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Commons Chamber
Iran - Thu 12 Jan 2023
Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office

Mentions:
1: Alicia Kearns (CON - Rutland and Melton) Terrorism is a tactic that we know states use, and it is in its most devastating form when states pursue - Speech Link
2: Patrick Grady (SNP - Glasgow North) protesters in the western districts of Tehran—not necessarily protesting herself but delivering first aid - Speech Link
3: Matthew Offord (CON - Hendon) the answer is in the 2015 Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action, which released $100 billion-worth of overseas - Speech Link
4: Fleur Anderson (LAB - Putney) mistreatment of women has been a brutal reality for Iranian women for many years, both in Iran and overseas - Speech Link
5: Christian Wakeford (LAB - Bury South) statements are a recurring theme of the Iranian regime, which produces different messages for domestic and overseas - Speech Link


Lords Chamber
National Security Bill
Committee stage: Part 1 - Wed 11 Jan 2023
Home Office

Mentions:
1: Lord Purvis of Tweed (LDEM - Life peer) Those authorisations primarily apply to overseas activities, meaning that Section 7 could not generally - Speech Link
2: Baroness Hayter of Kentish Town (LAB - Life peer) political parties, even those from friendly states, such as Five Eyes states, with which of course we - Speech Link
3: Lord Purvis of Tweed (LDEM - Life peer) be right for an open democracy when we want to encourage political parties.Not only that: before the aid - Speech Link


Lords Chamber
National Security Bill
Committee stage: Part 1 - Wed 21 Dec 2022
Home Office

Mentions:
1: None commits an offence if the person engages in conduct falling within subsection (2), with the intention to aid - Speech Link
2: Lord Bethell (CON - Excepted Hereditary) As noted in the proceedings on this Bill, hostile states such as China and Russia are actively looking - Speech Link
3: Lord Wallace of Saltaire (LDEM - Life peer) They have over 1,000 overseas voters on the register already. - Speech Link
4: Lord Purvis of Tweed (LDEM - Life peer) engage with me and seek to persuade me of the view on the abolition of apostasy legislation in the Gulf - Speech Link


Lords Chamber
National Security Bill
Committee stage - Mon 19 Dec 2022
Home Office

Mentions:
1: Lord Coaker (LAB - Life peer) I have mentioned this to the noble and learned Lord Hope, and I pray him in aid. - Speech Link
2: Lord Wallace of Saltaire (LDEM - Life peer) overseas electors, have told me that we have very little idea of who and where they are. - Speech Link
3: Lord Purvis of Tweed (LDEM - Life peer) property or something of commercial value is in negotiations with, say, a sovereign wealth fund in the Gulf - Speech Link
4: Lord Purvis of Tweed (LDEM - Life peer) Therefore, any consultancy—for example, a privacy sector security concern that trains allies in the Gulf - Speech Link


Westminster Hall
International Human Rights Day - Thu 08 Dec 2022
Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office

Mentions:
1: Chris Bryant (LAB - Rhondda) It is obviously shocking that so many states in the United States of America retain it. - Speech Link
2: Jeremy Corbyn (IND - Islington North) continuing the former policy, both within the EU and nationally, of having a human rights agenda in our overseas - Speech Link
3: Jim Shannon (DUP - Strangford) Others referred to where aid could be better used. - Speech Link
4: Patrick Grady (IND - Glasgow North) Save the Children today, its Christmas jumper day, on which it is raising awareness of food insecurity overseas - Speech Link


Lords Chamber
National Security Bill
2nd reading - Tue 06 Dec 2022
Home Office

Mentions:
1: Lord Sharpe of Epsom (CON - Life peer) This Government remain wholly committed to providing legal aid funding for those unable to resolve their - Speech Link
2: Lord Marks of Henley-on-Thames (LDEM - Life peer) Further, the legal aid ban is not just for proceedings connected with terrorism but any civil legal aid - Speech Link
3: Lord Wallace of Saltaire (LDEM - Life peer) How do we tackle foreign powers that are deeply embedded in British life, such as the Gulf states? - Speech Link
4: Baroness Manningham-Buller (CB - Life peer) They were all mentioned by my noble friend: legal aid, Clause 28 and the public interest defence. - Speech Link
5: Baroness D'Souza (CB - Life peer) The Bill also appears to protect officials in the UK rather than those operating overseas. - Speech Link


Lords Chamber
Gulf States: Human Rights Abuses - Thu 24 Nov 2022
Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office

Mentions:
1: Lord Scriven (LDEM - Life peer) states that make up the Gulf Cooperation Council. - Speech Link
2: Lord Cashman (LAB - Life peer) are Gulf states: Saudi Arabia, Qatar and the United Arab Emirates. - Speech Link
3: Lord Londesborough (CB - Excepted Hereditary) aid budget by some 30%. - Speech Link


Grand Committee
Human Rights: China - Thu 17 Nov 2022
Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office

Mentions:
1: Lord Bishop of St Albans (Bishops - Bishops) Lying behind our profound differences is a vast cultural gulf that was laid bare most recently for me - Speech Link
2: Lord Alton of Liverpool (CB - Life peer) Why should we aid and abet that process? - Speech Link
3: Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon (CON - Life peer) That is perhaps unique to the United Kingdom and, arguably, the United States—two countries that quite - Speech Link


Lords Chamber
Trading Relations: USA, EU and China - Mon 07 Nov 2022
No Department present

Mentions:
1: Viscount Younger of Leckie (CON - Excepted Hereditary) We have in progress India—a long way to go—Greenland, Canada, Mexico, the Gulf Cooperation Council and - Speech Link
2: Lord Alton of Liverpool (CB - Life peer) security interests of the United Kingdom, and about spending some £10 billion—the size of our entire overseas - Speech Link


Westminster Hall
Yemen Peace Process - Thu 03 Nov 2022
Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office

Mentions:
1: Bob Stewart (CON - Beckenham) The official Government of Yemen are now backed by Saudi Arabia, Jordan, Egypt, Morocco, Sudan, the Gulf - Speech Link
2: Bob Stewart (CON - Beckenham) Aid must get through. - Speech Link
3: Bambos Charalambous (LAB - Enfield, Southgate) is estimated that the opening of the airport allowed almost 27,000 Yemenis to get medical treatment overseas - Speech Link