Speech in Commons Chamber - Mon 17 Jun 2019
Gulf of Oman Oil Tanker Attacks
"I have listened carefully to the Minister, and I completely agree with him that the Iranian dictatorship is a source of much of the conflict in the region, sponsoring organisations such as the Houthis in Yemen, Hezbollah in Lebanon and Hamas in Gaza and prolonging a brutal civil war in …..."Lord Austin of Dudley - View Speech
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Mon 08 Apr 2019
UN International Day for the Elimination of Racial Discrimination
"I thank the hon. Member for Warrington South (Faisal Rashid) for securing this debate. I agree with everything he said in introducing it. It is completely right to talk about attacks in the US and elsewhere. He and the hon. Member for Bradford East (Imran Hussain) were also completely right …..."Lord Austin of Dudley - View Speech
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Wed 12 Dec 2018
Institute for Statecraft: Integrity Initiative
"The Government should be doing much more to counter Russian disinformation in Britain and in the west. In particular, may I ask the Minister to comment on the activities of RT, which cannot be regarded as a serious news organisation? It is a wholly owned Kremlin propaganda channel, which has …..."Lord Austin of Dudley - View Speech
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Tue 04 Dec 2018
Oral Answers to Questions
"I am sure I speak for all members of the Foreign Affairs Committee when I say how much we are looking forward to scrutinising the work of our new embassy in the Maldives.
What assessment have the Government made of the human rights of Palestinians living under the brutal dictatorship …..."Lord Austin of Dudley - View Speech
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Tue 20 Nov 2018
Interpol Presidency Election
"It is clearly absurd to put into this position the representative of what has become, under Putin, a criminal enterprise that has looted Russia, impoverished its people, and locks up and murders its opponents at home and abroad. What assurances can the Minister give us about what would happen to …..."Lord Austin of Dudley - View Speech
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Tue 30 Oct 2018
Oral Answers to Questions
"Is not it incredible that earlier we had a discussion about the terrible situation in Gaza in which the word “Hamas” was not mentioned once? Is not it the case that the only way in which that terrible situation will be alleviated and improved is through progress being made on …..."Lord Austin of Dudley - View Speech
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Written Question
Monday 15th October 2018
Asked by:
Lord Austin of Dudley (Non-affiliated - Life peer)
Question
to the Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office:
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, whether his Department has been notified of any meetings between any members of the Privy Council and Hamas or Hezbollah.
Answered by Alistair Burt
The Foreign and Commonwealth Office has not been notified of any meetings between members of the Privy Council and Hamas or Hezbollah.
Written Question
Monday 15th October 2018
Asked by:
Lord Austin of Dudley (Non-affiliated - Life peer)
Question
to the Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office:
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what information his Department holds on meetings between members of the Privy Council and (a) Hamas and (b) Hezbollah.
Answered by Alistair Burt
The Foreign and Commonwealth Office does not hold any information on any meetings between any members of the Privy Council and Hamas and Hezbollah.
Written Question
Tuesday 11th September 2018
Asked by:
Lord Austin of Dudley (Non-affiliated - Life peer)
Question
to the Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office:
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what diplomatic steps he is taking to tackle the Bahraini Government's treatment of political prisoners.
Answered by Alistair Burt
The British Government monitors events in Bahrain closely. Where we have concerns on specific issues, including prison conditions, we raise these with the Bahraini authorities. We encourage those with concerns about treatment in detention to report these to the relevant human rights oversight bodies.
Written Question
Tuesday 11th September 2018
Asked by:
Lord Austin of Dudley (Non-affiliated - Life peer)
Question
to the Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office:
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what recent assessment he has made of the Bahraini Government’s treatment of political prisoners.
Answered by Alistair Burt
The British Government monitors events in Bahrain closely. Where we have concerns on specific issues, including prison conditions, we raise these with the Bahraini authorities. We encourage those with concerns about treatment in detention to report these to the relevant human rights oversight bodies.