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Commons Chamber
Asylum and Migration - Thu 14 Mar 2024
No Department present

Mentions:
1: Alison Thewliss (SNP - Glasgow Central) Scampton, similarly, comes in at an estimated £109 million this year.The detention estate has been growing arms - Speech Link
2: Tim Loughton (Con - East Worthing and Shoreham) rejected, but who come from countries to which it is practically impossible to return them, such as Iran - Speech Link
3: Stephen Kinnock (Lab - Aberavon) started coming in large numbers in 2018 to work with our European partners and allies to end the vile trade - Speech Link
4: Michael Tomlinson (Con - Mid Dorset and North Poole) those who are here irregularly and have had their asylum cases rejected, but who we cannot return to Iran - Speech Link


Commons Chamber
Oral Answers to Questions - Tue 12 Mar 2024
Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office

Mentions:
1: Andrew Mitchell (Con - Sutton Coldfield) Gentleman before, in this country we have the toughest arms control mechanisms anywhere, but we accept - Speech Link
2: Michael Fabricant (Con - Lichfield) If that is true, what is the Government’s consideration regarding snapping back sanctions on Iran? - Speech Link
3: David Rutley (Con - Macclesfield) We are working with partners to ensure that Iran never develops a nuclear weapon, are prepared to use - Speech Link
4: David Rutley (Con - Macclesfield) We are grateful for the outstanding work of our well-respected trade envoy—my hon. - Speech Link


Lords Chamber
International Women’s Day - Fri 08 Mar 2024
HM Treasury

Mentions:
1: Baroness Northover (LD - Life peer) The Mines Action Group reports that about 80% of the victims of small arms and light weapons are women - Speech Link
2: Baroness Goudie (Lab - Life peer) In Iran, women continue to face brutal repression for their peaceful dissent, exemplified by the courage - Speech Link
3: Lord Young of Norwood Green (Lab - Life peer) In Iran, young women are laying down their lives for the right to dress as they wish: for the right to - Speech Link
4: Baroness Thornton (Lab - Life peer) Its recent investigation into the frightening realities of daily life for women and girls in Iran was - Speech Link


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

Mentions:
1: Baroness Smith of Newnham (LD - Life peer) and Hezbollah are all supported by Iran. - Speech Link
2: Lord Archbishop of Canterbury (Bshp - Bishops) Peace brings development; development brings trade; trade is to our advantage and brings more development - Speech Link
3: Lord Stirrup (XB - Life peer) including in the UK, need to raise defence spending to“a level not seen in decades, restructuring … arms - Speech Link
4: Lord Boateng (Lab - Life peer) At the same time, it is selling arms: it is the single biggest supplier of arms in the Sahel as we speak - Speech Link
5: Lord Skidelsky (XB - Life peer) The first is trade diversification. - Speech Link


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: Baroness Bennett of Manor Castle (Green - Life peer) in March 2015 is £8.2 billion; the Campaign Against the Arms Trade says that it is much more than that - Speech Link
3: Lord Anderson of Swansea (Lab - Life peer) Republicans in Congress block aid and arms to Ukraine. - Speech Link
4: Lord McInnes of Kilwinning (Con - Life peer) To its south lies Iran, always keen to play geopolitical games. - Speech Link
5: Lord Leigh of Hurley (Con - Life peer) Will there be no treaty allowing funding or other arrangements with Iran? - Speech Link


Grand Committee
AUKUS - Thu 29 Feb 2024
Ministry of Defence

Mentions:
1: Lord Risby (Con - Life peer) Putin’s illegal invasion of Ukraine, supported by his linkages to countries such as North Korea and Iran - Speech Link
2: Lord Rogan (UUP - Life peer) Given the global reach of AUKUS and the US Government’s recent welcome decision to sell arms worth $75 - Speech Link
3: Viscount Waverley (XB - Excepted Hereditary) With nuclear proliferation and the fear of using those arms potentially dissipating—I come from a school - Speech Link
4: Earl of Minto (Con - Excepted Hereditary) recently passed legislation to establish an AUKUS nations exemption to the International Traffic in Arms - Speech Link


Lords Chamber
Situation in the Red Sea - Thu 29 Feb 2024
Ministry of Defence

Mentions:
1: None Since 19 October, the Houthis, aided and abetted by Iran, have launched a ruthless and reckless campaign - Speech Link
2: None limit their impact on the flow of humanitarian aid, to prevent further regional escalation, and to show Iran - Speech Link
3: None We are determined to end the illegal flow of arms to the Houthis, using whatever levers are available - Speech Link
4: 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
5: Earl of Minto (Con - Excepted Hereditary) we are looking at disrupting the manufacturing capability behind this, which of course is based in Iran - Speech Link


Lords Chamber
Ukraine - Wed 28 Feb 2024
Ministry of Defence

Mentions:
1: None Throughout this conflict, our 4 million rounds of small arms ammunition have allowed Ukraine to maintain - Speech Link
2: None fleet lost seven different surface ships plus a submarine, but a Black Sea corridor has opened up for trade - Speech Link
3: Baroness Smith of Newnham (LD - Life peer) but also in the Middle East, particularly the Red Sea, we have seen drones that appear to come from Iran - Speech Link
4: Earl of Minto (Con - Excepted Hereditary) The fall in Russian trade to the UK is now 99.7%. - Speech Link


Commons Chamber
Ukraine: Military Equipment - Tue 27 Feb 2024
Ministry of Defence

Mentions:
1: Alec Shelbrooke (Con - Elmet and Rothwell) leaders described to us their concern that the EU ethical banking laws are going to stop investment in arms - Speech Link
2: Iain Duncan Smith (Con - Chingford and Woodford Green) thing I said to them was, “You are facing an axis of authoritarianism; China, North Korea, Russia and Iran - Speech Link
3: James Cartlidge (Con - South Suffolk) That is why we recently had our first defence trade visit there. - Speech Link


Commons Chamber
Situation in the Red Sea - Mon 26 Feb 2024
Ministry of Defence

Mentions:
1: Grant Shapps (Con - Welwyn Hatfield) the fourth such operation to degrade the Houthi capabilities that are being used to threaten global trade - Speech Link
2: Grant Shapps (Con - Welwyn Hatfield) We are pretty certain that it all originates in Iran—[Interruption.] - Speech Link
3: Greg Smith (Con - Buckingham) In conjunction with the Treasury and the Department for Business and Trade, has my right hon. - Speech Link