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Lords Chamber
Hong Kong - Thu 24 Oct 2019
Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office

Mentions:
1: Lord Alton of Liverpool (CB - Life peer) ”.This included,“freedom of the person … of the press, of assembly, of association ... of demonstration - Speech Link
2: Lord Popat (CON - Life peer) I strongly urge the Government to take inspiration from those words today and to ensure that, if the - Speech Link
3: Lord McNicol of West Kilbride (LAB - Life peer) the Government are exploring any options to urge the authorities to respect freedom of assembly. - Speech Link
4: Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon (CON - Life peer) If there are particular instances, I urge the noble Lord to make the Government aware of them.The noble - Speech Link


Commons Chamber
Debate on the Address - Mon 14 Oct 2019
Cabinet Office

Mentions:
1: Ian Blackford (SNP - Ross, Skye and Lochaber) The great right of freedom of movement is to be stopped by a Government whose warped sense somehow sees - Speech Link
2: Ian Blackford (SNP - Ross, Skye and Lochaber) satisfied with the hostile environment, this Tory Government want to legislate to end freedom of movement - Speech Link
3: Gareth Thomas (LAB - Harrow West) to reduce violence against shop workers; his leadership of the effort to get the Government to legislate - Speech Link
4: Alan Mak (CON - Havant) beyond Brexit, supported by the Government, to ensure that prosperity and the advantages of technology - Speech Link
5: David Drew (LAB - Stroud) power to the first level of government—it is not the lowest level. - Speech Link


Commons Chamber
Oral Answers to Questions - Tue 25 Jun 2019
Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office

Mentions:
1: Jim Shannon (DUP - Strangford) Will the Minister outline the steps being taken to secure the safety of UK citizens when they are on - Speech Link
2: Craig Tracey (CON - North Warwickshire) What specific asks can be made of the countries attending to ensure that they promote the values of democracy - Speech Link
3: Andrew Murrison (CON - South West Wiltshire) I very much encourage both the Palestinian Authority and the Government of Israel to ensure that NGOs - Speech Link
4: Jeremy Hunt (CON - South West Surrey) to protect the safety of journalists around the world. - Speech Link
5: Harriett Baldwin (CON - West Worcestershire) and other international forums to ensure that the situation in Sudan remains at the forefront of the - Speech Link


Commons Chamber
Kashmir - Thu 19 Jan 2017
Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office

Mentions:
1: David Nuttall (CON - Bury North) on the Indian side of the Line of Control in Kashmir; calls on the Government to raise the matter at - Speech Link
2: David Nuttall (CON - Bury North) on the Indian side of the Line of Control in Kashmir; calls on the Government to raise the matter at - Speech Link
3: Shabana Mahmood (LAB - Birmingham, Ladywood) available to raise this serious matter in the House of Commons and to press both our current Government - Speech Link
4: Shabana Mahmood (LAB - Birmingham, Ladywood) The Indian defence for the use of pellet guns to see off protestors who they say are throwing stones - Speech Link
5: Gill Furniss (LAB - Sheffield, Brightside and Hillsborough) As the UK is a member of the UN Security Council, I urge the Government to raise these human rights abuses - Speech Link
6: Alok Sharma (CON - Reading West) of the Indian Government. - Speech Link


Westminster Hall
UK Nationals Imprisoned Abroad - Tue 20 Dec 2016
Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office

Mentions:
1: Fiona Bruce (CON - Congleton) European Parliament to back the“peaceful, just and fair struggle of the people of Ethiopia for freedom - Speech Link
2: Jim Shannon (DUP - Strangford) I asked a parliamentary question in July in which I asked the Minister to urgethe government of Iran - Speech Link
3: Patrick Grady (IND - Glasgow North) , but how will the UK Government use that relationship to press for the release of these prisoners, or - Speech Link
4: Liz McInnes (LAB - Heywood and Middleton) The shadow Foreign Office team have been working hard to press the Government into action to secure Mr - Speech Link


