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Philip Hollobone Excerpts
Tuesday 26th October 2021

(2 years, 5 months ago)

Commons Chamber
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James Cleverly Portrait The Minister for the Middle East and North Africa (James Cleverly)
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My right hon. Friend the Foreign Secretary engages regularly with the leadership of both Israel and the Palestinian Authority. It remains a foundation stone of UK foreign policy in the region to pursue, support and, where possible, facilitate a two-state solution based on 1967 lines with agreed land swaps and Jerusalem as a shared capital of both states.

Philip Hollobone Portrait Mr Philip Hollobone (Kettering) (Con)
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T7. As well as funding anti-Israel terror groups in Lebanon, Gaza and Syria, Iran is systematically and aggressively advancing its nuclear weapons programme, and is now enriching uranium to 60% for the first time ever. While the west dithers, Iran enriches more uranium. Do we actually have a serious and credible plan to prevent Iran from getting a nuclear weapon?

Elizabeth Truss Portrait Elizabeth Truss
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My hon. Friend is right: we absolutely must stop Iran securing those nuclear capabilities, and we are working closely with our allies across the world. I have chaired a meeting of the five permanent members of the Security Council to discuss this very issue.