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Grand Committee
Abraham Accords - Thu 14 Sep 2023
Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office

Mentions:
1: Lord Polak (CON - Life peer) , the Kingdom of Bahrain and the State of Israel came together to sign the Abraham accords. - Speech Link
2: Lord Purvis of Tweed (LDEM - Life peer) Does the UK wish to be part of it? - Speech Link
3: Lord Stone of Blackheath (Non-affiliated - Life peer) It wants to recognise Israel but, at the same time, support Palestine. - Speech Link
4: Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon (CON - Life peer) In December 2020, the UK Government warmly welcomed the normalisation of relations between Israel and - Speech Link


Public Bill Committees
Economic Activity of Public Bodies (Overseas Matters) Bill (Second sitting)
Committee stage: 2nd sitting - Tue 05 Sep 2023
Department for Levelling Up, Housing & Communities

Mentions:
1: Felicity Buchan (CON - Kensington) If the Government do not recognise this as genocide, then local governments and public bodies cannot - Speech Link
2: Anum Qaisar (SNP - Airdrie and Shotts) they can deal with the UK Government as a UK Government. - Speech Link
3: Wayne David (LAB - Caerphilly) The Government say they are committed to a two-state solution. - Speech Link
4: None Although our members are UK-based, we take a very keen interest in and recognise the importance and value - Speech Link
5: Felicity Buchan (CON - Kensington) the UK and internationally, it will add to pressure and encourage the UK Government to take a stronger - Speech Link


Lords Chamber
Illegal Migration Bill
Committee stage: Part 1 - Mon 05 Jun 2023
Home Office

Mentions:
1: Baroness Hamwee (LDEM - Life peer) The Government must face up to what should happen if the Secretary of State sets herself a duty and then - Speech Link
2: Lord Alton of Liverpool (CB - Life peer) deterrence cannot negate or supplant the duty of the UK and this Government to protect all children—every - Speech Link
3: Baroness Chakrabarti (LAB - Life peer) to tie the hands of the Secretary of State. - Speech Link
4: Lord Purvis of Tweed (LDEM - Life peer) Two of the main areas people are coming to the UK from, which the Government wish to stop, are conflict-afflicted - Speech Link
5: Lord Ponsonby of Shulbrede (LAB - Life peer) West Bank in Palestine last week. - Speech Link


Commons Chamber
Oral Answers to Questions - Tue 02 May 2023
Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office

Mentions:
1: James Cleverly (CON - Braintree) The UK remains committed to a two-state solution, and we consistently engage with Israel and the leadership - Speech Link
2: Tommy Sheppard (SNP - Edinburgh East) Now that it is the policy of the Israeli Government not to pursue a two-state solution, can he explain - Speech Link
3: Leo Docherty (CON - Aldershot) Of course, it is a very sensitive subject, but the policy of the UK Government is that recognition of - Speech Link
4: David Rutley (CON - Macclesfield) Only Israeli goods originating from the state of Israel will be covered by the new UK-Israel free trade - Speech Link
5: James Cleverly (CON - Braintree) The competences of the Scottish Government and the reserved position of the UK Government are absolutely - Speech Link


Commons Chamber
Human Rights Protections: Palestinians - Thu 20 Apr 2023
Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office

Mentions:
1: Wera Hobhouse (LDEM - Bath) Parliament has already called on the Government to recognise Palestine as a state. - Speech Link
2: Richard Burgon (LAB - Leeds East) That means—it has to mean—that the British Government should recognise the state of Palestine, as this - Speech Link
3: Imran Hussain (LAB - Bradford East) How much more does the future state of Palestine have to shrink before the UK Government will consider - Speech Link


Westminster Hall
International Human Rights Day - Thu 08 Dec 2022
Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office

Mentions:
1: Margaret Ferrier (IND - Rutherglen and Hamilton West) I ask that the UK Government pay special attention to it in the run-up and aftermath of the elections - Speech Link
2: Fiona Bruce (CON - Congleton) alliance and other advocates to urge the Kano state government to drop this unjust prosecution, for - Speech Link
3: Jeremy Corbyn (IND - Islington North) Surely at the centre of all this is a failure to recognise the rights of people to their own self-determination - Speech Link
4: Brendan O'Hara (SNP - Argyll and Bute) Member for Rhondda (Chris Bryant) highlighted that the UK Government have yet to formally condemn the - Speech Link
5: Bambos Charalambous (LAB - Enfield, Southgate) Alaa needs our solidarity and the backing of our Government, yet his family have said that the UK Government - Speech Link


Westminster Hall
Persecution of Christians - Thu 17 Nov 2022
Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office

Mentions:
1: Fiona Bruce (CON - Congleton) .”We need to recognise—I implore the Minister to do so today—that religious differences have everything - Speech Link
2: Edward Leigh (CON - Gainsborough) The situation is not much better in the west bank of Palestine, Israel. - Speech Link
3: Patricia Gibson (SNP - North Ayrshire and Arran) I include the UK Government in that—to support freedom of religion or belief around the world. - Speech Link
4: Patricia Gibson (SNP - North Ayrshire and Arran) It is unacceptable for any state, any Government or any person to attempt to interfere with someone or - Speech Link
5: Andrew Mitchell (CON - Sutton Coldfield) UK action in respect of that.I will come to the comments of the hon. - Speech Link


Grand Committee
Procurement Bill [HL]
Committee stage - Wed 26 Oct 2022
Cabinet Office

Mentions:
1: Lord Purvis of Tweed (LDEM - Life peer) clear dividing line when it came to the illegal occupation of Palestine. - Speech Link
2: Baroness Bennett of Manor Castle (GRN - Life peer) Unfortunately, on the account we heard this morning, the UK Government refused to countenance this being - Speech Link
3: Lord Wigley (PC - Life peer) made by the Welsh Government to the UK Government at that time, as well as to those of us serving on - Speech Link
4: Baroness Humphreys (LDEM - Life peer) wrote to the Minister for Brexit Opportunities on 18 May to ask the UK Government to consider an amendment - Speech Link


Commons Chamber
Iran’s Nuclear Programme - Thu 30 Jun 2022
Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office

Mentions:
1: Robert Jenrick (CON - Newark) In view of the reduction of this to as little as a few weeks, we need the Government to recognise that - Speech Link
2: Robert Jenrick (CON - Newark) proscription—I would like the UK Government to proscribe it as well—and a toughening of the monitoring - Speech Link
3: Jeremy Corbyn (IND - Islington North) in Palestine, the occupation of the west bank and the siege of Gaza. - Speech Link
4: Kirsty Blackman (SNP - Aberdeen North) action of their Government and given the opportunity to flourish.We agree with the calls for the UK - Speech Link
5: Bambos Charalambous (LAB - Enfield, Southgate) , and the UK Government must do everything possible to ensure their safe return home to the UK, as their - Speech Link


Lords Chamber
Queen’s Speech - Wed 18 May 2022
Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office

Mentions:
1: Lord Ricketts (CB - Life peer) Finland and Sweden formally applied today to join NATO. - Speech Link
2: Lord Lilley (CON - Life peer) The UK had first to leave the EU, agree to sign the withdrawal agreement and become a non-member state - Speech Link
3: Lord German (LDEM - Life peer) Do the Government recognise that teachers are one of the greatest levers in delivering global education - Speech Link
4: Lord Sentamu (CB - Life peer) UK government-to-government bilateral aid. - Speech Link