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Commons Chamber
Contest: UK Strategy for Countering Terrorism 2023 - Wed 19 Jul 2023
Home Office

Mentions:
1: Suella Braverman (CON - Fareham) It is right that we provide military support, it is right that we rolled out an extensive set of sanctions - Speech Link
2: Alistair Carmichael (LDEM - Orkney and Shetland) involve UK citizens, especially children who were trafficked by ISIS and are currently in north-east Syria - Speech Link


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

Mentions:
1: Anne-Marie Trevelyan (CON - Berwick-upon-Tweed) Imposing sanctions is one response among other diplomatic tools to tackle serious human rights violations - Speech Link
2: Anne-Marie Trevelyan (CON - Berwick-upon-Tweed) Friend knows, we continue to consider the use of diplomatic tools, including sanctions where appropriate - Speech Link
3: Lyn Brown (LAB - West Ham) I welcome the fresh sanctions, but what steps are the Government taking with international allies to - Speech Link
4: David Davis (CON - Haltemprice and Howden) including America, Canada, France and Germany, have repatriated their citizens from detention facilities in Syria - Speech Link
5: Bill Esterson (LAB - Sefton Central) A loophole in the sanctions regime has seen Russian steel processed in Turkey and exported to the UK. - Speech Link


Lords Chamber
Wagner Group - Tue 11 Jul 2023
Ministry of Defence

Mentions:
1: Baroness Goldie (CON - Life peer) There has been a systematic programme of sanctions. - Speech Link
2: Lord Collins of Highbury (LAB - Life peer) My Lords, may I just pick up that last point concerning Syria? - Speech Link


Westminster Hall
Srebrenica Memorial Week - Tue 04 Jul 2023
Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office

Mentions:
1: Anthony Mangnall (CON - Totnes) Secondly, we need to use Magnitsky sanctions on those perpetrating crimes in the area. - Speech Link
2: Alicia Kearns (CON - Rutland and Melton) The sanctions placed on him by the UK and the United States are biting, and I thank the Government for - Speech Link
3: Alicia Kearns (CON - Rutland and Melton) There were significant punishments from the US and the EU, which have now introduced sanctions against - Speech Link
4: Stephen Doughty (LAB - Cardiff South and Penarth) related to the terrible atrocities in Darfur, and here in Parliament we worked on issues related to Syria - 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: Michael Gove (CON - Surrey Heath) It does not restrict local authorities adopting policies in line with formal, agreed Government sanctions - Speech Link
2: Chris Stephens (SNP - Glasgow South West) have Kurdish constituents who are very concerned about the oppression of Kurdish people in Turkey and Syria - Speech Link
3: Chris Stephens (SNP - Glasgow South West) a Bill that would stop me, or organisations or public bodies, from boycotting goods from Turkey or Syria - Speech Link
4: Stephen Crabb (CON - Preseli Pembrokeshire) Surprise, surprise, they singled out one state for potential sanctions—the state of Israel. - Speech Link
5: Beth Winter (LAB - Cynon Valley) lobbying local councils to divest and use sanctions against South Africa. - Speech Link


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

Mentions:
1: Baroness Falkner of Margravine (CB - Life peer) to 2015, I recall that in this House we debated five almost simultaneous wars: Afghanistan, Iraq and Syria - Speech Link
2: Baroness Goldie (CON - Life peer) We are working with allies across the world to impose our toughest-ever sanctions regime to provide huge - Speech Link
3: Baroness Goldie (CON - Life peer) , the more effective undermining of their position is to try to get at their financial wallets with sanctions - Speech Link


Commons Chamber
Situation in Russia - Mon 26 Jun 2023
Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office

Mentions:
1: David Lammy (LAB - Tottenham) As well as in Ukraine, the Wagner Group has been responsible for atrocities in Syria and across the continent - Speech Link
2: James Cleverly (CON - Braintree) the Wagner Group is operating not only in Ukraine, but in many other parts of the world, including Syria - Speech Link
3: James Cleverly (CON - Braintree) The UK sanctions the Wagner Group in its entirety and also certain key members of it. - Speech Link
4: Stewart Malcolm McDonald (SNP - Glasgow South) As has been mentioned a number of times, the Wagner Group has been an evil in Syria and Ukraine, and - Speech Link
5: James Cleverly (CON - Braintree) domestic legislation means that the nature of our sanctions does not always match exactly. - Speech Link


Commons Chamber
Oral Answers to Questions - Tue 13 Jun 2023
Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office

Mentions:
1: Mark Eastwood (CON - Dewsbury) What assessment he has made of the impact of sanctions on (a) Russia and (b) Belarus. - Speech Link
2: Anne-Marie Trevelyan (CON - Berwick-upon-Tweed) Of course, we keep our sanctions under review, as the Foreign Secretary has said. - Speech Link
3: Henry Smith (CON - Crawley) representations have the Government made on the decision by the Arab League to readmit the Assad regime of Syria - Speech Link
4: James Cleverly (CON - Braintree) The UK’s position on Syria has not changed. - Speech Link


Commons Chamber
Council of Europe - Thu 08 Jun 2023
Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office

Mentions:
1: Theo Clarke (CON - Stafford) The debate was focused on the recent earthquake in Turkey and Syria. - Speech Link
2: Hannah Bardell (SNP - Livingston) The work done at the summit on tackling the war in Ukraine and imposing sanctions on Russia is incredibly - Speech Link
3: Stephen Doughty (LAB - Cardiff South and Penarth) progress on seizing, not just freezing, Russian state assets and, indeed, expanding and deepening our sanctions - Speech Link


Westminster Hall
Iran - Wed 07 Jun 2023
Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office

Mentions:
1: Brendan Clarke-Smith (CON - Bassetlaw) On sanctions, Iran’s systematic non-compliance necessitates a full snapback of sanctions in accordance - Speech Link
2: Brendan Clarke-Smith (CON - Bassetlaw) The dangerous captagon drug trade—much of which is centred in Syria, thanks to Iran’s control of the - Speech Link
3: Andrew Gwynne (LAB - Denton and Reddish) From Yemen to Lebanon, from Iraq to Israel, and from Syria to Saudi Arabia, Iran has waged an ideological - Speech Link
4: Andrew Mitchell (CON - Sutton Coldfield) It includes support for a number of militant groups, such as Hezbollah in Lebanon and Syria—as the hon - Speech Link