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Alison Thewliss Excerpts
Tuesday 24th November 2015

(9 years ago)

Commons Chamber
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Tobias Ellwood Portrait Mr Ellwood
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My hon. Friend is absolutely right: the focus should be on supporting Iraq. Unfortunately, many Sunnis in Iraq still believe that they are not properly represented in Baghdad. We are working with Prime Minister Abadi to encourage laws on the national guard and on financial services to go through so that Sunnis have a place and are represented properly in Baghdad.

Alison Thewliss Portrait Alison Thewliss (Glasgow Central) (SNP)
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I thank the Under-Secretary for writing to me about my Yemeni constituents. I read the Home Office advice to which he directed me, but does he agree that it does not inspire confidence that the Home Office managed to mis-translate “Médecins Sans Frontières”? Will he meet me and the Home Office to discuss that further?

Tobias Ellwood Portrait Mr Ellwood
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I am grateful to the hon. Lady for raising that matter, and I should be delighted to meet her to discuss it in more detail.