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Westminster Hall
British Nationals Detained Overseas - Tue 05 Sep 2023
Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office

Mentions:
1: Marie Rimmer (LAB - St Helens South and Whiston) “a valuable commodity”, and the evidence backs him up.The UK Government must look at the actions of Iran - Speech Link
2: Catherine West (LAB - Hornsey and Wood Green) continued to deny Alaa Abd El-Fattah his basic right to consular access as a British citizen and paid no diplomatic - Speech Link
3: Leo Docherty (CON - Aldershot) do.As a general principle, we are guided by international law and the Vienna convention on consular relations - Speech Link
4: Leo Docherty (CON - Aldershot) The first is the case of Morad Tahbaz in Iran. - Speech Link


Commons Chamber
Oral Answers to Questions - Tue 18 Jul 2023
Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office

Mentions:
1: Heather Wheeler (CON - South Derbyshire) What progress his Department has made on improving economic relations with the Indo-Pacific region. - Speech Link
2: Anne-Marie Trevelyan (CON - Berwick-upon-Tweed) Zealand, the comprehensive and progressive agreement for trans-Pacific partnership and the improved relations - Speech Link
3: Sarah Green (LDEM - Chesham and Amersham) What diplomatic steps he is taking to tackle human rights violations in Iran. - Speech Link
4: David Rutley (CON - Macclesfield) The UK is at the forefront of holding Iran to account. - Speech Link


Commons Chamber
Commonwealth Parliamentary Association - Thu 06 Jul 2023
Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office

Mentions:
1: Maria Miller (CON - Basingstoke) actions regarding the CPA’s status may appear peripheral to some, but in fact, they spill over into our relations - Speech Link
2: James Duddridge (CON - Rochford and Southend East) Let us face it: it is not the biggest issue of the day today, with Iran and what is going on in Russia - Speech Link
3: David Mundell (CON - Dumfriesshire, Clydesdale and Tweeddale) CPA UK has benefited enormously from Jon’s diplomatic skills and diligence over the years. - Speech Link
4: Karen Bradley (CON - Staffordshire Moorlands) He reminds me that we heard about Jon Davies’s incredible diplomatic skills at yesterday’s AGM. - Speech Link
5: Theo Clarke (CON - Stafford) We currently do not have diplomatic status or international recognition. - Speech Link


Lords Chamber
Iran - Thu 06 Jul 2023
Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office

Mentions:
1: Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon (CON - Life peer) Our diplomatic network is co-ordinating with our friends and allies around the world to reinforce our - Speech Link
2: Baroness Northover (LDEM - Life peer) and Saudi Arabia brought about by Chinese diplomatic intervention. - Speech Link


Grand Committee
China - Thu 06 Jul 2023
Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office

Mentions:
1: Lord Wallace of Saltaire (LDEM - Life peer) Both Iran and China appear not to recognise the validity of the British citizenship of people who were - Speech Link
2: Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon (CON - Life peer) How we handle that in terms of military, diplomatic and economic activity presents us with a generational - Speech Link


Commons Chamber
Iran - Thu 06 Jul 2023
Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office

Mentions:
1: James Cleverly (CON - Braintree) Our diplomatic network is co-ordinating with our friends and allies around the world, including the United - Speech Link
2: David Lammy (LAB - Tottenham) I understand, of course, that there are diplomatic dimensions to this question, but I am sure the House - Speech Link


Lords Chamber
Hong Kong: Bounties for Exiled Pro-democracy Activists - Thu 06 Jul 2023
Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office

Mentions:
1: Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon (CON - Life peer) suspension of that extradition treaty.On the third element, the Trade Minister’s visit, of course we have relations - Speech Link
2: Baroness Kennedy of Shaws (LAB - Life peer) We have seen it with Russia and Iran and we are seeing it with China. - Speech Link


Lords Chamber
Illegal Migration Bill
Report stage - Wed 05 Jul 2023
Home Office

Mentions:
1: Lord Purvis of Tweed (LDEM - Life peer) were asked in a community sponsorship scheme for young people who are potentially at direct risk in Iran - Speech Link
2: Lord Kerr of Kinlochard (CB - Life peer) the number and types of resettlement cases that we will be prepared to take.About 5,000 people from Iran - Speech Link
3: Lord Garnier (CON - Life peer) Baroness, Lady Fox, a moment ago, ignorance creates suspicion, and suspicion leads to poor community relations - Speech Link
4: Lord Murray of Blidworth (CON - Life peer) displacement on this scale is through a holistic approach, utilising, where appropriate, developmental, diplomatic - Speech Link


Commons Chamber
Economic Activity of Public Bodies (Overseas Matters) Bill
2nd reading - Mon 03 Jul 2023
Department for Levelling Up, Housing & Communities

Mentions:
1: Alicia Kearns (CON - Rutland and Melton) Has any diplomatic post specifically advised the Government that what is being proposed this evening - Speech Link
2: Alicia Kearns (CON - Rutland and Melton) Finally, we risk giving China, Iran, Russia, Serbia and others an easy propaganda win, because they will - Speech Link
3: Chris Stephens (SNP - Glasgow South West) relations and human rights. - Speech Link
4: Margaret Hodge (LAB - Barking) The best thing Britain can do is to put diplomatic pressure on the Israeli Government to abandon the - Speech Link
5: Simon Clarke (CON - Middlesbrough South and East Cleveland) The BDS movement is not arguing against the horrors perpetrated in Russia, China, Iran or any number - Speech Link


Lords Chamber
Defence Policy (International Relations and Defence Committee Report) - Fri 30 Jun 2023
Ministry of Defence

Mentions:
1: Lord Robertson of Port Ellen (LAB - Life peer) That is amply on display today in Russia, China, North Korea and Iran. - Speech Link
2: Lord Cormack (CON - Life peer) It is also worth, particularly bearing in mind the sinister influence of Iran, us devoting a little more - Speech Link
3: Baroness Goldie (CON - Life peer) Russia is co-operating with Iran and North Korea. - Speech Link