Apr. 26 2024
Source Page: Royal Navy warship shoots down Houthi missileFound: HMS Diamond has shot down a missile fired by the Iranian-backed Houthis from Yemen.
Mentions:
1: Lord Howell of Guildford (Con - Life peer) My Lords, bombing the launch sites in Yemen makes sense, particularly if they are using Iranian weapons - Speech Link
2: Earl of Minto (Con - Excepted Hereditary) We completely agree that there is a large part of Yemen which is favourable towards us. - Speech Link
Mar. 12 2024
Source Page: HMS Diamond heads back to the Red Sea and Gulf of Aden to protect global shippingFound: Just this weekend, HMS Richmond successfully repelled a Houthi drone attack in the southern Red Sea,
Mentions:
1: None recklessness and near-sightedness, considering that ‘Sea Champion’ has delivered humanitarian aid to Yemen - Speech Link
2: None two Voyager tankers, joined US forces in a deliberate strike against Houthi military facilities in Yemen - Speech Link
3: Lord Craig of Radley (XB - Life peer) What steps are being taken, if any, to stop the shipment to Yemen, from Iran or elsewhere, of offensive - Speech Link
Mentions:
1: Grant Shapps (Con - Welwyn Hatfield) recklessness and near-sightedness, considering that Sea Champion has delivered humanitarian aid to Yemen - Speech Link
Mentions:
1: Rishi Sunak (Con - Richmond (Yorks)) my order, the Royal Air Force engaged in a second wave of strikes against Houthi military targets in Yemen - Speech Link
2: Rishi Sunak (Con - Richmond (Yorks)) It is clear that the Houthis’ behaviour is damaging the people of Yemen. - Speech Link
3: Flick Drummond (Con - Meon Valley) I thank the Prime Minister for the update and the continued humanitarian aid to Yemen. - Speech Link
4: Jim Shannon (DUP - Strangford) Even Church missions in my constituency sending humanitarian containers to Eswatini in southern Africa - Speech Link
5: Emma Hardy (Lab - Kingston upon Hull West and Hessle) There are 21 million people starving and in desperate need of food and aid in Yemen. - Speech Link
Asked by: Tobias Ellwood (Conservative - Bournemouth East)
Question to the Ministry of Defence:
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, whether he plans to send additional defence capabilities to the (a) Gulf of Aden and (b) Red Sea region following the attack on HMS Diamond.
Answered by James Heappey
On 11 January 2024, Royal Air Force aircraft joined coalition forces in striking a number of facilities used by the Houthi rebel faction in Yemen to attack shipping in the southern Red Sea.
This followed the Houthis persistence in threatening merchant ships and deliberate targeting of HMS Diamond and US Navy vessels on 9 January 2024.
This limited, necessary and proportionate action in self-defence was taken alongside the United States against targets tied to these attacks, to degrade Houthi military capabilities and protect global shipping.
As announced during the 8 January 2024 Defence Orals, HMS Richmond is sailing from the UK to the Red Sea. We keep operational deployments under review to ensure that we are able to respond to the situation in the region.
Found: the Saudi -led coalition has weakened, with the UAE supporting a separatist group in the south, the Southern
Mentions:
1: Rishi Sunak (Con - Richmond (Yorks)) Yemen is entirely reliant for food on imports, largely by sea. - Speech Link
2: Andrew Percy (Con - Brigg and Goole) , Yemen, turn another ship around”—completely unacceptable. - Speech Link
3: Rishi Sunak (Con - Richmond (Yorks)) Friend for his work on Yemen. - Speech Link
4: Alexander Stafford (Con - Rother Valley) Somaliland as an independent country, which would help to enable stability in the horn of Africa, the southern - Speech Link
5: Anne McLaughlin (SNP - Glasgow North East) and the people of Yemen. - Speech Link
Mentions:
1: Grant Shapps (Con - Welwyn Hatfield) The UK signed it, Yemen acceded to it, and even Iran is a signatory to it. - Speech Link
2: Grant Shapps (Con - Welwyn Hatfield) They struck facilities at Bani in north-western Yemen and an airfield at Abbs. - Speech Link
3: Alicia Kearns (Con - Rutland and Melton) Unlike southern Yemen, North Yemen was never a British colony. - Speech Link
4: Alicia Kearns (Con - Rutland and Melton) I am also concerned because Yemen is still in a state of civil war. - Speech Link