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Westminster Hall
Religious Persecution and the World Watch List - Thu 25 Jan 2024
Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office

Mentions:
1: Jim Shannon (DUP - Strangford) members of the Church of England. - Speech Link
2: Patricia Gibson (SNP - North Ayrshire and Arran) Christians are Somalia, Libya, Eritrea, Yemen, Nigeria, Pakistan, Sudan, Iran, Afghanistan, India, Syria - Speech Link
3: Lyn Brown (Lab - West Ham) I know that all friends on both sides of the Chamber will agree that we do not hear enough about the - Speech Link


Lords Chamber
Safety of Rwanda (Asylum and Immigration) Bill
2nd reading - Mon 29 Jan 2024
Home Office

Mentions:
1: Lord Ponsonby of Shulbrede (Lab - Life peer) our European friends. - Speech Link
2: Lord Kerr of Kinlochard (XB - Life peer) Much the largest groups came from Afghanistan, Iran, Eritrea, Sudan and Syria. - Speech Link
3: Lord Baker of Dorking (Con - Life peer) Albania will not take refugees from Syria, Iraq, Turkey, Egypt, or any of the sub-Saharan African countries.What - Speech Link
4: Lord Carlile of Berriew (XB - Life peer) I agree with the comments made by noble friends and other noble Lords on the rule of law, including the - Speech Link
5: Baroness O'Loan (XB - Life peer) I do not think that many of us could live in Syria, Afghanistan or anywhere else on a salary of about - Speech Link


Lords Chamber
Holocaust Memorial Day - Fri 02 Feb 2024
Department for Levelling Up, Housing & Communities

Mentions:
1: Lord Austin of Dudley (Non-affiliated - Life peer) Think about this: in the Middle East, half a million people have been killed in Syria, almost 400,000 - Speech Link
2: Lord Palmer of Childs Hill (LD - Life peer) I am president of the Liberal Democrat Friends of Israel and a vice-president of the Jewish Leadership - Speech Link
3: Baroness Taylor of Stevenage (Lab - Life peer) I praise the courage of a number of my noble friends, and friends in the other place, who suffered during - Speech Link


Lords Chamber
Terrorism Act 2000 (Proscribed Organisations) (Amendment) Order 2023 - Thu 14 Sep 2023
Home Office

Mentions:
1: Lord Sharpe of Epsom (CON - Life peer) including Ukraine, Syria, the Central African Republic, Sudan, Libya, Mozambique and Mali. - Speech Link
2: Lord Purvis of Tweed (LDEM - Life peer) measure, I hope that His Majesty’s Government will be assertive not just in following suit with our friends - Speech Link
3: Lord Cormack (CON - Life peer) a couple of weeks ago, with the death of the founder of this ghastly group, what is going to happen - Speech Link
4: Lord Coaker (LAB - Life peer) We know that Wagner has a record of violence, theft and murder, from Ukraine to Syria, from Mali to Mozambique - Speech Link
5: Lord Sharpe of Epsom (CON - Life peer) Both the House of Commons and the House of Lords have discussed IRGC proscription, with the House of - Speech Link


Lords Chamber
Economic Activity of Public Bodies (Overseas Matters) Bill
2nd reading - Tue 20 Feb 2024
Cabinet Office

Mentions:
1: Lord Boateng (Lab - Life peer) the proper concerns of the Society of Friends—the Quakers—about this Bill in its helpful briefing to - Speech Link
2: Lord Palmer of Childs Hill (LD - Life peer) I was on the Golan Heights the week after they were taken from Syria to stop Syria shelling the Israeli - Speech Link
3: Baroness Deech (XB - Life peer) against Syria, where the conflict has killed and displaced millions. - Speech Link


Lords Chamber
Universal Declaration of Human Rights - Mon 11 Dec 2023
No Department present

Mentions:
1: Baroness Chakrabarti (Lab - Life peer) of the signing of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights. - Speech Link
2: Baroness Helic (Con - Life peer) We rightly support and show solidarity to our Ukrainian friends and allies, but we have not shown remotely - Speech Link
3: Lord Collins of Highbury (Lab - Life peer) Government for leading debates at the HRC, and for raising issues and tabling resolutions concerning Syria - Speech Link
4: Baroness Swinburne (Con - Life peer) Lady Helic that we have led on resolutions establishing or removing UN accountability mechanisms for Syria - Speech Link


Select Committee
n/a
MENA0049 - 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: In the current absence of any realistic possibility of a final settlement of the Israel / Palestine


Bill Documents
14 Sep 2023 - Bill proceedings: Commons
All proceedings up to 14 September 2023 at Public Bill Committee Stage
Economic Activity of Public Bodies (Overseas Matters) Bill 2022-23

Found: am Tuesday 5 September Yachad Until no later than 11.10 am Tuesday 5 September Conservative Friends


Commons Chamber
Libya Floods - Thu 14 Sep 2023
Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office

Mentions:
1: Lyn Brown (LAB - West Ham) The grief and worry of those with no knowledge of their loved ones’ fate must be simply unbearable. - Speech Link
2: Afzal Khan (LAB - Manchester, Gorton) confirm what support is available to Libyan communities and others in the UK to gain information about friends - Speech Link
3: Munira Wilson (LDEM - Twickenham) During the earthquakes in Syria and Turkey, my noble Friend Lord Purvis asked“why the Government’s humanitarian - Speech Link
4: Alexander Stafford (CON - Rother Valley) That part of Libya is home to a wealth of heritage and history, including the UNESCO site of Cyrene. - Speech Link


Westminster Hall
International Human Rights Abuses: UK Response - Wed 24 Jan 2024
Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office

Mentions:
1: Tanmanjeet Singh Dhesi (Lab - Slough) and wellbeing of their family and friends. - Speech Link
2: John McDonnell (Lab - Hayes and Harlington) I want to raise the case of two of my friends and colleagues in Hong Kong who have been detained for - Speech Link
3: Patrick Grady (SNP - Glasgow North) North, like Luton North, is home to a number of very active campaign groups—Amnesty International, Friends - Speech Link
4: Alyn Smith (SNP - Stirling) If human rights are to be applied everywhere, they need to be applied universally—against our friends - Speech Link
5: David Rutley (Con - Macclesfield) We targeted individuals linked to authorities in Belarus, Haiti, Iran and Syria for their repressive - Speech Link