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HANSARDTopical QuestionsIt is an issue that I have a great deal of interest in because of my previous role. I can assure the hon. Lady that, having the third largest development budget in the world, we…26 Feb 2019HANSARDTopical QuestionsLet me tell the hon. Gentleman that if we had followed his policy and stopped our strategic relationship with Saudi Arabia, there would be no peace process in Yemen and we would…26 Feb 2019HANSARDTopical QuestionsWe continue to have contact with Luke’s family. This is a very distressing case. We are not able to offer consular assistance in Yemen. We appreciate that he was in Yemen before…26 Feb 2019HANSARDTopical QuestionsWe think that that £200 million will mean that 3.7 million people get access to food they would not have otherwise had and 2 million get access to sanitation and fresh water. This…26 Feb 2019HANSARDTopical QuestionsMy right hon. Friend the Minister for the Middle East, who has responsibility for north Africa, spoke to the Libyan Foreign Minister about that issue yesterday, and I spoke to the…26 Feb 2019HANSARDTopical QuestionsI will travel to Saudi Arabia, Oman and the United Arab Emirates later this week to add further impetus to the peace process in Yemen. My aim is to build on the agreement reached…26 Feb 2019HANSARDLeaving the EU: Diplomatic NetworkThe hon. Lady is absolutely right to say that if we are going to get this right we have to combine all that we do, particularly in terms of our soft power. The British Council has…26 Feb 2019HANSARDLeaving the EU: Diplomatic NetworkI thank my hon. Friend, the consul for Taunton Deane. On the expansion of the diplomatic network, among the 14 new overseas posts will be three new resident commissioners, in…26 Feb 2019HANSARDLeaving the EU: Diplomatic NetworkBroadly speaking, yes.26 Feb 2019HANSARDLeaving the EU: Diplomatic NetworkMy hon. Friend is absolutely right to ask that question, particularly about Africa, where the high commissioner or ambassador is the most senior person on the ground and has…26 Feb 2019HANSARDLeaving the EU: Diplomatic NetworkOn 31 October, I announced the largest expansion of our diplomatic network for a generation. It involves opening 14 new diplomatic posts and 335 additional personnel overseas, and…26 Feb 2019HANSARDPersecution of ChristiansI shall try to give a one-sentence answer. The Bishop is free to make whatever recommendations he likes, and we have facilitated introductions to other Departments so that he can…26 Feb 2019HANSARDForeign and Commonwealth OfficeIn this country, we can be proud of the fact that we have put £2.7 billion into that process, which has had a huge humanitarian impact. [Official Report, 11 February 2019, Vol.…14 Feb 2019HANSARDForeign and Commonwealth OfficeFirst, in terms of the courage of people who have been fighting in Syria, there is one group that we have not mentioned so far, and that is the White Helmets, who did an…14 Feb 2019HANSARDForeign and Commonwealth OfficeMy right hon. Friend of course speaks with great wisdom on this because he was responsible for a lot of the training of overseas armies that makes precisely that strategy…14 Feb 2019HANSARDForeign and Commonwealth OfficeIn this country, we can be proud of the fact that we have put £352.5 million into humanitarian and stabilisation support for Iraq , which has had a huge humanitarian impact. An…14 Feb 2019HANSARDForeign and Commonwealth OfficeMy right hon. Friend of course speaks with great wisdom on this because he was responsible for a lot of the training of overseas armies that makes precisely that strategy…14 Feb 2019HANSARDForeign and Commonwealth OfficeFirst, in terms of the courage of people who have been working in Syria, there is one group that we have not mentioned so far, and that is the White Helmets, who are doing an…14 Feb 2019HANSARDCounter-Daesh UpdateAbsolutely. We have taken a number of measures to try to find out what is happening with that money and cut off access to it, including the Sanctions and Anti-Money Laundering Act…11 Feb 2019HANSARDCounter-Daesh UpdateAs the Under-Secretary of State for Defence, my right hon. Friend the Member for Bournemouth East (Mr Ellwood), has just told me, the reality is that if the mines remain long…11 Feb 2019