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Commons Chamber
Nationality and Borders Bill
Consideration of Lords amendments - Tue 22 Mar 2022
Home Office

Mentions:
1: Tom Pursglove (CON - Corby) It may be in the best interests of many children to remain in the region given that it is common for - Speech Link
2: Brendan O'Hara (SNP - Argyll and Bute) In contrast, the UK has not taken in a single Yazidi from northern Iraq. Not one. - Speech Link
3: Tom Pursglove (CON - Corby) The UK is firmly committed to protecting ethnic and religious minorities in Iraq. - Speech Link
4: Jeremy Corbyn (IND - Islington North) Afghanistan, Yemen, Iraq or elsewhere. - Speech Link


Commons Chamber
Countering Russian Aggression and Tackling Illicit Finance - Wed 23 Feb 2022
Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office

Mentions:
1: David Lammy (LAB - Tottenham) It happened in Hungary in 1956 when Russia sent in troops to invade the country as well as in Czechoslovakia - Speech Link
2: John Baron (CON - Basildon and Billericay) I opposed war in Iraq, believing that we went to war on a false premise. - Speech Link
3: Liam Byrne (LAB - Birmingham, Hodge Hill) his fortune through channelling“a $6 billion torrent of cash”from the Russian oil giant Rosneft to Kurdistan - Speech Link
4: Fleur Anderson (LAB - Putney) Ukrainian constituent of mine this morning and share her deep concern and love of her country—but the wider region - Speech Link


Westminster Hall
Yazidi Genocide - Tue 08 Feb 2022
HM Treasury

Mentions:
1: Brendan O'Hara (SNP - Argyll and Bute) and its hideous ideology have been banished from the region—far from it. - Speech Link
2: Chris Heaton-Harris (CON - Daventry) We continue to press the Government of Iraq and the Kurdistan Regional Government to promote freedom - Speech Link
3: Chris Heaton-Harris (CON - Daventry) Government of Iraq and the Kurdistan Regional Government must ensure that religious minorities are protected - Speech Link


Westminster Hall
Nationality and Borders Bill: LGBTQ+ People - Wed 02 Feb 2022
Home Office

Mentions:
1: Olivia Blake (LAB - Sheffield, Hallam) an interview room in the UK. - Speech Link
2: Lloyd Russell-Moyle (LAB - Brighton, Kemptown) I am the chair of the all-party parliamentary group for Kurdistan in Turkey and Syria. - Speech Link
3: Tim Farron (LDEM - Westmorland and Lonsdale) Cameroon, Bangladesh, Iran, Iraq, Pakistan, Nigeria and Uganda—these are the most common countries of - Speech Link
4: Kirsty Blackman (SNP - Aberdeen North) Given that in Scotland, we do not have the systems in place outside Glasgow, refugees in Aberdeen city - Speech Link


Lords Chamber
Refugees: Mass Displacement - Thu 06 Jan 2022
Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office

Mentions:
1: Lord Bishop of Leeds (Bishops - Bishops) I visited camps for internally displaced people in Iraqi Kurdistan several years ago. - Speech Link
2: Lord Bishop of St Albans (Bishops - Bishops) and a further 250,000 in the region of Amhara, according to the UN. - Speech Link
3: Lord Purvis of Tweed (LDEM - Life peer) Of those in the Duhok camp in north Iraq, 99% are Yazidi. - Speech Link
4: Lord Collins of Highbury (LAB - Life peer) In Ethiopia, conflict in the Tigray region and increasing insecurity in other parts of the country have - Speech Link


Commons Chamber
Afghanistan: Inquiry - Thu 04 Nov 2021
Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office

Mentions:
1: Tobias Ellwood (CON - Bournemouth East) Fourthly, we opened up another front in Iraq—an unnecessary and costly distraction. - Speech Link
2: Stephen Kinnock (LAB - Aberavon) The Chilcot inquiry into Iraq covered eight years of UK activity, beginning in the run-up to the invasion - Speech Link
3: James Cleverly (CON - Braintree) , and our partnerships with countries in the region, we have helped to build global support for those - Speech Link
4: Tobias Ellwood (CON - Bournemouth East) A Kurdistan area could develop north of the Hindu Kush, because the Taliban are not in control of the - Speech Link


Westminster Hall
Kurdish Political Representation and Equality in Turkey - Tue 02 Nov 2021
Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office

Mentions:
1: Lloyd Russell-Moyle (LAB - Brighton, Kemptown) We all know, of course, that Saddam Hussein murdered over 100,000 Kurds in Iraq in the 1990s, one of - Speech Link
2: Alyn Smith (SNP - Stirling) region in Iraq and is deeply concerned with Kurdish affairs. - Speech Link
3: Amanda Milling (CON - Cannock Chase) We also have a shared interest in pursuing regional stability with Turkey, including in Syria, Iraq, - Speech Link


Westminster Hall
Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action: Iran - Tue 19 Oct 2021
Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office

Mentions:
1: Stephen Crabb (CON - Preseli Pembrokeshire) In his speech last year, he spoke about Iranian terror activities in the region and here in Europe, and - Speech Link
2: Stephen Crabb (CON - Preseli Pembrokeshire) Iran and its network of Shi’ite ally militia groups have routinely attacked military personnel in Iraq - Speech Link
3: Theresa Villiers (CON - Chipping Barnet) It meant even more money to fund its violent proxies in Lebanon, Iraq, Gaza, Yemen and Syria, and left - Speech Link
4: Robert Halfon (CON - Harlow) the Kurdistan region, as well as support for and direction of the proxy Shia militia forces in Iraq. - Speech Link


Commons Chamber
Afghanistan - Wed 18 Aug 2021
Cabinet Office

Mentions:
1: Peter Bottomley (CON - Worthing West) one of the Iraq wars. - Speech Link
2: Jack Lopresti (CON - Filton and Bradley Stoke) the first time and saw the consequences when we had to redeploy—we still have British troops in Kurdistan - Speech Link
3: Barry Gardiner (LAB - Brent North) I supported the war in Afghanistan; I supported the war in Iraq. - Speech Link


Commons Chamber
Afghanistan - Tue 20 Apr 2021
Ministry of Defence

Mentions:
1: John Healey (LAB - Wentworth and Dearne) Finally, where does this withdrawal leave the Government’s strategy of forward deployment in a region - Speech Link
2: Robert Halfon (CON - Harlow) Afghanistan, but in Iraq, where the Sunni ISIS death cult threatens Iraq and Kurdistan? - Speech Link
3: Bob Blackman (CON - Harrow East) and security in the region. - Speech Link