Written Evidence Dec. 18 2023
Inquiry: The UK’s engagement with the Middle East and North AfricaFound: presence in Syria has proliferated its military partnerships, both operationally and through weapons trade
Written Evidence Dec. 18 2023
Inquiry: The UK’s engagement with the Middle East and North AfricaFound: region (including those stemming from male guardianship), discrimination of the Bahai community in Iran
Written Evidence Dec. 18 2023
Inquiry: The UK’s engagement with the Middle East and North AfricaFound: a retreating Washington, and increased activism by medium powers like Turkey, Saudi Arabia and Iran
Mentions:
1: Wera Hobhouse (LD - Bath) at this time.We Liberal Democrats have for many years called for tougher controls on UK exports of arms - Speech Link
2: Penny Mordaunt (Con - Portsmouth North) Andrew Stunell that he was the activists’ activist, and I know that he will be greatly missed.On UK arms - Speech Link
May. 08 2024
Source Page: Chief of the Defence Staff Ash Carter Exchange SpeechFound: We’ve seen: an outright attack by Iran against Israel involving hundreds of ballistic missiles and
Mentions:
1: Baroness Neville-Jones (Con - Life peer) It has also helped ensure the continued flow of arms and materiel to Ukraine.There is no doubt that 2024 - Speech Link
2: Lord Anderson of Swansea (Lab - Life peer) Giorgia Meloni has been far more positive in her supply of arms to Ukraine than one expected, but her - Speech Link
3: Lord Bilimoria (XB - Life peer) , in the Red Sea; Hezbollah, supported by Iran, in Lebanon; and Pakistan and Iran attacking each other - Speech Link
4: Lord Glasman (Lab - Life peer) can—we have to conceptualise some form of ceasefire here strategically, so that we can build up our arms - Speech Link
5: Earl of Minto (Con - Excepted Hereditary) The new Office of Trade Sanctions Implementation will further strengthen the enforcement of our trade - Speech Link
Oral Evidence Jan. 23 2024
Inquiry: The UK’s engagement with the Middle East and North AfricaFound: do them on individuals—that’s a different matter—but in terms of economic sanctions, the total trade
Oral Evidence Jan. 23 2024
Inquiry: The UK’s engagement with the Middle East and North AfricaFound: do them on individuals—that’s a different matter—but in terms of economic sanctions, the total trade
Mentions:
1: Mims Davies (Con - Mid Sussex) Lady and I could trade statistics, but what I am interested in is opportunities for disabled people and - Speech Link
2: Kemi Badenoch (Con - Saffron Walden) We are doing more even on the trade side, where we continue to ensure that we have provisions that advance - Speech Link
3: Stephen Flynn (SNP - Aberdeen South) considers to be extremist threats to our society, and in doing so he actively compared North Korea, Iran - Speech Link
4: Liz Saville Roberts (PC - Dwyfor Meirionnydd) Harmful trade deals and Brexit checks are hitting our world-famous Welsh lamb and beef. - Speech Link
5: Richard Burgon (Lab - Leeds East) The killing of British aid workers is not enough to move the Prime Minister to end arms sales. - Speech Link
Mentions:
1: Andrew Mitchell (Con - Sutton Coldfield) Ukraine’s own defence industrial base, with 29 defence businesses visiting Kyiv in April—our largest trade - Speech Link
2: Andrew Mitchell (Con - Sutton Coldfield) up the economic pressure on Russia and, with the US, we have taken decisive steps against the global trade - Speech Link
3: Bernard Jenkin (Con - Harwich and North Essex) The axis of Russia, China, North Korea and Iran is strengthening. - Speech Link
4: Dan Carden (Lab - Liverpool, Walton) Russia is deepening its relationship with Iran, North Korea and India, through which Russian oil and - Speech Link
5: Geoffrey Clifton-Brown (Con - The Cotswolds) Europe needs to step up its arms manufacturing, which it has pledged to do, but it seems to be doing - Speech Link