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Lords Chamber
Israel and Palestine: United States’ Proposals for Peace - Thu 27 Feb 2020
Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office

Mentions:
1: Baroness Tonge (Non-affiliated - Life peer) pointed out to me by a colleague that in the 181 pages of the so-called plan for peace and prosperity, Hamas - Speech Link
2: Lord Davies of Gower (CON - Life peer) The Hamas terror group, which rules Gaza, seeks Israel’s destruction and subjects Gazans to endless rounds - Speech Link
3: Baroness Northover (LDEM - Life peer) If we turn a blind eye to that, how will Russia interpret this in relation to Crimea, or Turkey in northern - Speech Link
4: Lord Collins of Highbury (LAB - Life peer) proposed plan, does the Minister agree with me that this must not and cannot be used as an excuse by Hamas - Speech Link


Commons Chamber
Oral Answers to Questions - Tue 04 Feb 2020
Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office

Mentions:
1: Dominic Raab (CON - Esher and Walton) We have expressed our disappointment, for example, that Turkey chose to acquire Russian S-400 air defence - Speech Link
2: Caroline Ansell (CON - Eastbourne) unified and prosperous Palestinian state living peacefully alongside Israel is unrealistic as long as the Hamas - Speech Link
3: Philip Dunne (CON - Ludlow) Friend doing to try to maintain strong bilateral relations with Turkey as a key NATO ally? - Speech Link
4: Dominic Raab (CON - Esher and Walton) Equally, we value Turkey as a trusted NATO ally. - Speech Link


Lords Chamber
Iran: Stability in the Middle East - Thu 30 Jan 2020
Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office

Mentions:
1: Lord Turnberg (LAB - Life peer) In Gaza, Hamas is fully armed by Iran, while in Iraq it has managed to infiltrate a huge number of armed - Speech Link
2: Lord Polak (CON - Life peer) pursuing the capacity to carry out that threat itself and with its proxies, including Hezbollah and Hamas - Speech Link
3: Viscount Waverley (CB - Excepted Hereditary) others—all with the added complexity not just of the West but with the added dimension of Russia and Turkey—and - Speech Link
4: Lord Hannay of Chiswick (CB - Life peer) only if Iran is recognised and treated as a regional power in that area, along with others such as Turkey - Speech Link
5: Baroness Northover (LDEM - Life peer) clear, Iran has had a destabilising influence in the region, often through proxies such as the Houthis, Hamas - Speech Link


Commons Chamber
Britain in the World - Mon 13 Jan 2020
Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office

Mentions:
1: Shailesh Vara (CON - North West Cambridgeshire) Will she also criticise her leader for his friendship with Hamas and other terrorists who have been directly - Speech Link
2: Catherine West (LAB - Hornsey and Wood Green) Let us take, for example, trade relationships with Turkey. - Speech Link
3: Bob Seely (CON - Isle of Wight) They had a wonderful wedding a few years ago in Turkey that I was privileged to attend, and I am so sorry - Speech Link
4: Bob Blackman (CON - Harrow East) and securely.We also mentioned Cyprus, another country divided, this time by an illegal invasion by Turkey - Speech Link


Commons Chamber
Oral Answers to Questions - Tue 05 Nov 2019
Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office

Mentions:
1: Crispin Blunt (CON - Reigate) This is a matter of immense seriousness; will the United Kingdom Government now hold Turkey and her allies - Speech Link
2: Bob Blackman (CON - Harrow East) terrorists by the United Kingdom and the USA, but in the UK we proscribe only the military wing of Hamas - Speech Link
3: Andrew Murrison (CON - South West Wiltshire) with Hamas in its entirety. - Speech Link


Lords Chamber
Queen’s Speech - Tue 15 Oct 2019
Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office

Mentions:
1: Lord Hylton (CB - Excepted Hereditary) In my view, it is unacceptable for Turkey to use refugees to put pressure on the European Union or to - Speech Link
2: Baroness Tonge (Non-affiliated - Life peer) What do our Government do—apart from blaming Hamas for everything, of course? - Speech Link


Commons Chamber
Oral Answers to Questions - Tue 14 May 2019
Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office

Mentions:
1: Bambos Charalambous (LAB - Enfield, Southgate) Will he call on Turkey to immediately withdraw its drill ships from Cyprus’s exclusive economic zone? - Speech Link
2: Andrew Murrison (CON - South West Wiltshire) We wholly condemn rocket fire by Hamas and other militants. - Speech Link
3: Andrew Murrison (CON - South West Wiltshire) I strongly urge Hamas to desist from its activities. - Speech Link
4: Philip Hollobone (CON - Kettering) the lives of civilians in Gaza be improved, and the prospects for the peace process enhanced, were Hamas - Speech Link
5: Andrew Murrison (CON - South West Wiltshire) If Hamas aspires to run its territory as a good Government, it must address the concerns of its population - Speech Link


Commons Chamber
Oral Answers to Questions - Tue 02 Apr 2019
Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office

Mentions:
1: Bob Blackman (CON - Harrow East) Friend taken, given that Hamas is organising for women and children to go to the border between Gaza - Speech Link
2: Mark Field (CON - Cities of London and Westminster) She will recognise that Hamas is one of a number of Iranian proxies in the region. - Speech Link
3: Lloyd Russell-Moyle (LAB - Brighton, Kemptown) Turkey is a NATO member and has the highest number of MPs and journalists in prison in the world, following - Speech Link
4: Lloyd Russell-Moyle (LAB - Brighton, Kemptown) Has the Foreign Secretary raised the matter with Turkey, and will he send representations to the Council - Speech Link
5: Jeremy Hunt (CON - South West Surrey) Turkey may be a NATO ally and an important friend of the United Kingdom, but that does not prevent us - Speech Link


Commons Chamber
Foreign Affairs Committee - Tue 19 Mar 2019
No Department present

Mentions:
1: Joan Ryan (TIG - Enfield North) World Service and to foreign language capability in the Foreign and Commonwealth Office, relations with Turkey - Speech Link


Commons Chamber
Oral Answers to Questions - Tue 22 Jan 2019
Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office

Mentions:
1: Philip Hollobone (CON - Kettering) Human rights defenders face particular challenges in the Gaza strip, which is controlled by Hamas. - Speech Link
2: Jeff Smith (LAB - Manchester, Withington) Given the sensitivity at the Syria-Turkey border, what specific steps can we take to keep the US engaged - Speech Link
3: Alistair Burt (CON - North East Bedfordshire) clear, as have others, that the Kurdish community must not be affected by any untoward incursion by Turkey - Speech Link