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Lords Chamber
North Korea - Thu 14 Dec 2023
Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office

Mentions:
1: Lord Swire (Con - Life peer) the vote at the UN on the Russian invasion of Ukraine, Russia was supported in that instance only by Belarus - Speech Link
2: Lord Alton of Liverpool (XB - Life peer) using the global human rights sanctions regime—Magnitsky sanctions—to hold to account officials in Belarus - Speech Link
3: Baroness Cox (XB - Life peer) Some $620 million of this military budget is spent on nuclear weapons. - Speech Link
4: Lord Collins of Highbury (Lab - Life peer) The FCDO also raised the issue of“The transfer of money, military equipment or technology bolstering - Speech Link


Westminster Hall
Universal Declaration of Human Rights and UN Convention on Genocide - Thu 07 Dec 2023
Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office

Mentions:
1: Tony Lloyd (Lab - Rochdale) Ukrainian children have been kidnapped; only 300 of them have been returned from Russia or, possibly, Belarus - Speech Link
2: Fleur Anderson (Lab - Putney) As well as the diplomatic and military, civil society is absolutely crucial. - Speech Link
3: Lyn Brown (Lab - West Ham) surely goes without saying that preventing a crisis avoids the vastly bigger costs of humanitarian aid - Speech Link
4: Andrew Mitchell (Con - Sutton Coldfield) Britain recently announced an additional £30 million of British aid for vital supplies into Gaza.In Ukraine - Speech Link


Lords Chamber
King’s Speech - Wed 15 Nov 2023
Ministry of Defence

Mentions:
1: Lord Kerr of Kinlochard (XB - Life peer) We are not Belarus. The convention stands for our values; let us not betray them. - Speech Link
2: Lord Craig of Radley (XB - Life peer) A military exit strategy was established. - Speech Link
3: Baroness Anderson of Stoke-on-Trent (Lab - Life peer) Rohingya in Bangladesh and Myanmar, women in Iran, democracy activists in Hong Kong, and dissidents in Belarus - Speech Link
4: Lord Purvis of Tweed (LD - Life peer) :“UK bilateral humanitarian aid fell by half between 2020 and 2021”. - Speech Link
5: Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon (Con - Life peer) The right reverend Prelate the Bishop of Chelmsford talked about getting aid through. - Speech Link


Commons Chamber
Economic Activity of Public Bodies (Overseas Matters) Bill
Report stage - Wed 25 Oct 2023
Department for Levelling Up, Housing & Communities

Mentions:
1: Chris Stephens (SNP - Glasgow South West) It is perfectly legitimate to call for a ceasefire to address that crisis and let humanitarian aid flow - Speech Link
2: Chris Stephens (SNP - Glasgow South West) As with most conflicts, verbal and military, there tends to be collateral damage that has either not - Speech Link
3: None I pray in aid on this point none other than the Supreme Court of France, which ruled as long ago as 2009 - Speech Link
4: Zarah Sultana (Lab - Coventry South) An Israeli military spokesperson was frank about the purpose of the bombing:“the emphasis is on damage - Speech Link


Westminster Hall
Freedom of Religion and Belief - Tue 19 Sep 2023
Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office

Mentions:
1: Fiona Bruce (CON - Congleton) We have seen a military coup in Myanmar dramatically exacerbating the persecution of religious minorities - Speech Link
2: Theresa Villiers (CON - Chipping Barnet) Many religious sites are impossible to access because they are located in Turkish military zones. - Speech Link
3: Rehman Chishti (CON - Gillingham and Rainham) We have sanctions with regard to Ukraine and Belarus and we have Magnitsky sanctions, but how many have - Speech Link
4: Jim Shannon (DUP - Strangford) We can tie human rights and freedom of religious belief in with aid. - Speech Link


Commons Chamber
Ukraine - Mon 11 Sep 2023
Ministry of Defence

Mentions:
1: James Heappey (CON - Wells) The Government will continue to support the military with the medical aid it needs, and to consider what - Speech Link
2: Luke Pollard (LAB - Plymouth, Sutton and Devonport) an assessment of the risk that Wagner troops pose to Ukraine, including the thousands still based in Belarus - Speech Link
3: Alex Sobel (LAB - Leeds North West) , taking five vehicles of aid. - Speech Link
4: Vicky Ford (CON - Chelmsford) sanctions, through humanitarian and military aid, and in so many other ways.I was very pleased when - Speech Link
5: Leo Docherty (CON - Aldershot) I assure him that we are acutely focused on its continued malign activities, whether in Belarus or beyond.The - Speech Link


Lords Chamber
Armed Forces - Thu 07 Sep 2023
Ministry of Defence

Mentions:
1: Lord West of Spithead (LAB - Life peer) The vast majority of military experts, many of whom are in this House, would agree and consider that - Speech Link
2: Lord Browne of Ladyton (LAB - Life peer) The simple questions are: does the UK have the military resource it needs to meet our obligations and - Speech Link
3: Lord Liddle (LAB - Life peer) But there are always arguments and many other worthy claims—that we have to spend more on overseas aid - Speech Link
4: Baroness Miller of Chilthorne Domer (LDEM - Life peer) Russia has already escalated matters by using Belarus to extend its nuclear base. - Speech Link
5: Lord Mountevans (CB - Excepted Hereditary) We have not said a lot about their contribution to humanitarian aid in times of weather or health emergencies - Speech Link


Commons Chamber
NATO Summit - Thu 13 Jul 2023
Cabinet Office

Mentions:
1: Rishi Sunak (CON - Richmond (Yorks)) Given Lithuania’s geographic position and the threats it faces, particularly from Belarus, it was important - Speech Link
2: Barry Gardiner (LAB - Brent North) Russia has built 475 new military sites and 50 major new military bases on its northern frontier—its - Speech Link
3: Rishi Sunak (CON - Richmond (Yorks)) is clear that illegal migration is one of the new threats we face, whether it is being weaponised by Belarus - Speech Link
4: Alex Sobel (LAB - Leeds North West) A year ago, the UK-led international effort to create a fund of £770 million for military aid, but none - Speech Link


Commons Chamber
Repurposing Russian Assets to Rebuild Ukraine - Tue 27 Jun 2023
Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office

Mentions:
1: Robbie Moore (CON - Keighley) donor, with this Government having given £2.3 billion in military aid. - Speech Link
2: Stephen Doughty (LAB - Cardiff South and Penarth) Russian state assets to help rebuild critical Ukrainian infrastructure, provide much-needed humanitarian aid - Speech Link


Commons Chamber
Situation in Russia - Mon 26 Jun 2023
Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office

Mentions:
1: Drew Hendry (SNP - Inverness, Nairn, Badenoch and Strathspey) He has had to pardon Prigozhin as he has withdrawn to Belarus and, of course, the Russian troops should - Speech Link
2: James Cleverly (CON - Braintree) On Belarus, we have made it clear since the start of the full-scale invasion that any action by Belarus - Speech Link
3: James Cleverly (CON - Braintree) leaders and the strength of their military planning. - Speech Link
4: Jim Shannon (DUP - Strangford) Does he believe that now is the time to increase arms and aid support to Ukraine to underline that very - Speech Link