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Lords Chamber
Diego Garcia Military Base and British Indian Ocean Territory Bill
2nd reading - Tue 04 Nov 2025
No Department present

Mentions:
1: Baroness Ludford (LD - Life peer) at the Chagos monument on the port side in Port Louis, accompanied by the chairman of the Chagos Refugees - Speech Link
2: Lord Horam (Con - Life peer) Indeed, the chairman of the Chagos Refugees Group, Olivier Bancoult—parts of whose statement was read - Speech Link
3: Lord Browne of Ladyton (Lab - Life peer) security and to that of our allies was the support that it gave our operations both in Iraq and in Afghanistan - Speech Link
4: Baroness Chapman of Darlington (Lab - Life peer) Many voices support the outcome reached, and these include the Chagos Refugees Group, the Chagos Islanders - Speech Link


Westminster Hall
Official Development Assistance Reductions - Tue 04 Nov 2025
Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office

Mentions:
1: Alex Ballinger (Lab - Halesowen) the top three nationalities that come to the UK on small boats are from conflict-affected states: Afghanistan - Speech Link
2: Sarah Champion (Lab - Rotherham) In Afghanistan, it was down £87 million to £8.9 million; in Nigeria, it was down £11.8 million to £15.9 - Speech Link
3: Bambos Charalambous (Lab - Southgate and Wood Green) We have seen conflicts in Gaza, Ukraine, Sudan, Afghanistan and Yemen, to name but a few. - Speech Link
4: Monica Harding (LD - Esher and Walton) In Afghanistan, half the population—23 million people—require humanitarian assistance. - Speech Link
5: Seema Malhotra (LAB - Feltham and Heston) heart of everything we do.I will make a final point in relation to the ODA budget for supporting refugees - Speech Link


Lords Chamber
Border Security, Asylum and Immigration Bill
Report stage - Mon 03 Nov 2025
Home Office

Mentions:
1: None People in dire need of support, such as victims of human trafficking and modern slavery, and refugees—not - Speech Link
2: Baroness Butler-Sloss (XB - Life peer) What concerns me is that when someone from Afghanistan, Syria at the moment, Darfur or Iran, commits - Speech Link
3: Lord Mackinlay of Richborough (Con - Life peer) neighbour countries are taking a rather different view of what is deemed a safe country, including Afghanistan - Speech Link


Lords Chamber
Ukraine - Fri 31 Oct 2025
Ministry of Defence

Mentions:
1: Lord Bilimoria (XB - Life peer) Putin thought that, in the same way as the Taliban walked into Afghanistan after our withdrawal and the - Speech Link
2: Lord Balfe (Con - Life peer) Just look at Afghanistan or one or two other places if you want some of that. - Speech Link
3: Viscount Stansgate (Lab - Excepted Hereditary) practical, moral and military assistance and the fact that we have welcomed and taken in Ukrainian refugees - Speech Link


Lords Chamber
El Fasher - Thu 30 Oct 2025
No Department present

Mentions:
1: Lord Austin of Dudley (Non-affiliated - Life peer) That is more than in Afghanistan, Bangladesh, Gaza, Mali and South Sudan combined. - Speech Link


Westminster Hall
Korean War: 75th Commemoration - Wed 22 Oct 2025
Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office

Mentions:
1: Iain Duncan Smith (Con - Chingford and Woodford Green) Over 1,100 of them never came home, which is more than the total British losses in Iraq, Afghanistan - Speech Link
2: Chris Elmore (Lab - Bridgend) General Assembly, calling on all states to respect the principle of non-refoulement and to ensure that refugees - Speech Link


Westminster Hall
Asylum Seekers: Support and Accommodation - Mon 20 Oct 2025
Home Office

Mentions:
1: Tony Vaughan (Lab - Folkestone and Hythe) We have to take our fair share of refugees. - Speech Link
2: Seamus Logan (SNP - Aberdeenshire North and Moray East) Refugees must not be scapegoated. - Speech Link
3: Will Forster (LD - Woking) We should recognise the value that refugees have given to our country. - Speech Link


Grand Committee
Starvation as a Weapon of War - Thu 16 Oct 2025
Leader of the House

Mentions:
1: Baroness Brown of Silvertown (Lab - Life peer) It is often undertaken with impunity, and we are seeing it across nations such as South Sudan, Afghanistan - Speech Link
2: Lord Oates (LD - Life peer) in 2020-21 alone.The numbers impacted by deliberate policies to use food as a weapon of war in Afghanistan - Speech Link
3: Lord Bruce of Bennachie (LD - Life peer) Browne, said the cuts brought the aid budget down to 0.3% but, when you take out the handling of refugees - Speech Link


Commons Chamber
Ukraine - Wed 15 Oct 2025
Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office

Mentions:
1: Yvette Cooper (Lab - Pontefract, Castleford and Knottingley) In this war that Putin started, Russian losses are now 20 times higher than Soviet losses in Afghanistan - Speech Link
2: Yvette Cooper (Lab - Pontefract, Castleford and Knottingley) Friend’s support for refugees and for those who have come here on the Homes for Ukraine scheme and other - Speech Link


Lords Chamber
Refugee Family Reunion Scheme - Tue 14 Oct 2025
Home Office

Mentions:
1: Lord Sahota (Lab - Life peer) My Lords, if refugees living in the UK can demonstrate that they are in stable employment and contributing - Speech Link
2: Lord Hanson of Flint (Lab - Life peer) pressures that have brought, potentially, 18% of reunion visas from Syria, 17% from Iran and 12% from Afghanistan - Speech Link
3: Lord Hanson of Flint (Lab - Life peer) That might well be to do with the situation of instability in places such as Syria and Afghanistan, but - Speech Link