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HANSARDPresident Trump: State VisitI think that the hon. Gentleman needs to look at the whole picture of America’s contribution to peace and security around the world. There is enormously destructive behaviour by…14 May 2019HANSARDPresident Trump: State VisitWith the greatest respect to the hon. Lady, who makes excellent contributions to debates in this House, I just wish that Labour got its priorities right. This is a party whose…14 May 2019HANSARDPersecution of Christians OverseasI think that today the whole House will want to remember the six people killed on Sunday at mass in a Catholic church in Burkina Faso when a gunman arrived, stormed the church,…14 May 2019HANSARDPresident Trump: State VisitI agree with my right hon. Friend. It is very important to recognise that even today, even under this Administration—we are very open; we do not agree with them on…14 May 2019HANSARDPersecution of Christians OverseasI think there is. We will obviously await the bishop’s final report. The concern we had, and the reason that we commissioned the report, was a sense that while we have, rightly,…14 May 2019HANSARDPersecution of Christians OverseasI had the privilege, the week before last, of seeing the work done by a Catholic charity in the slums of Kenya. I know that former Prime Minister Gordon Brown was incredibly moved…14 May 2019HANSARDPersecution of Christians OverseasI thank the hon. Lady for her question. The best the UK can do is to try to address that problem at source. I visited Maiduguri in north-east Nigeria the week before last. There…14 May 2019HANSARDTopical QuestionsTime is short, so I have three brief one-sentence updates for the House. First, following my trip to Africa, I can announce that the Africa investment summit will happen on 20…14 May 2019HANSARDTopical QuestionsI thank my hon. Friend for that question. That is a very good example of some important lobbying by both me and the Minister of State for Asia, because that law is totally…14 May 2019HANSARDTopical QuestionsIf we failed to pay any of our staff on time, I take full responsibility. It is the first I have heard of that issue and I will look into it rapidly. But I do think it is…14 May 2019HANSARDTopical QuestionsShall I say diplomatically that I was as intrigued by those media reports as my hon. Friend was?14 May 2019HANSARDTopical QuestionsWe have not had good relations with the Houthis since the start of the Yemen conflict. I have met them twice, most recently on 1 March and before that on 13 December, and we are…14 May 2019HANSARDTopical QuestionsI thank my hon. Friend for that question. The honest answer to the demonstrations organised by Greta Thunberg and others is that while we have done more than many countries on…14 May 2019HANSARDTopical QuestionsYes, there was. The hon. Lady has campaigned consistently on this issue, but I must be honest with her. There is a security emergency in Libya, with a very unstable situation on…14 May 2019HANSARDTopical QuestionsWe are strong supporters of nuclear non-proliferation. We think it is one of the biggest and most important things achieved since the nuclear non-proliferation treaty of 1970. In…14 May 2019HANSARDTopical QuestionsWe have not implemented all elements of the Stockholm agreement—that is one reason why it has taken so long since the meeting on 13 December. The UN special envoy decided that the…14 May 2019HANSARDTopical QuestionsWe are awaiting details, but I propose to meet relatives of that individual later this week, because we are very concerned about what has happened. Then, obviously, we will do…14 May 2019HANSARDTopical QuestionsI was not aware that priests were on the shortage occupation list, but I shall be happy to look into the matter. My own church has had a vacancy for quite a long while, so this…14 May 2019HANSARD Sri LankaToday, the flags in Downing Street and on the Foreign and Commonwealth Office are flying at half-mast following the horrific Easter day terrorist attack in Sri Lanka. With your…23 Apr 2019HANSARD Sri LankaThe right hon. Gentleman speaks incredibly powerfully and I absolutely agree with him. Sadly, I doubt we will ever defeat the ideology of hatred, because it is a persistent…23 Apr 2019