Debates between Chris Law and David Lammy during the 2024 Parliament

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Debate between Chris Law and David Lammy
Tuesday 26th November 2024

(3 weeks, 6 days ago)

Commons Chamber
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David Lammy Portrait Mr Lammy
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Yesterday at the G7 meeting in Rome, Foreign Ministers discussed that very issue. We were united—all of us—in condemning any suggestion of annexation. We would stand against it.

Chris Law Portrait Chris Law (Dundee Central) (SNP)
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3. If he will increase the amount and proportion of official development assistance allocated to humanitarian projects.

China: Human Rights and Sanctions

Debate between Chris Law and David Lammy
Monday 28th October 2024

(1 month, 3 weeks ago)

Commons Chamber
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David Lammy Portrait Mr Lammy
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Yes, I can. This was a very serious issue that I put to the Foreign Minister. We have evidence that Chinese parts with dual use capability are turning up in Russia, and they are taking lives in Ukraine, which is entirely unacceptable. My hon. Friend will not be surprised that the Chinese denied this, but we have the evidence and we put it on the table.

Chris Law Portrait Chris Law (Dundee Central) (SNP)
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Will the Foreign Secretary assure the House that the UK will not seek to resume the economic and financial dialogue that was paused after the imposition of the Hong Kong national security law, given that more than 60% of the components used to prosecute Putin’s illegal war in Ukraine come from China?

David Lammy Portrait Mr Lammy
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The hon. Member again raises this serious issue in the House. It is entirely unacceptable and we will continue to engage on it.

Middle East

Debate between Chris Law and David Lammy
Monday 28th October 2024

(1 month, 3 weeks ago)

Commons Chamber
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Chris Law Portrait Chris Law (Dundee Central) (SNP)
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Yair Golan is an Israeli politician who, only last month, attended the Labour party conference and had meetings with MPs, including photo opportunities with the Foreign Secretary and the Minister for the middle east, the hon. Member for Lincoln (Hamish Falconer).

Yair Golan is the same Israeli politician who, late last year, said in the Israeli press that starving people to death is “completely legitimate.” Given that the entire population of northern Gaza is on the brink of dying from famine, as repeatedly described both by Members here today and by the under-secretary-general of the United Nations, will the Foreign Secretary sanction Yair Golan, in addition to his already stated aim of considering sanctions against Bezalel Smotrich for justifying the use of starvation against Palestinians as a weapon of war?

David Lammy Portrait Mr Lammy
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The hon. Gentleman makes his point effectively, and those issues are being kept under review.