Oral Answers to Questions

Debate between Steve Yemm and Hamish Falconer

Tuesday 13th May 2025 Commons Chamber

[Steve Yemm (Mansfield) (Lab)]

T6. Over the past few days, The Times has reported that an airport worker and his wife, who works in the NHS, have been raising funds in the UK through an unregistered charity called Zayir UK and sending them to Hezbollah-linked groups in Lebanon. What steps is the Minister taking to ensure that charitable donations in the UK cannot be used to fund terrorism in the middle east?

[Mr Falconer]

The entirety of Hezbollah has been proscribed in the UK since 2019. Raising money for terrorist organisations is a criminal offence. This Government will continue to take robust action against those suspected of raising money for terrorist organisations in the middle east and around the world.

Oral Answers to Questions

Debate between Steve Yemm and Hamish Falconer

Tuesday 22nd October 2024 Commons Chamber

[Steve Yemm (Mansfield) (Lab)]

T8. What update can the Minister give us on UK support for the International Fund for Israeli-Palestinian Peace? Will the Government convene a summit of international partners to ensure that civil society is at the heart of peace building in the coming years in the region?

[Hamish Falconer]

I refer my hon. Friend to my previous answer. I will also write to him with further details of what we will do.