Oral Answers to Questions

Debate between Dominic Raab and Adam Holloway

Tuesday 19th January 2021 Commons Chamber

[Dominic Raab]

I have had detailed discussions with the Home Secretary about the response to this and other examples of hostile state action. We have one of the most open and generous asylum systems in the world, and we continually focus on the support we provide for civil society groups, including media organisations in both Russia and Belarus.

[Adam Holloway (Gravesham) (Con) [V]]

How many British Islamic State prisoners—men, women and children—are being held in northern Syria, and are there any plans for them to come back to the UK? If not, what assistance are we providing to the Kurds to secure them, and indeed the other prisoners, because I understand that many of them are escaping?

Oral Answers to Questions

Debate between Dominic Raab and Adam Holloway

Tuesday 24th November 2020 Commons Chamber

[Dominic Raab]

I share the hon. Gentleman’s horror at some of the reports of the civilian casualties. We take this incredibly seriously, energetically and actively at the United Nations. Let me reassure him that UK funding is already helping those in urgent need of assistance. In Ethiopia specifically, the UK funds the World Food Programme, the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees, UNICEF and the UN Office for the Co-ordination of Humanitarian Affairs.

[Adam Holloway (Gravesham) (Con)]

What recent assessment the Government have made of the (a) political and (b) humanitarian situation in Yemen.