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Commons Chamber
Business of the House - Thu 12 Jul 2018
Leader of the House

Mentions:
1: Jack Lopresti (CON - Filton and Bradley Stoke) I led the most recent delegation to the Kurdish region of Iraq a few weeks ago. - Speech Link
2: Andrea Leadsom (CON - South Northamptonshire) Friend, as chairman of the all-party group on the Kurdistan region in Iraq, is right to be delighted - Speech Link
3: Andy Slaughter (LAB - Hammersmith) by using a loophole to sign up tens of thousands of mainly young and elderly people from across the region - Speech Link


Commons Chamber
Oral Answers to Questions - Tue 26 Jun 2018
Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office

Mentions:
1: Alistair Burt (CON - North East Bedfordshire) Through ministerial and other engagements, we are urging the Government of Iraq and the Kurdistan regional - Speech Link
2: Robert Halfon (CON - Harlow) With the all-party group on Kurdistan, I recently visited Sulaimani University and Kurdistan University - Speech Link
3: Desmond Swayne (CON - New Forest West) the people of Kurdistan, illegitimate? - Speech Link


Commons Chamber
Refugees (Family Reunion) (No.2) Bill
2nd reading: House of Commons - Fri 16 Mar 2018
No Department present

Mentions:
1: David Warburton (IND - Somerton and Frome) number of criminal gangs looking to exploit vulnerable people in the region. - Speech Link
2: Ranil Jayawardena (CON - North East Hampshire) That is perhaps worst seen in their behaviour over soldiers in Iraq and Northern Ireland, but some of - Speech Link
3: Yvette Cooper (LAB - Normanton, Pontefract and Castleford) the region are being helped. - Speech Link
4: Rebecca Pow (CON - Taunton Deane) A letter from the father of the first refugee family resettled in Taunton from Kurdistan reminds us of - Speech Link


Commons Chamber
Protection of Civilians in Afrin - Mon 12 Mar 2018
Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office

Mentions:
1: Alistair Burt (CON - North East Bedfordshire) Their aim is to oust from the territory the YPG, which they see as an extension of the Kurdistan Workers - Speech Link
2: Alistair Burt (CON - North East Bedfordshire) , through Syria and Iraq, in pushing back Daesh at a crucial time. - Speech Link
3: Alistair Burt (CON - North East Bedfordshire) As the region amply shows, the only certainty in the region is that, if arms are taken up by one group - Speech Link
4: Chris Stephens (SNP - Glasgow South West) in the entire region? - Speech Link


Westminster Hall
Freedom of Religion or Belief - Thu 01 Mar 2018
Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office

Mentions:
1: Edward Leigh (CON - Gainsborough) the Nineveh plains of northern Iraq, mainly because I know the region and have visited it. - Speech Link


Commons Chamber
Foreign Affairs Committee - Thu 22 Feb 2018
Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office

Mentions:
1: Tom Tugendhat (CON - Tonbridge and Malling) , its preference would be for the Kurdistan region to remain in a united Iraq. - Speech Link


Commons Chamber
Oral Answers to Questions - Tue 20 Feb 2018
Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office

Mentions:
1: Robert Halfon (CON - Harlow) and the Government of Iraq. - Speech Link
2: Alistair Burt (CON - North East Bedfordshire) It is essential for the future of a Kurdish region in Iraq that it is stable and secure and that rights - Speech Link
3: Ann Clwyd (LAB - Cynon Valley) I have just returned from Iraq, and I monitored the first ever elections in Iraq. - Speech Link
4: Alistair Burt (CON - North East Bedfordshire) Friend is aware, we continue to condemn incitement and violent activities in the region at all times. - Speech Link
5: Boris Johnson (CON - Uxbridge and South Ruislip) The crucial thing is that everybody in the region and around the world makes it clear to the Government - Speech Link


Lords Chamber
United States: Foreign Policy - Thu 18 Jan 2018
Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office

Mentions:
1: Lord Ashdown of Norton-sub-Hamdon (LDEM - Life peer) The string of western defeats in Iraq, Afghanistan, Libya and, most humiliating of all, Syria should - Speech Link
2: Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon (CON - Life peer) It is our belief that the prospects for peace in the region were not helped by the pronouncement. - Speech Link


Lords Chamber
Iraq: Religious and Ethnic Minorities - Thu 11 Jan 2018
No Department present

Mentions:
1: Lord Bishop of Coventry (Bishops - Bishops) Material construction will be of use to Iraq and the region only if it is accompanied by social reconstruction - Speech Link
2: Baroness Anelay of St Johns (CON - Life peer) Later, here in the House of Lords, I and the ambassador of Iraq and the high representative of the Kurdistan - Speech Link
3: Baroness Hodgson of Abinger (CON - Life peer) that the Kurdistan region has provided sanctuary to very many Christians who live there peacefully and - Speech Link
4: Lord Collins of Highbury (LAB - Life peer) As we heard in the debate, Iraq and the Middle East more widely remain a highly diverse region. - Speech Link
5: Baroness Goldie (CON - Life peer) That is why, in our discussions with the Government of Iraq and the Kurdistan Regional Government, we - Speech Link


Commons Chamber
Counter-Daesh Update - Tue 07 Nov 2017
Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office

Mentions:
1: Boris Johnson (CON - Uxbridge and South Ruislip) The Kurdistan region held a unilateral referendum on independence on 25 September, a decision we did - Speech Link
2: Crispin Blunt (CON - Reigate) He also talked about the consequences for Kurds in Iraq of the Kurdistan Regional Government’s referendum - Speech Link
3: Boris Johnson (CON - Uxbridge and South Ruislip) This country and this House are indeed great friends of Kurdistan. - Speech Link
4: Liam Byrne (LAB - Birmingham, Hodge Hill) Because Iraq is not a signatory to the treaty of Rome, those prosecutions will be difficult in Iraq, - Speech Link