Oral Answers to Questions

Debate between James Cleverly and Dehenna Davison

Tuesday 25th January 2022 Commons Chamber

[Dehenna Davison (Bishop Auckland) (Con)]

9. What recent diplomatic steps her Department has taken to help strengthen security partnerships with nations around the world.

[The Minister for the Middle East, North Africa and North America (James Cleverly)]

We are building a network of security partnerships to protect our people, our partners and our freedoms. My right hon. Friend the Foreign Secretary has already outlined a number of interactions that she has had at multilateral and bilateral level, which echo conversations that the Prime Minister had last week. The Foreign Secretary was in Australia alongside the Defence Secretary for talks with our Australian counterparts, and on 12 January I was at the NATO headquarters alongside European and Atlantic allies for the NATO-Russia Council. As the Foreign Secretary has made clear, we are working through those partnerships to advance our interests from a position of strength.

[Dehenna Davison]

I am very proud of the firm support that the UK has shown for Ukraine as we see increasingly unstable and threatening behaviour from Russia. Can my right hon. Friend confirm that as Russia’s threatening behaviour towards Ukraine continues and intensifies, he and all Ministers are working with our global partners to encourage further support for Ukraine?

[James Cleverly]

I can absolutely confirm that our support for Ukraine is discharged not only bilaterally, with training teams and defensive military equipment support, but with work at a multinational level through the Quad, which I attended recently, through NATO and through other international institutions such as the G7, to ensure that all countries support the principles of self-determination, territorial integrity, peace and freedom.

Yemen

Debate between James Cleverly and Dehenna Davison

Monday 8th February 2021 Commons Chamber

[James Cleverly]

The UK has played a leading role in pursuing peace in Yemen. I have spoken to the representatives of the Government of Yemen and representatives of the Houthis, as well as to Martin Griffiths, in pursuit of that. The UK absolutely stands by its leading position in attempting to bring about a meaningful and sustainable peace in Yemen.

[Dehenna Davison (Bishop Auckland) (Con) [V]]

I thank my right hon. Friend for his response to this timely urgent question. What role can the UK play to ensure that all partners in the region are working actively to end the war in Yemen?

Oral Answers to Questions

Debate between James Cleverly and Dehenna Davison

Wednesday 10th June 2020 Commons Chamber

[James Cleverly]

The UK has provided £840,000 to the WHO and UNICEF in response to covid-19. We maintain robust measures to ensure that aid is not diverted. We are determined to continue to play our responsible part in cross-Government approaches to support the Palestinian people and to work towards peace in the region.

[Dehenna Davison (Bishop Auckland) (Con)]

What steps her Department has taken to support UK charities in their response to the covid-19 pandemic in developing countries.