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Commons Chamber
Africa: New Approach - Tue 16 Dec 2025
Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office

Mentions:
1: Andrew Murrison (Con - South West Wiltshire) spirit of goodwill, may I congratulate the Government on changing and updating the UK language on the Western - Speech Link
2: Hamish Falconer (Lab - Lincoln) I know the House will be aware both of the shift in position on Western Sahara announced by the previous - Speech Link


Lords Chamber
Western Sahara Conflict - Mon 27 Oct 2025
No Department present

Mentions:
1: Lord Godson (Con - Life peer) they are taking, in coordination with allies, to address the risks posed by Iranian influence in the Western - Speech Link
2: Baroness Chapman of Darlington (Lab - Life peer) This matters for the stability of not just Western Sahara but the entire region. - Speech Link
3: Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon (Con - Life peer) As a friend to both Algeria and Morocco, the autonomy plan provides a practical way forward. - Speech Link


Written Statements
UK-Morocco Partnership and Regional Stability - Tue 03 Jun 2025
Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office

Mentions:
1: David Lammy (Lab - Tottenham) should like to update the House on the United Kingdom’s deepening partnership with the Kingdom of Morocco - Speech Link


Commons Chamber
Western Sahara - Wed 30 Oct 2024
Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office

Mentions:
1: Andrew Murrison (Con - South West Wiltshire) I am grateful for this opportunity to raise the issue of the Government’s attitude to Western Sahara. - Speech Link
2: Andy Slaughter (Lab - Hammersmith and Chiswick) Coming back to Western Sahara, could the right hon. - Speech Link
3: Andrew Murrison (Con - South West Wiltshire) Changing tack on Western Sahara has been the necessary precondition in taking its relationship with Morocco - Speech Link
4: Hamish Falconer (Lab - Lincoln) Sahara, MINURSO—United Nations mission for the referendum in Western Sahara—for another 12 months. - Speech Link


Westminster Hall
Recognition of Western Sahara as Moroccan - Wed 08 May 2024
Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office

Mentions:
1: Peter Bottomley (Con - Worthing West) Western Sahara should be part of Morocco. - Speech Link
2: Daniel Kawczynski (Con - Shrewsbury and Atcham) Members will forgive me for talking about Morocco rather than just Western Sahara. - Speech Link
3: Jeremy Corbyn (Ind - Islington North) He is saying that the occupation of Western Sahara by Morocco on the departure of Spain should just be - Speech Link


Lords Chamber
Foreign Affairs - Tue 05 Mar 2024
Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office

Mentions:
1: Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon (Con - Life peer) as well as the visits I have made to Qatar, Bahrain, UAE, Kuwait, Israel and the OPTs, Egypt and Morocco - Speech Link
2: Lord Howell of Guildford (Con - Life peer) Do we replace the Bretton Woods aims and begin serious reform of today’s western digital capitalism, - Speech Link
3: Baroness Altmann (Con - Life peer) Ukraine is fighting on the front line for western European democracy, especially after the appalling - Speech Link


Commons Chamber
Economic Activity of Public Bodies (Overseas Matters) Bill
2nd reading - Mon 03 Jul 2023
Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government

Mentions:
1: Alicia Kearns (CON - Rutland and Melton) We all know that western states are spending a significant amount of time trying to shore up the support - Speech Link
2: Andy Slaughter (LAB - Hammersmith) such as the Uyghurs, the Rohingya, minorities in countries, or people in occupied territories—in Western - Speech Link
3: Jeremy Corbyn (IND - Islington North) around the world that we are faced with, such as Indonesia’s behaviour in West Papua, the failure of Morocco - Speech Link


Commons Chamber
Algeria: 60th Anniversary of Diplomatic Relations - Wed 16 Nov 2022
Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office

Mentions:
1: Alexander Stafford (CON - Rother Valley) It is widely regarded as a masterpiece of western culture, yet it is absolutely fascinating to me that - Speech Link
2: Navendu Mishra (LAB - Stockport) Sahara and the Polisario Front? - Speech Link
3: Jim Shannon (DUP - Strangford) Is there a possibility of Algeria and Morocco doing a deal with the United Kingdom? - Speech Link
4: Alexander Stafford (CON - Rother Valley) Similarly, a peaceful resolution to the deadlock in the Western Sahara requires Algeria’s leadership - Speech Link


Commons Chamber
Recognition of the State of Palestine - Thu 24 Feb 2022
Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office

Mentions:
1: Stephen Crabb (CON - Preseli Pembrokeshire) and building those close links.If the United Arab Emirates can do it, if Bahrain can do it and if Morocco - Speech Link
2: Andy Slaughter (LAB - Hammersmith) It happens in Crimea, it is happening in Ukraine and it happens in Western Sahara, but in Palestine it - Speech Link


Grand Committee
Sub-Saharan Africa (Report from the International Relations and Defence Committee) - Wed 08 Sep 2021
No Department present

Mentions:
1: Lord Anderson of Swansea (LAB - Life peer) Have western Governments and our African partners adequately recognised this challenge? - Speech Link
2: Lord Hannay of Chiswick (CB - Life peer) our post-Brexit international role, which is likely to be more significant and more helpful to our western - Speech Link
3: Lord Grocott (LAB - Life peer) can all agree on is the huge importance and potential of the region we studied, Africa south of the Sahara - Speech Link
4: Lord Howell of Guildford (CON - Life peer) I understand completely why sub-Sahara was chosen: to limit the subject and avoid some of the labyrinthine - Speech Link