019HANSARDSituation in the GulfI always listen to my right hon. Friend very carefully on all defence matters, and I reassure him that throughout this period we have had close behind-the-scenes discussions with…22 Jul 2019HANSARDSituation in the GulfI thank the hon. Gentleman for his comments. He gives me the chance to say that as a member of a naval family I lived for a couple of years in Rosyth, so I, too, along with…22 Jul 2019HANSARDSituation in the GulfMy right hon. Friend speaks with enormous experience on these matters because of his own background as Defence Secretary. I can assure him that we would not exclude, or seek to…22 Jul 2019HANSARDSituation in the GulfI can give the right hon. Gentleman a little bit of the answer to that, which is that it will not be a sudden switching on and off. There will be a gradual build-up of presence,…22 Jul 2019HANSARDSituation in the GulfI am very happy to do that. We have a memorandum of understanding with the Kingdom of Bahrain, and we are incredibly grateful for the support that Bahrain gives us in hosting HMS…22 Jul 2019HANSARDSituation in the GulfI thank the right hon. Gentleman for the generous way in which he asked his question. Precisely because of that destabilising approach to many parts of the most dangerous and…22 Jul 2019HANSARDSituation in the GulfThose were intelligent questions, and I will try to do justice to them. As I understand it, it is a requirement of EU law that if a load destined, in breach of sanctions, for…22 Jul 2019HANSARDSituation in the GulfOn the first question, I will write to my right hon. Friend, because I do not have to hand the exact time and date that the Stena Impero left Fujairah. The warning that HMS…22 Jul 2019HANSARDSituation in the GulfMay I take this opportunity to thank the hon. Lady for her very diligent campaigning for the release of Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe? I was trying to be very careful with my words…22 Jul 2019HANSARDSituation in the GulfWe have a plethora of distinguished former FCO Ministers on the Back Benches today. I am just grateful that the Work and Pensions Secretary and the Defence Secretary are on the…22 Jul 2019HANSARDSituation in the GulfLet me take this opportunity to congratulate the hon. Member for East Dunbartonshire (Jo Swinson) on her election as Liberal Democrat leader. I look forward to having cordial…22 Jul 2019HANSARDSituation in the GulfMy right hon. Friend is right: we did foresee that this could be one of the reactions from the Iranian Government. That is why we took a number of steps after the detention in…22 Jul 2019HANSARDSituation in the GulfAbsolutely. We want our allies in the Gulf to get involved in support of freedom of navigation, as we do other countries outside Europe, such as Australia, that have expressed an…22 Jul 2019HANSARDSituation in the GulfCommendably brief—and the answer to that question is no, because I do not think that Iran can possibly want an increased western naval presence in the strait of Hormuz, which is…22 Jul 2019