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HANSARDSupport for UkraineI welcome my hon. Friend’s point. The fact that there was such a strong cross-party delegation to Ukraine for the fourth anniversary of the invasion showed the cross-party…03 Mar 2026HANSARDSupport for UkraineThe hon. Member is exactly right to raise the importance of continuing our focus on Ukraine. This is about our security, as well as Ukraine’s security. That is why last week I…03 Mar 2026HANSARDSupport for UkraineI confirm that we are doing exactly that. We have raised that in discussions with colleagues and partners right around the world, because we know that Russia has continued to use…03 Mar 2026HANSARDSupport for UkraineLast week I visited Kyiv to mark the fourth anniversary of Putin’s brutal full-scale invasion of Ukraine. As well as meeting President Zelensky and his Ministers, I spoke to…03 Mar 2026HANSARDSudan: Humanitarian SituationWhen I visited the Sudan border a month ago, I promised the women that I met in the Adré camp that I would take their voice to the United Nations, and that the world needed to…03 Mar 2026HANSARDTopical QuestionsWe have long-standing operational arrangements for partners and allies with which we work closely, and we ensure that those are implemented. The principles that we follow are…03 Mar 2026HANSARDSudan: Humanitarian SituationMy hon. Friend is right; the scale of the use of rape as a weapon of war in Sudan is truly horrific. Two weeks ago, prior to the Security Council briefing, I convened an event in…03 Mar 2026HANSARDSupport for UkraineThe hon. Member is right to point out that Iran has been a key enabler of Russia’s war in Ukraine by providing thousands of the Shahed-type drones used to inflict terror on the…03 Mar 2026HANSARDIran: Human Rights ViolationsIn recent days, we have seen Iran attack multiple countries that did not attack it. Just as Iran is a threat to the region and to the UK’s allies, it is also a threat to its own…03 Mar 2026HANSARDSudan: Humanitarian SituationI will certainly look further at the evidence and the horrendous accounts that the right hon. Member describes. We are establishing, with international partners, a coalition for…03 Mar 2026HANSARDIran: Human Rights ViolationsI can tell the hon. Member that we are taking forward the legislation that Jonathan Hall has recommended, but I also tell him that we take immensely seriously any Iran-backed…03 Mar 2026HANSARDTopical QuestionsYesterday, the Prime Minister updated the House on the conflict in the middle east and the Gulf. Overnight, we have continued to see Iranian strikes on Gulf nations. The safety…03 Mar 2026HANSARDTopical QuestionsI want to praise the UK armed forces in Akrotiri for their huge professionalism, and for the work that they do to defend the UK’s national security. We have already increased the…03 Mar 2026HANSARDSudan: Humanitarian SituationThe account in that report is truly appalling and shocking. It describes deliberate ethnic targeting of particular groups, as well as some of the most horrendous torture, and the…03 Mar 2026HANSARDSupport for UkraineOn my visit to Kyiv last week, I announced nearly 300 new sanctions to target Russian revenue streams and military supply chains. More broadly, we are targeting not just the…03 Mar 2026HANSARD SudanThe hon. Lady is right to raise these issues. We held an event with a group of Foreign Ministers and ambassadors from a range of countries neighbouring Sudan at which we discussed…05 Feb 2026HANSARD SudanI thank my hon. Friend for that question, because sexual violence in conflict has too often been ignored, and it has been too easy to turn away from the women and children who are…05 Feb 2026HANSARD SudanI welcome the hon. Gentleman’s incredibly important question. This is exactly why in November, at the Human Rights Council, the UK led on a resolution to establish a fact-finding…05 Feb 2026HANSARD SudanI agree with my hon. Friend about the way in which violence against women and girls has too often been discounted. Too often, people look away; we need to ensure that is not the…05 Feb 2026HANSARD SudanMy hon. Friend is right, and we will continue to maintain the pressure because there has to be access. There must also be continuing support, which is why, in the run-up to the…05 Feb 2026