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Lords Chamber
Situation in Israel and the Occupied Palestinian Territories - Tue 30 Jan 2024
Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office

Mentions:
1: None The Government are focused on practical solutions to get aid into Gaza. - Speech Link
2: None For our part, Britain continues to engage closely with the Israeli Government on the conduct of their military - Speech Link
3: Lord Collins of Highbury (Lab - Life peer) However, Gaza is in a humanitarian emergency, and aid getting in must surge, not stop. - Speech Link
4: Lord Benyon (Con - Life peer) The Foreign Secretary is not here today because he is travelling to the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, Oman - Speech Link

Select Committee
Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office, and Stephen Hickey

Oral Evidence May. 14 2024

Inquiry: The UK’s engagement with the Middle East and North Africa
Inquiry Status: Closed
Committee: Foreign Affairs Committee (Department: Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office)

Found: Arabia, you are bringing.

Westminster Hall
Gaza: Humanitarian Aid and Children - Thu 08 Feb 2024
Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office

Mentions:
1: Apsana Begum (Lab - Poplar and Limehouse) What are the blocks on humanitarian aid? According to reports, the flow of aid is being drip-fed. - Speech Link
2: Andy Slaughter (Lab - Hammersmith) The first time was just after Operation Cast Lead, another major Israeli military incursion, though obviously - Speech Link
3: Wayne David (Lab - Caerphilly) team are discussing the situation with our counterparts in Palestine, Israel, Jordan, Egypt, Oman, Saudi - Speech Link

Select Committee
National Council of Resistance of Iran - UK Representative Office
 MENA0013 - The UK’s engagement with the Middle East and North Africa

Written Evidence Dec. 18 2023

Inquiry: The UK’s engagement with the Middle East and North Africa
Inquiry Status: Closed
Committee: Foreign Affairs Committee (Department: Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office)

Found: Others contend that it aims to propagate its ideology and weaken rivals like Saudi Arabia.

Departmental Publication (News and Communications)
Ministry of Defence

Oct. 22 2023

Source Page: Defence Secretary Grant Shapps visits US for urgent talks in support of global stability amid Gaza-Israel crisis
Document: Defence Secretary Grant Shapps visits US for urgent talks in support of global stability amid Gaza-Israel crisis (webpage)

Found: UK has sent military assets to the eastern Mediterranean to prevent escalation and provide humanitarian

Select Committee
Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office, and Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

Oral Evidence Apr. 30 2024

Committee: International Relations and Defence Committee

Found: My question is about the protection of aid workers.

Westminster Hall
Universal Declaration of Human Rights and UN Convention on Genocide - Thu 07 Dec 2023
Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office

Mentions:
1: Tony Lloyd (Lab - Rochdale) Both of those things are in contravention of articles of the declaration.Regarding Saudi Arabia, we know - Speech Link
2: Fleur Anderson (Lab - Putney) As well as the diplomatic and military, civil society is absolutely crucial. - Speech Link
3: Lyn Brown (Lab - West Ham) Arabia or the African Union’s leadership to have an impact. - Speech Link

Lords Chamber
Economic Activity of Public Bodies (Overseas Matters) Bill
Committee stage part one - Tue 07 May 2024
Cabinet Office

Mentions:
1: None After the military coup in Myanmar, 16 trade unions were declared illegal and trade union activists have - Speech Link
2: None Arabia, Somalia, South Sudan, Sri Lanka, Sudan, Syria, Turkmenistan, Uzbekistan, Venezuela, Yemen and - Speech Link
3: None The FCDO list also includes Saudi Arabia, as I mentioned, which operates the kafala system of bonded - Speech Link
4: Lord Warner (XB - Life peer) thousands of women and children have been killed or displaced, and are starving, as a result of Israeli military - Speech Link

Commons Chamber
Israel and Palestine - Mon 08 Jan 2024
Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office

Mentions:
1: Andrew Mitchell (Con - Sutton Coldfield) to say it is important that the conflict is contained, and from the first moment Britain has moved military - Speech Link
2: Andrew Mitchell (Con - Sutton Coldfield) It is not for me to second-guess the military tactics of what is going on in Gaza, but all I can say - Speech Link
3: Andy Slaughter (Lab - Hammersmith) The Minister says Israeli military action should be targeted on Hamas leaders and operatives. - Speech Link
4: Andrew Mitchell (Con - Sutton Coldfield) Abdullah, President al-Sisi, António Guterres, President Mahmoud Abbas and Mohammed bin Salman from Saudi - Speech Link

Select Committee
UN Sanctions Monitoring Group, SOAS Middle East Institute, Centre for Middle Eastern Studies and KCL, and International Crisis Group

Oral Evidence Jan. 16 2024

Inquiry: The UK’s international counter-terrorism policy
Inquiry Status: Closed
Committee: Foreign Affairs Committee (Department: Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office)

Found: With the Hodeidah scenario at that time, I know for a fact that Saudi Arabia thought for a while