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Westminster Hall
Yemen: Humanitarian Situation and Children’s Rights - Tue 09 May 2023
Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office

Mentions:
1: Carol Monaghan (SNP - Glasgow North West) The focus of this debate, however, is not the military course of the war, nor the complex political negotiations - Speech Link
2: Carol Monaghan (SNP - Glasgow North West) The UK actually has its fingers in the pie in Yemen, and it is certainly not helping to broker peace - Speech Link
3: Carol Monaghan (SNP - Glasgow North West) Even if peace is brought about by the coalition and starts tomorrow—the UK is the UN penholder for Yemen - Speech Link
4: Bambos Charalambous (LAB - Enfield, Southgate) For there to be any sort of enduring peace in Yemen, the abuse of children recruited into war must be - Speech Link
5: David Rutley (CON - Macclesfield) The de facto truce shows how things could improve for the people in Yemen if peace could be placed on - Speech Link


Commons Chamber
Sudan - Mon 24 Apr 2023
Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office

Mentions:
1: Lyn Brown (LAB - West Ham) People who only want peace, justice and democracy are showing again their solidarity and extraordinary - Speech Link
2: Dave Doogan (SNP - Angus) Venezuela and Sudan; Turkey has evacuated 640, including people from Azerbaijan, Japan, China, Mexico and Yemen - Speech Link
3: Andrew Mitchell (CON - Sutton Coldfield) that answer about Sudan last year: because all our efforts were bent towards trying to support the peace - Speech Link


Grand Committee
British-Iranian Relations - Thu 23 Feb 2023
Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office

Mentions:
1: Lord Alton of Liverpool (CB - Life peer) Ukraine and its support for regional proxies destabilising the region—not least for the Houthis in Yemen - Speech Link
2: Lord Hannay of Chiswick (CB - Life peer) overseas services.In conclusion, I will mention another long-standing priority: the currently stagnant negotiations - Speech Link
3: Baroness Deech (CB - Life peer) It is the cause of destabilisation right across the Middle East, supporting Assad, the rebels in Yemen - Speech Link
4: Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon (CON - Life peer) same view the importance of acting together.On wider destabilisation, I met the Foreign Minister of Yemen - Speech Link


Commons Chamber
Oral Answers to Questions - Tue 31 Jan 2023
Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office

Mentions:
1: Leo Docherty (CON - Aldershot) What we are pressing for is a return to negotiations and a peaceful settlement to this conflict; I will - Speech Link
2: Flick Drummond (CON - Meon Valley) FSO Safer, the oil tanker off the coast of Yemen, continues to deteriorate. - Speech Link
3: Jeremy Corbyn (IND - Islington North) and Britain has sold billions of pounds-worth of arms to Saudi Arabia, which have been used to bomb Yemen - Speech Link


Westminster Hall
International Day of Education - Thu 26 Jan 2023
Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office

Mentions:
1: Vicky Ford (CON - Chelmsford) Democratic Republic of the Congo, Ethiopia, Mali, Nigeria, Pakistan, Somalia, South Sudan, Sudan and Yemen - Speech Link
2: Patricia Gibson (SNP - North Ayrshire and Arran) proclaimed 24 January as the International Day of Education in celebration of the role of education in peace - Speech Link
3: Bambos Charalambous (LAB - Enfield, Southgate) More specifically, will she rule out reductions in UK funding to Afghanistan while negotiations between - Speech Link


Commons Chamber
Iran - Thu 12 Jan 2023
Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office

Mentions:
1: Bob Blackman (CON - Harrow East) armed a vast network of middle eastern terrorist groups, from Hezbollah in Lebanon to the Houthis in Yemen - Speech Link
2: Alicia Kearns (CON - Rutland and Melton) heard that sentiment uttered once in my time working there—but did we think that he could not bring peace - Speech Link
3: Matthew Offord (CON - Hendon) Proxy wars in Yemen and Syria are claiming thousands of lives, while political interference in Lebanon - Speech Link


Lords Chamber
Ukraine: Tactical Nuclear Weapons - Thu 01 Dec 2022
Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office

Mentions:
1: Baroness Meyer (CON - Life peer) Negotiating for a peace deal seems nay impossible, particularly since the red lines are drawn around - Speech Link
2: Lord Skidelsky (CB - Life peer) It is supported by the Opposition and echoed by the media.In calling for peace, I may be an isolated - Speech Link
3: Lord Bilimoria (CB - Life peer) Our nation will be reunited and there will be peace again. - Speech Link
4: Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon (CON - Life peer) is playing its role in alleviating the acute food crisis elsewhere, in countries such as Ethiopia, Yemen - Speech Link


Commons Chamber
Hunting Trophies (Import Prohibition) Bill - Fri 25 Nov 2022
Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Mentions:
1: Flick Drummond (CON - Meon Valley) there are problems that we must address.I have a personal interest, through the work of my father in Yemen - Speech Link
2: Simon Fell (CON - Barrow and Furness) Wild animals just want to be left in peace, but trophy hunters —lacking empathy, compassion, and respect - Speech Link


Westminster Hall
Yemen Peace Process - Thu 03 Nov 2022
Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office

Mentions:
1: Flick Drummond (CON - Meon Valley) Her role can also help to encourage negotiations, showing that peace brings dividends. - Speech Link
2: Valerie Vaz (LAB - Walsall South) anti-Houthi forces, a move that could set the stage for inclusive negotiations. - Speech Link
3: Khalid Mahmood (LAB - Birmingham, Perry Barr) negotiations going and engage with the south. - Speech Link
4: David Rutley (CON - Macclesfield) For peace to be achieved Yemen, it needs all members of minority religions to be involved in the peace - Speech Link


Lords Chamber
Women, Peace and Security Bill [HL]
2nd reading - Fri 28 Oct 2022
Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office

Mentions:
1: Baroness Hodgson of Abinger (CON - Life peer) My Lords, it gives me great pleasure to introduce this Private Member’s Bill on women, peace and security - Speech Link
2: Baroness Goudie (LAB - Life peer) further happenings such as those we have seen—women and families from Afghanistan, Ukraine, Syria and Yemen - Speech Link
3: Baroness Coussins (CB - Life peer) enacted by the Government—in any future reports, policies and commitments, including free trade agreement negotiations - Speech Link
4: Baroness Hodgson of Abinger (CON - Life peer) I loved his quote, that“development is the mortar of peace.” - Speech Link