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Grand Committee
Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action - Thu 07 Apr 2022
Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office

Mentions:
1: Lord Hannay of Chiswick (CB - Life peer) They include Yemen, where the announcement of a two-month truce is obviously welcome but does not take - Speech Link
2: Baroness Deech (CB - Life peer) President Biden has failed to incentivise nations to make peace with Israel. - Speech Link
3: Baroness Bennett of Manor Castle (GRN - Life peer) That means we have to think about the context of the wars in Yemen and Syria, building greater solidarity - Speech Link
4: Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon (CON - Life peer) Lord, Lord Hannay, reminded us of: perhaps—I use that word deliberately and cautiously—the truce in Yemen - Speech Link


Lords Chamber
Nationality and Borders Bill
Consideration of Commons amendments - Mon 04 Apr 2022
Home Office

Mentions:
1: Lord Murphy of Torfaen (LAB - Life peer) We were dealing with the border as part of the peace process. - Speech Link
2: Baroness Ritchie of Downpatrick (LAB - Life peer) ask the Minister—and I say this to the Government in the most sincere terms—to please continue direct negotiations - Speech Link
3: Lord Coaker (LAB - Life peer) confirms that 87% of those arriving by small boats in 2021 comprised nationals from Iran, Iraq, Syria and Yemen - Speech Link
4: Lord Kerr of Kinlochard (CB - Life peer) they automatically all fall into class 2, as with those fleeing famine in Ethiopia, Eritrea and the Yemen - Speech Link


Commons Chamber
Easter Adjournment - Thu 31 Mar 2022
Leader of the House

Mentions:
1: Jeremy Corbyn (IND - Islington North) needs to be an urgent ceasefire, a withdrawal of forces and a long-term settlement that brings about peace - Speech Link
2: Jeremy Corbyn (IND - Islington North) In Yemen, which is now the world’s worst humanitarian disaster, there has been constant bombing for a - Speech Link
3: Fleur Anderson (LAB - Putney) waiting 18 months to hear news.It is not clear which developers are involved in the discussions and negotiations - Speech Link


Lords Chamber
Ukraine - Wed 30 Mar 2022
Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office

Mentions:
1: None humanitarian aid in dealing with the wider consequences of the crisis; and through supporting Ukraine in any negotiations - Speech Link
2: None We have set up a negotiations unit to ensure that the strongest possible support is available to the - Speech Link
3: None Together, we can secure a lasting peace that restores Ukraine’s sovereignty. - Speech Link
4: Baroness Northover (LDEM - Life peer) We already have famine in Yemen and Afghanistan. - Speech Link
5: Lord McDonald of Salford (CB - Life peer) President Zelensky may have to agree an unsatisfactory peace. - Speech Link


Commons Chamber
Nationality and Borders Bill
Consideration of Lords amendments - Tue 22 Mar 2022
Home Office

Mentions:
1: Tom Pursglove (CON - Corby) added new powers to enable us to impose visa penalties on countries posing a threat to international peace - Speech Link
2: Tom Pursglove (CON - Corby) I cannot give a running commentary on negotiations, nor share information that could tie the hands of - Speech Link
3: Claudia Webbe (IND - Leicester East) despair that we all feel for Ukraine should be identical to the sorrow and despair that we feel for Yemen - Speech Link
4: Edward Leigh (CON - Gainsborough) The push factors are enormous, such is the misery in the world in places such as Yemen, Syria, Iraq and - Speech Link
5: Tom Pursglove (CON - Corby) penalty powers, meaning that we can impose penalties where a country poses a risk to international peace - Speech Link


Grand Committee
International Women’s Day and Protecting the Equality of Women in the UK and Internationally - Thu 17 Mar 2022
Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office

Mentions:
1: Baroness Stedman-Scott (CON - Life peer) The UK played a leading role in developing the treaty over two years of negotiations. - Speech Link
2: Lord Purvis of Tweed (LDEM - Life peer) five.We also know that women and girls have been disproportionately affected in the horrific conflict in Yemen - Speech Link
3: Baroness Hodgson of Abinger (CON - Life peer) You cannot build peace by leaving out half the population—look at Syria, Yemen and Afghanistan. - Speech Link
4: Baroness Stedman-Scott (CON - Life peer) In negotiations at the UN and in other multilateral fora, the UK stands firm against organised attempts - Speech Link


Commons Chamber
Ukraine - Tue 15 Mar 2022
No Department present

Mentions:
1: Diane Abbott (LAB - Hackney North and Stoke Newington) the approach to no less terrified victims of other wars, such as Afghanistan, Iraq, Syria, Libya and Yemen - Speech Link
2: Steven Bonnar (SNP - Coatbridge, Chryston and Bellshill) The conflicts in Palestine, Yemen, Sudan, Iraq and Kashmir are all ongoing, but without much concern - Speech Link
3: Bernard Jenkin (CON - Harwich and North Essex) We enjoyed a 30-year peace dividend, but the peace is over and the dividend is cancelled. - Speech Link
4: Zarah Sultana (LAB - Coventry South) This month marks eight years since the beginning of the Saudi-led war on Yemen, which has claimed more - Speech Link
5: John Healey (LAB - Wentworth and Dearne) All diplomatic efforts are needed to secure a ceasefire, negotiations and a full Russian withdrawal.When - Speech Link


Lords Chamber
Sanctions - Tue 01 Mar 2022
Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office

Mentions:
1: Lord Purvis of Tweed (LDEM - Life peer) Can the Minister confirm that support for those who are suffering in other conflict zones, such as Yemen - Speech Link
2: Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon (CON - Life peer) Yesterday, President Zelensky, notwithstanding his own assessment of what the outcome would be of those negotiations - Speech Link


Lords Chamber
Ukraine Update - Tue 22 Feb 2022
Leader of the House

Mentions:
1: Baroness Evans of Bowes Park (CON - Life peer) a Statement about the situation in Ukraine.Last night President Putin flagrantly violated the Minsk peace - Speech Link
2: Lord Newby (LDEM - Life peer) Government—and, indeed, all western Governments—have given Putin every opportunity to pursue his aims by negotiations - Speech Link
3: Baroness Ludford (LDEM - Life peer) The Statement says that he has“flagrantly violated the Minsk peace agreements”.The noble Baroness said - Speech Link
4: Lord Sterling of Plaistow (CON - Life peer) A great deal of that grain goes to the Sudan, Libya and Yemen; they badly need it, because they have - Speech Link


Commons Chamber
Oral Answers to Questions - Tue 25 Jan 2022
Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office

Mentions:
1: Matthew Offord (CON - Hendon) to the region, yet Hamas publicly condemn peace negotiations and has committed itself to Israel’s destruction - Speech Link
2: Emma Lewell-Buck (LAB - South Shields) What diplomatic steps the Government are taking to help support a negotiated peace settlement in Yemen - Speech Link
3: James Cleverly (CON - Braintree) UK support for the UN-led peace process to drive forward the political process in Yemen. - Speech Link
4: James Cleverly (CON - Braintree) peace to Yemen and properly help the Yemeni people to lift themselves out of poverty. - Speech Link