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Commons Chamber
Diego Garcia Military Base and British Indian Ocean Territory Bill
Consideration of Lords amendments - Tue 20 Jan 2026
Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office

Mentions:
1: Simon Hoare (Con - North Dorset) Throughout the passage of this Bill, the Minister has prayed in aid the support of the United States - Speech Link
2: Stephen Doughty (LAB - Cardiff South and Penarth) The deal has also been welcomed by a number of our other overseas territories. Perhaps the hon. - Speech Link
3: Ben Obese-Jecty (Con - Huntingdon) That figure was then confirmed by his colleague, the Minister for the Middle East, who said that all - Speech Link
4: Andrew Rosindell (RUK - Romford) Shamefully, we have treated them differently from all the other overseas territories. - Speech Link


Commons Chamber
Oral Answers to Questions - Tue 20 Jan 2026
Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office

Mentions:
1: Yvette Cooper (Lab - Pontefract, Castleford and Knottingley) east humanitarian appeal, but far more still needs to be done. - Speech Link
2: Bob Blackman (Con - Harrow East) Equally, aid trucks that are desperately needed in Gaza are looted by Hamas terrorists. - Speech Link
3: Chris Elmore (Lab - Bridgend) We are committed to meeting the overseas development aid budgets that have been set out, but with less - Speech Link
4: Fleur Anderson (Lab - Putney) I have been hearing from aid workers on the ground who are working with those women. - Speech Link


Commons Chamber
Ukraine - Wed 14 Jan 2026
Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office

Mentions:
1: Julian Lewis (Con - New Forest East) of world war two to ensure that West Germany did not get encroached upon by Soviet forces from the east - Speech Link
2: Stephen Doughty (LAB - Cardiff South and Penarth) We secured £50 billion in military aid pledges last year, and we are going further. - Speech Link
3: Alex Sobel (LAB - Leeds Central and Headingley) Friend the Member for Hemel Hempstead (David Taylor) talked about the aid convoys. - Speech Link
4: Kevin Bonavia (Lab - Stevenage) That man was a KGB agent in East Germany; when the Berlin wall fell, his world fell apart. - Speech Link
5: David Reed (Con - Exmouth and Exeter East) Member for Bournemouth East (Tom Hayes); from my right hon. - Speech Link


Commons Chamber
Iran - Tue 13 Jan 2026
Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office

Mentions:
1: Yvette Cooper (Lab - Pontefract, Castleford and Knottingley) Today, as further reports come through, the Minister for the Middle East, at my instruction, has summoned - Speech Link
2: Priti Patel (Con - Witham) It is a threat to our country, to the middle east and to the world, and Britain must have the resolve - Speech Link
3: Yvette Cooper (Lab - Pontefract, Castleford and Knottingley) He is also right to say that the instability in any country in the middle east has implications for the - Speech Link
4: Sonia Kumar (Lab - Dudley) Friend set out what co-ordinated diplomatic response she is pursuing with the US and middle east allies - Speech Link


Lords Chamber
Official Development Assistance - Tue 13 Jan 2026
No Department present

Mentions:
1: Lord Bates (Con - Life peer) , Islamic Relief, Water Aid and, of course, Live Aid. - Speech Link
2: Lord Campbell-Savours (Lab - Life peer) But the cuts in aid have been unsettling. - Speech Link
3: Baroness Gohir (XB - Life peer) I hope they do another one and restore aid before further preventable harm is done. - Speech Link
4: Baroness Goudie (Lab - Life peer) This should be very much part of our international aid and we should not be cutting aid at this difficult - Speech Link
5: Lord Bruce of Bennachie (LD - Life peer) The Minister complained about the loss of public support for aid, but aid match can draw people in. - Speech Link


Lords Chamber
Broadcasting: Recent Developments - Thu 08 Jan 2026
Department for Digital, Culture, Media & Sport

Mentions:
1: Lord Fowler (XB - Life peer) When I was reporting for the Times from Beirut, at the time of the Middle East war in 1967, there was - Speech Link
2: Lord Bailey of Paddington (Con - Life peer) They see the BBC as having a white, middle-class, London-based view of the world. - Speech Link
3: Lord Londesborough (XB - Excepted Hereditary) In my years as a journalist and foreign correspondent in Latin America and the Middle East, and then - Speech Link


Lords Chamber
Schools and Universities: Language Learning - Thu 08 Jan 2026
Department for Work and Pensions

Mentions:
1: Baroness Coussins (XB - Life peer) similar problems and solutions are also relevant for maths and physics teachers, where reliance on overseas - Speech Link
2: Baroness Lane-Fox of Soho (XB - Life peer) First, will the Government reduce the recruitment barriers facing overseas language teachers? - Speech Link
3: Lord Janvrin (XB - Life peer) East, trade effectively in Asia and penetrate the thinking of those who wish us harm depends, in part - Speech Link


Commons Chamber
Human Rights Abuses: Magnitsky Sanctions - Thu 08 Jan 2026
Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office

Mentions:
1: Iain Duncan Smith (Con - Chingford and Woodford Green) For example, Chen Zhi is one of the many leaders of scam networks with bases in south-east Asia trafficking - Speech Link
2: Lloyd Hatton (Lab - South Dorset) That means ending all tolerance of secrecy in our overseas territories and Crown dependencies, which - Speech Link
3: Iqbal Mohamed (Ind - Dewsbury and Batley) east, Sudan, Myanmar or elsewhere—but they must also be prepared to act boldly and consistently, in - Speech Link
4: Phil Brickell (Lab - Bolton West) Will the Minister assure me today that he will ensure that British overseas territories that receive - Speech Link


Commons Chamber
Ukraine and Wider Operational Update - Wed 07 Jan 2026
Ministry of Defence

Mentions:
1: John Healey (Lab - Rawmarsh and Conisbrough) Iran presents a persistent danger not only to security in the middle east, but to us here in the UK. - Speech Link
2: John Healey (Lab - Rawmarsh and Conisbrough) aid and into defence. - Speech Link
3: John Healey (Lab - Rawmarsh and Conisbrough) At the same time, we make clear that we will step up our collective military aid to Ukraine, as we are - Speech Link
4: Nia Griffith (Lab - Llanelli) Friend update us on the military aid and support we are providing to Ukraine? - Speech Link


Lords Chamber
Middle East and North Africa - Wed 07 Jan 2026
No Department present

Mentions:
1: None “Madam Deputy Speaker, there have been a number of developments in the Middle East that I would like - Speech Link
2: None I hope that that update on the developments that have taken place in the Middle East over the recess - Speech Link
3: Baroness Chapman of Darlington (Lab - Life peer) East and North Africa. - Speech Link
4: Lord Purvis of Tweed (LD - Life peer) East and North Africa. - Speech Link
5: Baroness Chapman of Darlington (Lab - Life peer) We think that is the wrong way to conduct access for aid agencies. - Speech Link