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Westminster Hall
Human Rights: Consular Services - Tue 16 Apr 2024
Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office

Mentions:
1: Christine Jardine (LD - Edinburgh West) Although the UK ratified the Vienna convention through the Consular Relations Act 1968, so much of it - Speech Link
2: Anna McMorrin (Lab - Cardiff North) The Vienna convention on consular relations recognises the vulnerability of foreign nationals facing - Speech Link
3: David Rutley (Con - Macclesfield) to Ministers to decide our approach.We will never accept our nationals being detained as a means of diplomatic - Speech Link
4: David Rutley (Con - Macclesfield) The Vienna convention on consular relations requires us to provide assistance without interfering in - Speech Link


Select Committee
European Commission, Sir Mark Lyall Grant, and The Washington Institute for Near East Policy

Oral Evidence Jan. 23 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: Jack Straw: As it is, we do have diplomatic relations with Iran—thankfully we never lost them—and some


Select Committee
School of History, St Andrew’s University, and Foundation for Defense of Democracies

Oral Evidence Jan. 23 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: Jack Straw: As it is, we do have diplomatic relations with Iran—thankfully we never lost them—and some


Select Committee
Foreign and Commonwealth Office

Oral Evidence Jan. 23 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: Jack Straw: As it is, we do have diplomatic relations with Iran—thankfully we never lost them—and some


Commons Chamber
Situation in the Red Sea - Wed 24 Jan 2024
Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office

Mentions:
1: Andy Slaughter (Lab - Hammersmith) There is an irony that, had we gone ahead with the original debate on international relations, that could - Speech Link
2: Alicia Kearns (Con - Rutland and Melton) Looking briefly to the diplomatic effort, there has been too much focus on the E3 plus US. - Speech Link
3: Martin Docherty-Hughes (SNP - West Dunbartonshire) Friend the Chair of the Foreign Affairs Committee about the diplomatic effort. - Speech Link
4: Bob Seely (Con - Isle of Wight) Iran now has 22 proxies. - Speech Link
5: Andrew Mitchell (Con - Sutton Coldfield) First, we are increasing our diplomatic engagement. - Speech Link


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

Mentions:
1: Andrew Mitchell (Con - Sutton Coldfield) decision for us to take when we have used our own military weaponry to defend Israel from the attacks by Iran - Speech Link
2: Antony Higginbotham (Con - Burnley) Iran continues to operate in violation of the joint comprehensive plan of action. - Speech Link
3: David Rutley (Con - Macclesfield) However, the Government have taken measures to counter the threat from Iran, including sanctioning the - Speech Link
4: Tim Loughton (Con - East Worthing and Shoreham) Could the Deputy Foreign Secretary update us on the state of our relations with Djibouti, and his assessment - Speech Link


Select Committee
Women for a Free Iran
MENA0032 - 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: MENA0032 - The UK’s engagement with the Middle East and North Africa Women for a Free Iran Written Evidence


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

Mentions:
1: Baroness Stroud (Con - Life peer) To see this, look at three nations: Iran, Russia, and Saudi Arabia. - Speech Link
2: Lord Anderson of Swansea (Lab - Life peer) The evolution of relations between NATO and Russia is instructive. - Speech Link
3: Lord McInnes of Kilwinning (Con - Life peer) To its south lies Iran, always keen to play geopolitical games. - Speech Link
4: Lord Leigh of Hurley (Con - Life peer) Will there be no treaty allowing funding or other arrangements with Iran? - Speech Link
5: Lord Collins of Highbury (Lab - Life peer) What diplomatic efforts are we making to ensure that? - Speech Link


Departmental Publication (News and Communications)
Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office

Nov. 08 2023

Source Page: G7 foreign ministers' statement in Japan, November 2023
Document: G7 foreign ministers' statement in Japan, November 2023 (webpage)

Found: We call on all countries to respect their obligations under the Vienna Convention on Diplomatic Relations


Parliamentary Research
2023/24 Israel-Hamas conflict: US, UN, EU and regional response - CBP-10007
May. 15 2024

Found: The UAE and Bahrain maintain diplomatic relations with Israel , which were established in 2020.