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Commons Chamber
Iran: Freedom and Democracy - Thu 01 Feb 2024
Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office

Mentions:
1: Bob Blackman (Con - Harrow East) Houthis in the Red sea, an illegal war in Gaza by the Hamas terror group, Hezbollah in Lebanon and war in Syria - Speech Link
2: Jim Shannon (DUP - Strangford) and weapons, supplies Hamas in Gaza with aid, arms and finance, and supplies many terrorist groups in Syria - Speech Link
3: Wayne David (Lab - Caerphilly) In Iraq—including in Kurdistan—and in Syria, Iranian sponsored militants have attacked US forces. - Speech Link


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

Mentions:
1: Wayne David (Lab - Caerphilly) danger of seeing a major escalation of conflict, and whether it is in Gaza, the Red sea, Lebanon, Iraq, Syria - Speech Link
2: David Rutley (Con - Macclesfield) escalation, and we are looking at all the tools that we have to bear down on the Iranian regime, including sanctions - Speech Link


Westminster Hall
Religious Persecution and the World Watch List - Thu 25 Jan 2024
Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office

Mentions:
1: Fiona Bruce (Con - Congleton) It is good that we have been imposing sanctions following the Magnitsky laws, but we need to be more - Speech Link
2: Patricia Gibson (SNP - North Ayrshire and Arran) Christians are Somalia, Libya, Eritrea, Yemen, Nigeria, Pakistan, Sudan, Iran, Afghanistan, India, Syria - Speech Link
3: Lyn Brown (Lab - West Ham) Member for Strangford mentioned, in Afghanistan and in Syria. - Speech Link


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

Mentions:
1: Alicia Kearns (Con - Rutland and Melton) I will touch briefly on Syria. - Speech Link
2: Alec Shelbrooke (Con - Elmet and Rothwell) they have allies—Russia has been able to trade with many counties to its south and east—and western sanctions - Speech Link
3: Flick Drummond (Con - Meon Valley) concerning that they are now threatening to shut those out agencies.Equally, we must ensure that any sanctions - Speech Link
4: Bob Seely (Con - Isle of Wight) It is strongly aligned to the regime in Syria. - Speech Link
5: John McDonnell (Lab - Hayes and Harlington) Member for New Forest East (Sir Julian Lewis) mentioned Syria. - Speech Link


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

Mentions:
1: Sarah Owen (Lab - Luton North) We have imposed sanctions on Russia and China to address their abuses of human rights, and our Government - Speech Link
2: Patrick Grady (SNP - Glasgow North) They have given themselves powers to impose Magnitsky sanctions on individuals who commit gross human - Speech Link
3: Lyn Brown (Lab - West Ham) Although I know that the Government will not comment on ongoing sanctions work, I would like an assurance - Speech Link
4: David Rutley (Con - Macclesfield) December, linked to the 75th anniversary and the five pledges that I talked about, we announced 46 sanctions - Speech Link


Commons Chamber
Action Against Houthi Maritime Attacks - Tue 23 Jan 2024
Cabinet Office

Mentions:
1: Rishi Sunak (Con - Richmond (Yorks)) We are working closely with the US on this and plan to announce new sanctions measures in the coming - Speech Link
2: Rishi Sunak (Con - Richmond (Yorks)) Crucially, the military action is just one part of a broader strategy, including diplomacy, sanctions - Speech Link
3: Stephen Flynn (SNP - Aberdeen South) Over the past week, we have seen missile strikes in Iran, Iraq, Lebanon, Pakistan, Syria and, of course - Speech Link
4: Rishi Sunak (Con - Richmond (Yorks)) As I said, we will bring forward new sanctions measures, together with our allies, in the coming days - Speech Link
5: John McDonnell (Lab - Hayes and Harlington) the moment, we see Houthi attacks continuing, the Popular Mobilisation Units attacking US bases in Syria - Speech Link


Commons Chamber
Prevention and Suppression of Terrorism - Thu 18 Jan 2024
Home Office

Mentions:
1: Kirsty Blackman (SNP - Aberdeen North) It continues to be the SNP’s position that sanctions are not enough and that proscription of this organisation - Speech Link
2: Iain Duncan Smith (Con - Chingford and Woodford Green) Taiwan.Iran is part of the axis of authoritarianism which also includes China, North Korea, Russia, and now Syria - Speech Link
3: Christian Wakeford (Lab - Bury South) that is the right thing to do.Worldwide, HUT has reportedly been behind attempted coups in Jordan, Syria - Speech Link


Commons Chamber
Safety of Rwanda (Asylum and Immigration) Bill
Committee of the whole House Day 1 - Tue 16 Jan 2024
No Department present

Mentions:
1: Alison Thewliss (SNP - Glasgow Central) Gentleman can sit down; he has made his point.Fellow human beings, from Afghanistan, Syria, Yemen, Libya - Speech Link
2: William Cash (Con - Stone) and Germany, where clearly apparent breaches of international law have occurred without international sanctions - Speech Link
3: Olivia Blake (Lab - Sheffield, Hallam) We are also seeing people fleeing from Syria and from all sorts of other complex and difficult situations - Speech Link
4: Edward Leigh (Con - Gainsborough) If they have come from a hell-hole like Syria, Iraq or Afghanistan, why would they not want to take that - Speech Link
5: Alison Thewliss (SNP - Glasgow Central) Many of those people are from Afghanistan and Syria, and have an indisputable case for their asylum claim - Speech Link


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

Mentions:
1: Ed Davey (LD - Kingston and Surbiton) We have seen attacks on US soldiers in Syria and Iraq, the terrorism of Islamic State in Iran, the rockets - Speech Link
2: Stephen Crabb (Con - Preseli Pembrokeshire) Has he considered whether it is the right time to activate the snap-back sanctions provisions of the - Speech Link
3: Chris Law (SNP - Dundee West) have been killed, and there has been cross-border fighting with Hezbollah, air raids in Lebanon and Syria - Speech Link
4: David Jones (Con - Clwyd West) Friend said about the sanctions that have been applied to the IRGC, but may I urge him to recognise that - Speech Link
5: Andy Slaughter (Lab - Hammersmith) There is greater conflict in the middle east now than there has been for many years—in Lebanon, Syria - Speech Link


Commons Chamber
Economic Activity of Public Bodies (Overseas Matters) Bill
3rd reading - Wed 10 Jan 2024
Department for Levelling Up, Housing & Communities

Mentions:
1: Michael Gove (Con - Surrey Heath) I should say that the clause does not prevent the Government establishing sanctions or using travel bans - Speech Link
2: Michael Gove (Con - Surrey Heath) There is a clear intention in the Bill, which is to deal specifically with the boycott, divestment and sanctions - Speech Link
3: Michael Gove (Con - Surrey Heath) not seen attempts by local government to criticise, for example, the actions of Bashar al-Assad in Syria - Speech Link
4: Angela Rayner (Lab - Ashton-under-Lyne) start by making clear that the Labour party completely opposes a policy of boycott, divestment and sanctions - Speech Link
5: Theresa Villiers (Con - Chipping Barnet) If sanctions or boycotts need to be imposed, that is a decision to be made in this House at a national - Speech Link