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HANSARDInternational Criminal Justice: Support and FundingToday we mark the Day of International Criminal Justice, which provides an opportunity to update Parliament on the UK’s support for the principles and institutions of…17 Jul 2019HANSARDPersecuted Christians: Review of SupportI have today deposited in the Libraries of both Houses of Parliament the independent review of Foreign and Commonwealth Office (FCO) support for persecuted Christians, conducted…08 Jul 2019HANSARDUS-UK Special RelationshipAs it happens, we are on the same topic. The state visit of President Trump was a tremendous success, although the absence of the Leader of the Opposition from the state banquet…25 Jun 2019HANSARDClimate ChangeMy hon. Friend is extremely well connected, Mr Speaker. You are absolutely right. Prime Minister Mahathir is just one of many Prime Ministers that I know he knows. Perhaps he…25 Jun 2019HANSARDClimate ChangeI talked very openly with President Trump about the fact that we disagreed. He also had extensive discussions with other people on his visit. I do not comment on royal…25 Jun 2019HANSARDTopical QuestionsI utterly deplore what Katie Hopkins said—I condemn it in the roundest terms—but I also support the view of the President of the United States that the Mayor of London needs to do…25 Jun 2019HANSARDTopical QuestionsThis might be my last Question Time as Foreign Secretary—or indeed it might not—but one important event that will happen before the result of the Conservative leadership election…25 Jun 2019HANSARDTopical QuestionsI thank the hon. Lady for her good wishes. She once bought me a cappuccino in Portcullis House, and I look forward to returning the favour in No. 10, if that is what happens. I…25 Jun 2019HANSARDTopical QuestionsI think the action that the Government have taken to address the Windrush scandal has been noted by the countries affected, and I think they understand that we see that an…25 Jun 2019HANSARDClimate ChangeThe FCO is playing a leading role in promoting international co-operation on climate change, maintaining the momentum generated by the Paris agreement, and raising ambition, as…25 Jun 2019HANSARDUS-UK Special RelationshipBy saying two things: we will never do anything that will compromise our intelligence-sharing relationship with the United States and we will take all such decisions in the…25 Jun 2019HANSARDClimate ChangeMy hon. Friend is absolutely right that we need to focus on young people, and I am sure there will be a youth event if we are successful in our bid to host COP 26, but in some…25 Jun 2019HANSARDClimate ChangeWe are very direct with President Trump. We do not agree with him on climate change, which is why we continue to uphold the Paris accord and why we are championing a UK bid to…25 Jun 2019HANSARDUS-UK Special RelationshipMy hon. Friend is absolutely right. Every day I walk up the Foreign Office staircase and pass a bust of one of our greatest Foreign Secretaries, Earnest Bevin, who was both a…25 Jun 2019HANSARDClimate ChangeI think we are making progress, despite the setback of not having the United States on board. As for exactly what the Foreign and Commonwealth Office is doing, we have 299 people…25 Jun 2019HANSARDMiddle EastMay I say gently to the hon. Gentleman that the cause of the problems is that destabilising activity by Iran has continued even after the JCPOA? It has had success in restraining…25 Jun 2019HANSARDMiddle EastMy right hon. Friend speaks very wisely on this. The truth is that the only real solution to this problem is for Iran to stop its destabilising activities in Yemen, which has seen…25 Jun 2019HANSARDMiddle EastNo one speaks more wisely on the middle east than my right hon. Friend after his very long and distinguished time in the Foreign Office with responsibility for that brief. He is,…25 Jun 2019HANSARDMiddle EastThe hon. Gentleman is right to ask that question. We have been doing extensive work. The message that we are sending with our partners in the European Union, particularly the…25 Jun 2019HANSARDMiddle EastThe US is our closest ally. We talk to it the whole time. We consider any requests that it makes carefully, but I cannot envisage any situation in which it requests, or we agree…25 Jun 2019