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Departmental Publication (News and Communications)
Department for Digital, Culture, Media & Sport

Oct. 30 2023

Source Page: Culture Secretary Lucy Frazer's speech on Journalism Matters Week
Document: Culture Secretary Lucy Frazer's speech on Journalism Matters Week (webpage)

Found: The American Journalist James Foley who was abducted in Syria and beheaded by ISIS.

Lords Chamber
Foreign Affairs - Tue 05 Mar 2024
Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office

Mentions:
1: Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon (Con - Life peer) We could talk about Myanmar, Sudan, Yemen, Venezuela, the DRC, Syria and Ethiopia —the list goes on. - Speech Link
2: Baroness Goldie (Con - Life peer) a hostile and unco-operative Russia and Syria, at times supported by a minority of other states. - Speech Link
3: Lord Polak (Con - Life peer) I refer the House to my registered interests as president of Conservative Friends of Israel and director - Speech Link
4: Lord Bruce of Bennachie (LD - Life peer) , Syria and Ukraine mean that the UK has lost influence and trust right across the continent. - Speech Link
5: Baroness Altmann (Con - Life peer) I urge my noble friends to stand firm on the right side of history against the forces of anti-Semitism - Speech Link

Commons Chamber
Iran-Israel Update - Mon 15 Apr 2024
Cabinet Office

Mentions:
1: Rishi Sunak (Con - Richmond (Yorks)) with our Australian friends after the horrific and senseless attacks in Sydney in recent days. - Speech Link
2: Ian Blackford (SNP - Ross, Skye and Lochaber) I say to the Prime Minister that we must do more today with our allies to protect our friends, and give - Speech Link

Departmental Publication (News and Communications)
Ministry of Defence

Feb. 27 2024

Source Page: Chief of the Defence Chatham House Security and Defence Conference 2024 keynote speech
Document: Chief of the Defence Chatham House Security and Defence Conference 2024 keynote speech (webpage)

Found: Chief of the Defence Chatham House Security and Defence Conference 2024 keynote speech

Westminster Hall
Countering Iran’s Hostile Activities - Wed 08 May 2024
No Department present

Mentions:
1: Margaret Hodge (Lab - Barking) My thanks also go to Redress and Labour Friends of Israel for the briefings that they have provided. - Speech Link
2: Iain Duncan Smith (Con - Chingford and Woodford Green) groups in the middle east, and to the long reach of Iran through countries such as Syria and beyond.Militarily - Speech Link
3: Sharon Hodgson (Lab - Washington and Sunderland West) be proscribed, we focus on the havoc it has wreaked across the middle east in Gaza, Lebanon, Yemen, Syria - Speech Link
4: Jim Shannon (DUP - Strangford) That building in Syria was not a consulate; it was a terrorist organisation base where attacks across - Speech Link
5: Chris Law (SNP - Dundee West) missiles at Israel in retaliation for a deadly Israeli strike on the Iranian consulate in Damascus, Syria - 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: From having direct experience of working in British embassies in the Middle East and having many friends

Commons Chamber
Oral Answers to Questions - Tue 30 Apr 2024
Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office

Mentions:
1: Alyn Smith (SNP - Stirling) What progress is he making on a comprehensive deal to that end with our EU friends, including Ireland - Speech Link
2: Philippa Whitford (SNP - Central Ayrshire) in Gaza, I must say that I have been heartbroken over the past six months by what I am hearing from friends - Speech Link
3: Wera Hobhouse (LD - Bath) currently ranked as the least free place for civil and political rights by Freedom House, alongside Syria - Speech Link
4: Rob Butler (Con - Aylesbury) Friend let them know what further plans he has to provide more aid directly, especially with our friends - Speech Link
5: David Davis (Con - Haltemprice and Howden) Shamima Begum and other women and children from northern Syria? - Speech Link

Lords Chamber
Inadmissible Asylum Seekers - Thu 09 May 2024
Home Office

Mentions:
1: Baroness Hamwee (LD - Life peer) My Lords, both my noble friends have asked some questions. - Speech Link
2: Lord Sharpe of Epsom (Con - Life peer) of certain nationalities, such as those from Afghanistan, Eritrea, Libya, Syria, Yemen and, more recently - Speech Link

Select Committee
School of Government and International Affairs, University of Durham, Politics, Philosophy and Religion Department, University of Lancaster, and School of Politics and International Relations, Queen Mary University of London

Oral Evidence Dec. 05 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: School of Government and International Affairs, University of Durham, Politics, Philosophy and Religion

Select Committee
Foreign Commonwealth and Development Office, and Policy Exchange

Oral Evidence Dec. 05 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: The last pillar is to support our friends.