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Commons Chamber
Conflict in Sudan: El Fasher - Thu 16 May 2024
Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office

Mentions:
1: John McDonnell (Lab - Hayes and Harlington) concern about the fact that—I think this is now the estimate—anything between 500,000 and 1 million refugees - Speech Link
2: Andrew Gwynne (Lab - Denton and Reddish) She will have read reports in The Guardian about children—alive children—being “piled up and shot” by - Speech Link


Lords Chamber
UNRWA - Wed 15 May 2024
Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office

Mentions:
1: Lord Collins of Highbury (Lab - Life peer) closure of the East Jerusalem headquarters of the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees - Speech Link
2: Lord Purvis of Tweed (LD - Life peer) noble Lord says, is the only body that is able properly to administer support for more than 1 million children - Speech Link
3: Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon (Con - Life peer) importance of ensuring that aid reaches Gaza, particularly those who are most vulnerable, the women and children - Speech Link
4: Baroness Helic (Con - Life peer) Children are unnecessarily losing their limbs. - Speech Link
5: Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon (Con - Life peer) We want to ensure that those in urgent need, particularly children and the most vulnerable, are provided - Speech Link


Westminster Hall
No Recourse to Public Funds - Wed 15 May 2024
No Department present

Mentions:
1: Beth Winter (Lab - Cynon Valley) My constituent accompanied her husband to Wales as a student, also bringing their children, several years - Speech Link
2: Beth Winter (Lab - Cynon Valley) That is the fairest way to support people without settled status and their children, and safeguard them - Speech Link
3: Tom Pursglove (Con - Corby) In particular, we work with the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees to support the most vulnerable - Speech Link


Commons Chamber
Illegal Migration Act: Northern Ireland - Tue 14 May 2024
No Department present

Mentions:
1: Alison Thewliss (SNP - Glasgow Central) , obligations to potential victims of modern slavery and human trafficking, and responsibilities to children - Speech Link
2: Tim Farron (LD - Westmorland and Lonsdale) The Government know that most of these folks will turn out to be genuine refugees if their cases are - Speech Link


Westminster Hall
Prevention of Sexual Violence in Conflict - Tue 14 May 2024
Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office

Mentions:
1: Stella Creasy (LAB - Walthamstow) against men and boys, and particularly against LGBTQI people in humanitarian settings, and also against refugees - Speech Link
2: Kirsty Blackman (SNP - Aberdeen North) Sexual violence is often used in conflict and in post-conflict zones; it is important to say that refugees - Speech Link
3: Lyn Brown (Lab - West Ham) The impact on children, women, families and communities is enormous. - Speech Link


Westminster Hall
Palestinians: Visa Scheme - Mon 13 May 2024
No Department present

Mentions:
1: Kate Hollern (Lab - Blackburn) Sadly, that includes 14,500 children. - Speech Link
2: Andy Slaughter (Lab - Hammersmith) It provides a raft of services and advice to Ukrainian refugees in the UK. - Speech Link
3: John McDonnell (Lab - Hayes and Harlington) The children are still being killed and mutilated, yet we provide no assistance to allow those children - Speech Link
4: Nadia Whittome (Lab - Nottingham East) or parents of children under 18. - Speech Link
5: John McDonnell (Lab - Hayes and Harlington) Children are being maimed; children are being injured. - Speech Link


Public Bill Committees
Tobacco and Vapes Bill (Fifth sitting)
Committee stage: 5th sitting - Thu 09 May 2024
Department of Health and Social Care

Mentions:
1: Andrea Leadsom (Con - South Northamptonshire) No one wants their children to ever start smoking. - Speech Link
2: None We know that the highest rise in smoking in our communities right now is among asylum seekers and refugees - Speech Link
3: Andrea Leadsom (Con - South Northamptonshire) that children were purchasing single cigarettes. - Speech Link
4: Preet Kaur Gill (LAB - Birmingham, Edgbaston) That is more than 140,000 British children. Meanwhile, one in five children have now tried vaping. - Speech Link
5: Caroline Johnson (Con - Sleaford and North Hykeham) We need to support children who are smokers or vapers and wish to quit, but those children can get nicotine - Speech Link


Lords Chamber
Inadmissible Asylum Seekers - Thu 09 May 2024
Home Office

Mentions:
1: Lord German (LD - Life peer) Aid Impact highlighted in its last report the increasing amount of aid spent on asylum seekers and refugees - Speech Link
2: Lord Rogan (UUP - Life peer) In the meantime, Rishi Sunak has made clear that His Majesty’s Government refuse to take back any refugees - Speech Link
3: Lord Sharpe of Epsom (Con - Life peer) The United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees welcomed the introduction of the streamlined asylum - Speech Link


Westminster Hall
Recognition of Western Sahara as Moroccan - Wed 08 May 2024
Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office

Mentions:
1: Daniel Kawczynski (Con - Shrewsbury and Atcham) We have experienced innocent men, women and children being murdered and bombed in Manchester, London - Speech Link
2: Jim Shannon (DUP - Strangford) The UN provides assistance to some 90,000 refugees. - Speech Link
3: Jim Shannon (DUP - Strangford) refugee camps, where acute malnutrition rose from 7% to 11% between 2019 and 2022, and many women and children - Speech Link


Lords Chamber
Israel and Gaza - Tue 07 May 2024
Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office

Mentions:
1: Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon (Con - Life peer) It needs to be immediately resolved, because there are now 600,000 children in Rafah—almost 50% of those - Speech Link
2: Lord Purvis of Tweed (LD - Life peer) that the Israeli Defense Forces advising 100,000 civilians, the majority of whom will be women and children - Speech Link
3: Baroness Deech (XB - Life peer) law, will the Minister remind Egypt of its obligations under the refugee convention to accept such refugees - Speech Link
4: Baroness Northover (LD - Life peer) evidence that the Israeli authorities have put in place serious provisions to ensure that the Palestinian refugees - Speech Link