Westminster Hall
Tibet - Thu 18 Jun 2015
Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office

Mentions:
1: Fabian Hamilton (LAB - Leeds North East) to my heart and, I know, to the hearts of many Members of the House. - Speech Link
2: Fabian Hamilton (LAB - Leeds North East) Government failed to issue a visa to one of the laureates, the Dalai Lama. - Speech Link
3: Fabian Hamilton (LAB - Leeds North East) Kingdom.What steps will Her Majesty’s Government take to ensure academic freedom and the human rights - Speech Link
4: Fabian Hamilton (LAB - Leeds North East) We need to put more pressure on the Government to ensure that the personal security of His Holiness is - Speech Link


Lords Chamber
Iraq - Wed 25 Jun 2014
Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office

Mentions:
1: Lord Howell of Guildford (CON - Life peer) It was the wrong call to depict what was going to happen as being akin to the freedom of the former Communist - Speech Link
2: Baroness Nicholson of Winterbourne (CON - Life peer) I urge the Government to do all that they can and not to hold back. - Speech Link
3: Lord Williams of Baglan (CB - Life peer) At the same time I urge the Government to continue to press Prime Minister Maliki to see a national coalition - Speech Link
4: Lord Bach (LAB - Life peer) , for the moment, we are happy to give our support to the general direction of government policy.We of - Speech Link
5: Baroness Warsi (CON - Life peer) It was also correct to draw to our attention the importance of the rule of law, which the Iraqi Government - Speech Link


Lords Chamber
Queen’s Speech - Wed 15 May 2013
Department for International Development

Mentions:
1: Lord Naseby (CON - Life peer) Secondly, he highlights the freedom of the press. - Speech Link
2: Lord Bishop of Ripon and Leeds (Bishops - Bishops) I look forward to the Minister’s assurance that not only is it the aim of this Government to ensure that - Speech Link
3: Lord Sharkey (LDEM - Life peer) I urge the Government to continue to look for ways of persuading both sides of the island to expand their - Speech Link
4: Lord Astor of Hever (CON - Excepted Hereditary) We are working with the Afghan Government to ensure the protection of women’s rights. - Speech Link


Commons Chamber
North Africa and the Near and Middle East - Mon 28 Nov 2011
Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office

Mentions:
1: Lord Hague of Richmond (CON - Life peer) and Blue Nile state, and I urge the Government of Sudan and the Sudan People’s Liberation Movement to - Speech Link
2: Douglas Alexander (LAB - Paisley and Renfrewshire South) standards of free and fair trials and, if not, what steps are the Government taking to seek to ensure - Speech Link
3: Louise Ellman (IND - Liverpool, Riverside) I urge our Government to look at the plight of the Baha’i people in Iran and to note the continued persecution - Speech Link
4: Jeremy Corbyn (IND - Islington North) to the political sphere of the unaccountability of government and the power of police forces and the - Speech Link
5: William Bain (LAB - Glasgow North East) to ensure that the brave efforts of protestors in Manama and elsewhere throughout the middle east have - Speech Link


Lords Chamber
Libya - Fri 01 Apr 2011
Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office

Mentions:
1: Lord West of Spithead (LAB - Life peer) need to ensure that the truth of what we are doing gets out to the wider Muslim world. - Speech Link
2: Lord Craig of Radley (CB - Life peer) with great credit to the Government of the day’s determination to be seen to be punching above their - Speech Link
3: Baroness Liddell of Coatdyke (LAB - Life peer) I urge the Minister to consider the issues of the post-conflict plan and not to be so sanguine about - Speech Link
4: Baroness Dean of Thornton-le-Fylde (LAB - Life peer) I urge the Government to take the opportunity offered by the situation in Libya to review the situation - Speech Link
5: Baroness Royall of Blaisdon (LAB - Life peer) Can the Minister tell us what the Government are doing to ensure the stability of the international coalition - Speech Link