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Westminster Hall
Recognition of Western Sahara as Moroccan - Wed 08 May 2024
Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office

Mentions:
1: Daniel Kawczynski (Con - Shrewsbury and Atcham) despotic regime, which came about after the fall of the Shah in 1979, with the mullahs that control Iran—I - Speech Link
2: Patrick Grady (SNP - Glasgow North) nation state in Western Sahara to abide by the highest standards of democracy and peaceful international relations - Speech Link
3: Lyn Brown (Lab - West Ham) In that context we need to be wary of those, like Russia and potentially Iran, who look at the continuing - Speech Link
4: David Rutley (Con - Macclesfield) The relationship is structured on four pillars: diplomatic, security, economic, and education and culture - Speech Link


Westminster Hall
Countering Iran’s Hostile Activities - Wed 08 May 2024
No Department present

Mentions:
1: Iain Duncan Smith (Con - Chingford and Woodford Green) about trying to recognise that there is a moment when attempts to be reasonable and engage in a normal, diplomatic - Speech Link
2: Chris Law (SNP - Dundee West) will not be a military solution to the conflict in the middle east; there will be only a political and diplomatic - Speech Link
3: Nusrat Ghani (Con - Wealden) Green raised, let me be clear that this would be a significant escalation and a turning point in Iran’s relations - Speech Link


Lords Chamber
Economic Activity of Public Bodies (Overseas Matters) Bill
Committee stage part one - Tue 07 May 2024
Cabinet Office

Mentions:
1: Lord Verdirame (Non-affiliated - Life peer) There are countless examples of this approach, from the Diplomatic Privileges Act 1964 to the Human Rights - Speech Link
2: None it or to act reasonably and state that there is a risk with entering into commercial or investment relations - Speech Link
3: None Democratic People’s Republic of Korea; Democratic Republic of Congo; Egypt; Eritrea; Ethiopia; Haiti; Iran - Speech Link
4: None relations with the 32 countries the Government have identified as having human rights and democracy - Speech Link


Lords Chamber
Economic Activity of Public Bodies (Overseas Matters) Bill - Tue 07 May 2024
Cabinet Office

Mentions:
1: Lord Wolfson of Tredegar (Con - Life peer) zero; Myanmar, zero; Sudan, zero; the Uighurs, zero; North Korea, zero; Congo, zero; Venezuela, zero; Iran - Speech Link
2: Lord Purvis of Tweed (LD - Life peer) He is aware that existing trading and investment relations are covered by a UK-Palestinian Authority - Speech Link
3: Lord Purvis of Tweed (LD - Life peer) So my appeal to the Minister is to pause and reflect, even at this late stage, not only the diplomatic - Speech Link
4: Lord Collins of Highbury (Lab - Life peer) of crisis in the Middle East, the Government have allowed Michael Gove to proceed with this reckless diplomatic - Speech Link
5: Baroness Falkner of Margravine (XB - Life peer) To say to your international relations scholars that they will suddenly have thought control through - Speech Link


Commons Chamber
Oral Answers to Questions - Tue 30 Apr 2024
Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office

Mentions:
1: Andrew Mitchell (Con - Sutton Coldfield) decision for us to take when we have used our own military weaponry to defend Israel from the attacks by Iran - Speech Link
2: Antony Higginbotham (Con - Burnley) Iran continues to operate in violation of the joint comprehensive plan of action. - Speech Link
3: David Rutley (Con - Macclesfield) However, the Government have taken measures to counter the threat from Iran, including sanctioning the - Speech Link
4: Tim Loughton (Con - East Worthing and Shoreham) Could the Deputy Foreign Secretary update us on the state of our relations with Djibouti, and his assessment - Speech Link


Commons Chamber
Sudan: Government Response - Mon 22 Apr 2024
Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office

Mentions:
1: Andrew Mitchell (Con - Sutton Coldfield) Lady for her question.Britain is pursuing all diplomatic avenues to press the warring parties into a - Speech Link
2: Vicky Ford (Con - Chelmsford) behalf of the all-party group, I ask: what pressure are we putting on the United Arab Emirates and Iran - Speech Link
3: Fleur Anderson (Lab - Putney) It is important to join up that work with our diplomatic efforts in support of talks in Jeddah next month - Speech Link
4: Andrew Mitchell (Con - Sutton Coldfield) We have an extremely effective embassy team in Cairo and elsewhere in Egypt, with very close relations - Speech Link


Westminster Hall
Human Rights: Consular Services - Tue 16 Apr 2024
Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office

Mentions:
1: Christine Jardine (LD - Edinburgh West) Although the UK ratified the Vienna convention through the Consular Relations Act 1968, so much of it - Speech Link
2: Anna McMorrin (Lab - Cardiff North) The Vienna convention on consular relations recognises the vulnerability of foreign nationals facing - Speech Link
3: David Rutley (Con - Macclesfield) to Ministers to decide our approach.We will never accept our nationals being detained as a means of diplomatic - Speech Link
4: David Rutley (Con - Macclesfield) The Vienna convention on consular relations requires us to provide assistance without interfering in - Speech Link


Commons Chamber
Iran-Israel Update - Mon 15 Apr 2024
Cabinet Office

Mentions:
1: Rishi Sunak (Con - Richmond (Yorks)) It reminds us how important the attempts to normalise relations between Israel and its neighbours really - Speech Link
2: Alicia Kearns (Con - Rutland and Melton) Friend commit to launching with our allies a new consensus on Iran and a new effort—with combined diplomatic - Speech Link
3: Liam Fox (Con - North Somerset) Iran has directly or indirectly engineered a war in Gaza, with the aim of thwarting better relations - Speech Link
4: Rishi Sunak (Con - Richmond (Yorks)) I know how important it is to normalise relations between Israel and its neighbours. - Speech Link
5: Rishi Sunak (Con - Richmond (Yorks)) We are committed to using all diplomatic tools to ensure that Iran does not develop a nuclear weapon, - Speech Link


Lords Chamber
Iran and Israel - Mon 15 Apr 2024
Leader of the House

Mentions:
1: Lord True (Con - Life peer) It reminds us how important the attempts to normalise relations between Israel and its neighbours really - Speech Link
2: Lord True (Con - Life peer) We recognise the threat from Iran. - Speech Link
3: Lord True (Con - Life peer) They cannot heal while the kinds of actions being taken by Iran continue.Dealing with Iran is a matter - Speech Link
4: Lord Harris of Haringey (Lab - Life peer) we are doing enough to prepare for some of the threats that might happen in terms of international relations - Speech Link


Commons Chamber
Oral Answers to Questions - Mon 25 Mar 2024
Ministry of Defence

Mentions:
1: Henry Smith (Con - Crawley) sovereignty, so that we can help to counter the many threats of the modern world, whether that be China, Iran - Speech Link
2: James Heappey (Con - Wells) In the Euro-Atlantic, we face the challenge of Russia; in the middle east, the challenge of Iran and - Speech Link
3: James Heappey (Con - Wells) hear that the Secretary of State, his predecessors, other Ministers in the MOD and I have very good relations - Speech Link
4: James Heappey (Con - Wells) I will leave the Foreign Office to talk about the diplomatic angles that it is pursuing, but in my experience - Speech Link