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Select Committee
Center for the Study of Islam and Democracy, Think-Tank for Action on Social Change, and Heritage Foundation

Oral Evidence Mar. 26 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: How has our diplomatic and military relationship with Iraq been complicated by our role in the last


Select Committee
Middle East Program, CSIS, RUSI, Jonathan Wilks, and The University of Exeter

Oral Evidence Mar. 26 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: How has our diplomatic and military relationship with Iraq been complicated by our role in the last


Commons Chamber
Oral Answers to Questions - Mon 25 Mar 2024
Ministry of Defence

Mentions:
1: Henry Smith (Con - Crawley) sovereignty, so that we can help to counter the many threats of the modern world, whether that be China, Iran - Speech Link
2: James Heappey (Con - Wells) In the Euro-Atlantic, we face the challenge of Russia; in the middle east, the challenge of Iran and - Speech Link
3: James Heappey (Con - Wells) hear that the Secretary of State, his predecessors, other Ministers in the MOD and I have very good relations - Speech Link
4: James Heappey (Con - Wells) I will leave the Foreign Office to talk about the diplomatic angles that it is pursuing, but in my experience - Speech Link


Commons Chamber
Taiwan Strait - Mon 25 Mar 2024
Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office

Mentions:
1: Stewart Malcolm McDonald (SNP - Glasgow South) China has responded to the outcome of the election by snatching a diplomatic ally, Nauru. - Speech Link
2: Stewart Malcolm McDonald (SNP - Glasgow South) deter that kind of aggression is what is emboldening Beijing and its strategic partners Russia and Iran - Speech Link
3: Stewart Malcolm McDonald (SNP - Glasgow South) Let me turn to the UK’s relations with Taiwan. - Speech Link
4: Anne-Marie Trevelyan (Con - Berwick-upon-Tweed) Although we have no diplomatic relations, we have strong unofficial links built on many shared interests - Speech Link


Commons Chamber
Armed Forces Readiness and Defence Equipment - Thu 21 Mar 2024
Ministry of Defence

Mentions:
1: Jeremy Quin (Con - Horsham) Iran and its proxies are destabilising the middle east, and, via the Houthis, pose a constant threat - Speech Link
2: John Spellar (Lab - Warley) The Government need to make clear their view on the state of international relations. - Speech Link
3: Kevan Jones (Lab - North Durham) I think we have a proud future, and we have some great military and diplomatic assets, including in the - Speech Link
4: Jeremy Quin (Con - Horsham) We also now have a nuclear armed North Korea, with Iran making its way in the same direction. - Speech Link


Commons Chamber
Trade (Comprehensive and Progressive Agreement for Trans-Pacific Partnership) Bill [Lords]
Report stage - Tue 19 Mar 2024
Department for Business and Trade

Mentions:
1: Iain Duncan Smith (Con - Chingford and Woodford Green) In the 2023 integrated review refresh, the countries defined as threats were Russia, Iran and North Korea - Speech Link
2: Liam Fox (Con - North Somerset) economic benefits, but the means to help define and defend a rules-based order in the face of China’s diplomatic - Speech Link
3: Liam Fox (Con - North Somerset) United States to seek to join this new grouping and gain greater direct influence over China trade relations - Speech Link
4: Anthony Mangnall (Con - Totnes) Now that we have tariff-free trade relations, the UK is set to increase trade with the countries in CPTTP - Speech Link


Westminster Hall
Nagorno-Karabakh: Armenian Refugees - Tue 19 Mar 2024
Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office

Mentions:
1: Carol Monaghan (SNP - Glasgow North West) They must undertake all diplomatic efforts to foster dialogue between Armenia and Azerbaijan and help - Speech Link
2: Jim Shannon (DUP - Strangford) In addition to refugee rights in FORB, the UK must maintain relations and monitoring of the rights of - Speech Link
3: Chris Law (SNP - Dundee West) connecting Azerbaijan with its Nakhchivan exclave and to Turkey, cutting off Armenia’s southern border with Iran - Speech Link
4: Leo Docherty (Con - Aldershot) Members have eloquently set out, relations between Armenia and Azerbaijan are deeply complex. - Speech Link
5: Leo Docherty (Con - Aldershot) We continue to engage energetically on the diplomatic front.I am encouraged by both sides’ openness to - Speech Link


Bill Documents
18 Mar 2024 - Amendment Paper
HL Bill 38-I Marshalled list for Committee
Economic Activity of Public Bodies (Overseas Matters) Bill 2022-23

Found: HAIN 49★_ After Clause 15, insert the following new Clause— “Impact assessment: trade and diplomatic


Departmental Publication (Guidance and Regulation)
Home Office

Mar. 13 2024

Source Page: Immigration Rules archive: 22 February 2024 to 10 March 2024
Document: Immigration Rules archive: 22 February 2024 to 10 March 2024 (PDF)

Found: Gabon Gambia Georgia Ghana Guinea Guinea Bissau Haiti Honduras India Indonesia* Iran


Select Committee
RAND Europe
dgz0008 - Defence in the Grey Zone

Written Evidence Mar. 12 2024

Inquiry: Defence in the Grey Zone
Inquiry Status: Closed
Committee: Defence Committee (Department: Ministry of Defence)

Found: Parliament’s Defence Committee on Defence in the Grey Zone Summary Grey zone activities involve the use of diplomatic