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

Mentions:
1: Baroness Smith of Newnham (LD - Life peer) left a situation that is being used and abused by people traffickers.There is also the situation in Syria - Speech Link
2: Baroness Hodgson of Abinger (Con - Life peer) Most conflicts of the last 20 years remain unresolved—Afghanistan, Syria, South Sudan, Somalia, Yemen - Speech Link
3: Lord Hussain (LD - Life peer) Wars in Iraq, Libya, Syria, Afghanistan and Ukraine have caused huge human disasters, killing millions - Speech Link
4: Lord Winston (Lab - Life peer) They came mostly from what is now Syria and Lebanon. - Speech Link
5: Lord Alton of Liverpool (XB - Life peer) It also sanctions UK parliamentarians—here I declare an interest. - Speech Link


Lords Chamber
King’s Speech - Wed 08 Nov 2023
Ministry of Justice

Mentions:
1: Lord Bellamy (Con - Life peer) measures, we will ensure that the courts have available to them the ability to impose the most severe sanctions - Speech Link
2: Lord Roberts of Llandudno (LD - Life peer) It might be to Ukraine, Afghanistan, Syria, Gaza or even our fellow nations of the UK. - Speech Link


Commons Chamber
Debate on the Address - Tue 07 Nov 2023
Cabinet Office

Mentions:
1: Theresa Villiers (Con - Chipping Barnet) The boycott, divestment and sanctions movement has driven increases in antisemitism, so I welcome the - Speech Link
2: Stephen Doughty (LAB - Cardiff South and Penarth) the world—in Israel and Palestine, Afghanistan, Sudan, Libya, the Sahel, south Asia, Yemen, Nigeria, Syria - 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) introducing this legislation was an assumed need to respond robustly to the boycott, divestment and sanctions - Speech Link
2: John McDonnell (Lab - Hayes and Harlington) I was a founder member 10 years ago of the Ukraine Solidarity Campaign and we have been calling for sanctions - Speech Link
3: Kit Malthouse (Con - North West Hampshire) is in breach of international law, other organisations can immediately respond by issuing their own sanctions - Speech Link
4: Claudia Webbe (Ind - Leicester East) protects the state of Israel, Israeli companies and their human rights abuses from local authority sanctions - Speech Link


Lords Chamber
Israel/Gaza - Tue 24 Oct 2023
Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office

Mentions:
1: Baroness Ramsay of Cartvale (Lab - Life peer) beyond historical doubt that the members of the Arab League, the big powers of the time that included Syria - Speech Link
2: Baroness Deech (XB - Life peer) in the Middle East where Palestinian refugees are living in dire conditions —most notably Lebanon, Syria - Speech Link
3: Lord Bilimoria (XB - Life peer) The Iraq war in 2003 had no plan for after victory, which led to Syria and to ISIS. - Speech Link
4: Lord Sterling of Plaistow (Con - Life peer) The greatest concern is that the highly trained, extremely well-armed militias operating in Iraq and Syria - Speech Link
5: Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon (Con - Life peer) The noble Lord, Lord Stevens, asked me about the JCPOA sanctions. - Speech Link


Commons Chamber
Regulatory Impact Assessments Bill
2nd reading - Fri 20 Oct 2023
Department for Business and Trade

Mentions:
1: Edward Leigh (Con - Gainsborough) people fleeing various hellholes in the world, but I can tell the House one thing: someone fleeing Iraq, Syria - Speech Link
2: Justin Madders (Lab - Ellesmere Port and Neston) instruments which have not followed the IA”—impact assessment—“procedure has increased and, given that no sanctions - Speech Link


Westminster Hall
UN Sustainable Development Goals - Thu 19 Oct 2023
Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office

Mentions:
1: Lyn Brown (Lab - West Ham) terrible hunger already in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Sudan, Ethiopia, Afghanistan, Yemen and Syria - Speech Link
2: Andrew Mitchell (Con - Sutton Coldfield) Member for West Ham also raised the issue of Sudan, and rightly asked about sanctions. - Speech Link


Lords Chamber
Ukraine - Thu 21 Sep 2023
Ministry of Defence

Mentions:
1: Baroness Goldie (CON - Life peer) These sanctions are debilitating Russia’s economy and degrading funding for Mr Putin’s war. - Speech Link
2: Lord Harrington of Watford (CON - Life peer) going to be able to select people on the grounds of vulnerability—they were all vulnerable, but in Syria - Speech Link
3: Lord Alderdice (LDEM - Life peer) have involved themselves in a whole series of wars, from Vietnam through Afghanistan, Iraq, Libya and Syria - Speech Link
4: Baroness Anderson of Stoke-on-Trent (LAB - Life peer) Can the Minister update the House on current discussions about a new phase of sanctions? - Speech Link


Lords Chamber
Terrorism Act 2000 (Proscribed Organisations) (Amendment) Order 2023 - Thu 14 Sep 2023
Home Office

Mentions:
1: Lord Sharpe of Epsom (CON - Life peer) military force on behalf of the Russian state, operating in a range of theatres including Ukraine, Syria - Speech Link
2: Lord Purvis of Tweed (LDEM - Life peer) There was a Treasury derogation of sanctions that this Parliament had approved; we in this House would - Speech Link
3: Lord Coaker (LAB - Life peer) We know that Wagner has a record of violence, theft and murder, from Ukraine to Syria, from Mali to Mozambique - Speech Link
4: None Much remains to be done, including ensuring that sanctions bite and that dirty Russian money is seized - Speech Link
5: Lord Sharpe of Epsom (CON - Life peer) The Foreign Secretary expanded these sanctions in July this year, with 30 new UK sanctions targeting - Speech Link


Commons Chamber
Prevention and Suppression of Terrorism - Wed 13 Sep 2023
Home Office

Mentions:
1: Suella Braverman (CON - Fareham) military force on behalf of the Russian state, operating in a range of theatres including Ukraine, Syria - Speech Link
2: Dan Jarvis (LAB - Barnsley Central) Their track record is one of violence, theft and murder, from Ukraine to Syria, and from Mali to Mozambique - Speech Link
3: Alison Thewliss (SNP - Glasgow Central) It states:“Founded in 2014, Wagner Group has operated in a range of theatres, including Ukraine, Syria - Speech Link
4: Layla Moran (LDEM - Oxford West and Abingdon) described, Wagner Group have been wreaking havoc and destruction not just in Ukraine, but all over—in Syria - Speech Link