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

Mentions:
1: 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
2: Jim Shannon (DUP - Strangford) Much of the funding for those programmes comes from UK aid. - Speech Link
3: 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
Gulf States: Human Rights Abuses - Thu 24 Nov 2022
Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office

Mentions:
1: Lord Scriven (LDEM - Life peer) As one recent example, I asked the Minister on three occasions,“further to the Overseas Security and - Speech Link
2: Baroness Featherstone (LDEM - Life peer) , David Cameron made me national ministerial champion for tackling violence against women and girls overseas - Speech Link
3: Lord Londesborough (CB - Excepted Hereditary) , two of the region’s worst human rights violators, at a time when we were cutting our global overseas - Speech Link


Grand Committee
China: Security and Trade (IRDC Report) - Thu 20 Oct 2022
Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office

Mentions:
1: Lord Stirrup (CB - Life peer) They do not aid clarity; indeed, they often confuse. - Speech Link
2: Lord Alton of Liverpool (CB - Life peer) That is about the equivalent of the entire—reduced—British overseas aid budget.This is not philanthropy - Speech Link
3: Lord Hannay of Chiswick (CB - Life peer) aid contribution to helping these countries face their own main challenges. - Speech Link
4: Lord Bethell (CON - Excepted Hereditary) Overseas firms are being pressured into technology transfers. - Speech Link
5: Baroness Anelay of St Johns (CON - Life peer) I put on record today my thanks to the Governments of Bahrain and Qatar for their hospitality. - Speech Link


Commons Chamber
Human Rights Abuses and Corruption: UK Sanctions - Thu 21 Jul 2022
Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office

Mentions:
1: Tim Loughton (CON - East Worthing and Shoreham) constituents expect our taxpayers’ money to be used for humanitarian and other purposes, and not to be used to aid - Speech Link
2: Wendy Chamberlain (LDEM - North East Fife) I know that it was mentioned this morning and that concern for the plight of prisoners in Bahrain is - Speech Link
3: Margaret Ferrier (IND - Rutherglen and Hamilton West) The treatment of those with British national overseas status as China tightens its grip on the region - Speech Link
4: Rehman Chishti (CON - Gillingham and Rainham) also opened our doors to the people of Hong Kong through a new immigration path for British nationals overseas - Speech Link


Grand Committee
Procurement Bill [HL]
Committee stage - Mon 18 Jul 2022
Cabinet Office

Mentions:
1: Lord Alton of Liverpool (CB - Life peer) character who received no substantial assistance from any of the gods—perhaps they will come to the aid - Speech Link
2: Baroness Goldie (CON - Life peer) market access is guaranteed only to suppliers from the United Kingdom, Crown dependencies and British Overseas - Speech Link
3: None through their digital pipelines to less regulated jurisdictions such as Dubai and Hong Kong, or British Overseas - Speech Link
4: Lord Scriven (LDEM - Life peer) listing genocide there.I have a particular interest in Gulf states, particularly human rights abuses in Bahrain - Speech Link


Commons Chamber
Oral Answers to Questions - Thu 16 Jun 2022
Department for International Trade

Mentions:
1: Ranil Jayawardena (CON - North East Hampshire) Ukrainian businesses and consumers in their time of need, making it easier to obtain essential goods and aid - Speech Link
2: Anum Qaisar (SNP - Airdrie and Shotts) According to Action Aid, the UK’s position on trade and women’s rights has yet to be set out through - Speech Link
3: Mike Freer (CON - Finchley and Golders Green) support our world-class seafood exporters, and held food and drink spring export showcases in the UK and overseas - Speech Link
4: Ranil Jayawardena (CON - North East Hampshire) The bloc is made up of Bahrain, Kuwait, Oman, Qatar, Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates and is - Speech Link


Commons Chamber
Ukraine - Wed 25 May 2022
Ministry of Defence

Mentions:
1: Alyn Smith (SNP - Stirling) the statutory instruments bringing forward the sanctions, I raised concerns, particularly about the overseas - Speech Link
2: Bob Seely (CON - Isle of Wight) I listened to him in Bahrain a couple of months before the war started and he basically said, “Look, - Speech Link
3: James Cleverly (CON - Braintree) Member for Swansea West raised the issue of circumvention and the overseas territories. - Speech Link


Commons Chamber
Defence Supplementary Estimate 2021-22 - Wed 09 Mar 2022
Ministry of Defence

Mentions:
1: Anthony Mangnall (CON - Totnes) have been very clear in my time in this place about my support for international development and the aid - Speech Link
2: Bob Stewart (CON - Beckenham) When I joined my battalion in Bahrain in 1969, it was 750 strong. - Speech Link
3: Jeremy Quin (CON - Horsham) It is there to protect the whole of the United Kingdom and our interests overseas. - Speech Link


Commons Chamber
Oral Answers to Questions - Tue 08 Mar 2022
Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office

Mentions:
1: Elizabeth Truss (CON - South West Norfolk) Our current priority is supporting Ukraine through humanitarian aid. - Speech Link
2: Amanda Milling (CON - Cannock Chase) The UK warmly welcomes the historic steps taken to agree normalisation agreements between Israel, Bahrain - Speech Link
3: Nigel Mills (CON - Amber Valley) What discussions are the Government having with our overseas territories and Crown dependencies to ensure - Speech Link
4: Amanda Milling (CON - Cannock Chase) The UK and the overseas territories stand united in condemning the Russian Government. - Speech Link


Commons Chamber
Oral Answers to Questions - Tue 25 Jan 2022
Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office

Mentions:
1: James Cleverly (CON - Braintree) Indeed, I was in Bahrain when the first ever Bahraini ambassador to the state of Israel was announced - Speech Link
2: Rupa Huq (IND - Ealing Central and Acton) What are the Government doing to ensure that aid bypasses the Taliban and reaches those in need, who - Speech Link
3: Preet Kaur Gill (LAB - Birmingham, Edgbaston) Yet amid this horror the UK Government slashed the overseas aid budget, actually cut their support for - Speech Link
4: Sarah Champion (LAB - Rotherham) uncertain, we need to tackle the root causes of security threats to the UK, namely poverty and instability overseas - Speech Link