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

Mentions:
1: Jonathan Edwards (Ind - Carmarthen East and Dinefwr) What recent discussions he has had with his international counterparts on the state of relations between - Speech Link
2: Anne-Marie Trevelyan (Con - Berwick-upon-Tweed) We must continue to engage with China to work towards open, constructive and stable relations to manage - Speech Link
3: Andrew Mitchell (Con - Sutton Coldfield) Friend will have seen the stratospheric improvement in relations with France and its President that have - Speech Link


Lords Chamber
Safety of Rwanda (Asylum and Immigration) Bill
2nd reading - Mon 29 Jan 2024
Home Office

Mentions:
1: Lord Kerr of Kinlochard (XB - Life peer) Much the largest groups came from Afghanistan, Iran, Eritrea, Sudan and Syria. - Speech Link
2: Lord Etherton (XB - Life peer) noble Lord, Lord Murray of Blidworth, that the principles found in the 2010 Supreme Court case HJ (Iran - Speech Link
3: Lord Cashman (Lab - Life peer) I seek the assurances of HJ (Iran) again.In conclusion, this is the heart of my concern: this drawback - Speech Link
4: Lord Udny-Lister (Con - Life peer) As has been said already, illegal immigration is a danger to race relations and to our society.On the - Speech Link


Lords Chamber
Ukraine - Fri 26 Jan 2024
Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office

Mentions:
1: Lord Stirrup (XB - Life peer) the damaging consequences of inadequate resources.In his evidence to your Lordship’s International Relations - Speech Link
2: Baroness Neville-Jones (Con - Life peer) which the military stalemate in Ukraine is now gradually creeping into the basis of our wider political relations - Speech Link
3: Lord Bilimoria (XB - Life peer) , in the Red Sea; Hezbollah, supported by Iran, in Lebanon; and Pakistan and Iran attacking each other - Speech Link
4: Lord Glasman (Lab - Life peer) In international relations terms, I am a realist. - Speech Link


Commons Chamber
Situation in the Red Sea - Wed 24 Jan 2024
Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office

Mentions:
1: Andy Slaughter (Lab - Hammersmith) There is an irony that, had we gone ahead with the original debate on international relations, that could - Speech Link
2: Alicia Kearns (Con - Rutland and Melton) Looking briefly to the diplomatic effort, there has been too much focus on the E3 plus US. - Speech Link
3: Martin Docherty-Hughes (SNP - West Dunbartonshire) Friend the Chair of the Foreign Affairs Committee about the diplomatic effort. - Speech Link
4: Bob Seely (Con - Isle of Wight) Iran now has 22 proxies. - Speech Link
5: Andrew Mitchell (Con - Sutton Coldfield) First, we are increasing our diplomatic engagement. - Speech Link


Westminster Hall
International Human Rights Abuses: UK Response - Wed 24 Jan 2024
Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office

Mentions:
1: Afzal Khan (Lab - Manchester, Gorton) facts of what has happened on the ground in Gaza, it seems that almost every rule of international relations - Speech Link
2: Patrick Grady (SNP - Glasgow North) violence against Hindus, Sikhs, Ahmadis and Christians in Pakistan; forced detention of protesters in Iran - Speech Link
3: David Rutley (Con - Macclesfield) We targeted individuals linked to authorities in Belarus, Haiti, Iran and Syria for their repressive - Speech Link
4: David Rutley (Con - Macclesfield) We raise the reputational and diplomatic cost to China of its human rights violations regularly on the - Speech Link


Commons Chamber
Defending the UK and Allies - Mon 15 Jan 2024
Cabinet Office

Mentions:
1: Rishi Sunak (Con - Richmond (Yorks)) As a UN Security Council penholder on Yemen, the UK is continuing to use our diplomatic and political - Speech Link
2: Rishi Sunak (Con - Richmond (Yorks)) That means all diplomatic tools, including—as my right hon. - Speech Link
3: Barry Sheerman (LAB - Huddersfield) The Prime Minister may not be aware—perhaps he is—that I am not the greatest expert on international relations - Speech Link
4: Richard Burgon (Lab - Leeds East) To avoid any wider war, do we not now need an emphasis on de-escalation and diplomatic efforts? - Speech Link
5: Layla Moran (LD - Oxford West and Abingdon) That applies to Iran primarily, but also to its proxies. - Speech Link


Westminster Hall
Afghanistan: UK Government Policy - Wed 10 Jan 2024
Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office

Mentions:
1: Julian Lewis (Con - New Forest East) The reasons for that are probably more related to Pakistan’s relations with countries such as India, - Speech Link
2: Alison Thewliss (SNP - Glasgow Central) reunion visas, for example because their family member has moved out of Afghanistan and is in Pakistan or Iran - Speech Link
3: Brendan O'Hara (SNP - Argyll and Bute) a gender apartheid inquiry, which will look at the situation of women and girls in Afghanistan and Iran - Speech Link
4: Andrew Mitchell (Con - Sutton Coldfield) for Migration in Afghanistan to support vulnerable undocumented people returning from Pakistan and Iran - Speech Link
5: Andrew Mitchell (Con - Sutton Coldfield) Our intention since August 2021, as I mentioned, has been to re-establish a diplomatic presence in Kabul - Speech Link


Commons Chamber
Israel and Palestine - Mon 08 Jan 2024
Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office

Mentions:
1: Andrew Mitchell (Con - Sutton Coldfield) Friend is right to identify the agony being felt by so many of the hostages’ families, relations and - Speech Link
2: Michael Ellis (Con - Northampton North) Friend aware that South Africa is geopolitically moving towards Iran and openly supports Hamas? - Speech Link
3: Andrew Mitchell (Con - Sutton Coldfield) The British Government, at the diplomatic and political levels, through ministerial engagement not just - Speech Link
4: Andrew Mitchell (Con - Sutton Coldfield) working literally night and day to make sure we do everything we can to look after our citizens and their relations - Speech Link
5: Andrew Mitchell (Con - Sutton Coldfield) Lady made about the two-state solution, all of our diplomatic and political efforts are bent towards - Speech Link


Commons Chamber
Venezuela: Threat to Guyana - Thu 14 Dec 2023
Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office

Mentions:
1: David Lammy (Lab - Tottenham) attack recognised international borders and seek aggressive confrontation instead of good neighbourly relations - Speech Link
2: Jim Shannon (DUP - Strangford) country by somebody who many of us feel is a demagogue, part of the axis of evil—that is North Korea, Iran - Speech Link
3: David Rutley (Con - Macclesfield) We are working hard through diplomatic channels to urge partners in the region to use bilateral contacts - Speech Link


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

Mentions:
1: Lord Swire (Con - Life peer) Relations have certainly picked up since the summit with Putin. - Speech Link
2: Lord Alton of Liverpool (XB - Life peer) global human rights sanctions regime—Magnitsky sanctions—to hold to account officials in Belarus, Haiti, Iran - Speech Link
3: Baroness Smith of Newnham (LD - Life peer) In the negotiations with Iran that worked effectively until the Trump regime was in government, the E3 - Speech Link