Speech in Westminster Hall - Mon 20 Feb 2017
President Trump: State Visit
"On a point of order, Mr Turner. Tens of thousands of people are demonstrating outside and I am having difficulty in hearing the Minister...."Alex Salmond - View Speech
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Speech in Westminster Hall - Mon 20 Feb 2017
President Trump: State Visit
"But did the Minister just tell us that, if he had been asked, he would have advised a visit—..."Alex Salmond - View Speech
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Speech in Westminster Hall - Mon 20 Feb 2017
President Trump: State Visit
"That is not for the Minister to decide. Mr Turner, you are in the Chair, not the Minister...."Alex Salmond - View Speech
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Thu 26 Jan 2017
Yemen
"Has the Minister seen and examined the reports of UK military personnel in Saudi Arabia? Do these reports justify his continuing support for the Saudis’ own investigation into breaches of humanitarian law? Can he give any explanation or succour as to why the Government are refusing to back the international …..."Alex Salmond - View Speech
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Written Question
Tuesday 24th January 2017
Asked by:
Alex Salmond (Scottish National Party - Gordon)
Question
to the Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office:
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, pursuant to the Answer of 22 December 2016 to Question 57916, on Syria: armed conflict, what response his Department has received from Russian and Iranian ambassadors following the meeting on 15 December 2016.
Answered by Tobias Ellwood
When the Foreign Secretary summoned the Russian and Iranian ambassadors on 15 December, he made clear that; "both Russia and Iran have failed to uphold their obligations under international humanitarian law, specifically by failing to facilitate the delivery of humanitarian aid to civilians during the months when eastern Aleppo was besieged." The Iranian Foreign Ministry responded that the statements issued by the Foreign Secretary were "unrealistic, unconsidered and destructive". On 19 December, Russia joined the UN Security Council members in voting in favour of UN Security Council Resolution 2328 on the humanitarian situation in Aleppo. The resolution requested the UN to monitor evacuations from Eastern Aleppo and demanded all parties provide the UN with safe, immediate and unimpeded access. The UK continues to urge Russia and Iran to use their influence to implement fully the terms of this UNSCR as well as the ceasefire deal they announced on 30 December
Speech in Commons Chamber - Wed 18 Jan 2017
Human Rights: Burma
"I congratulate the hon. Member for Sutton and Cheam (Paul Scully) on securing this important urgent question. The Minister has expressed concern about the disappearance of the two ethnic Kachin Baptist leaders who were apparently forcibly disappeared over Christmas, and he has also called for unfettered access for the United …..."Alex Salmond - View Speech
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Tue 10 Jan 2017
Oral Answers to Questions
"But if a UK embassy official had been caught on film in Tel Aviv talking about “taking down” an Israeli Government Minister, they would have been booted out of the country without any further ceremony, so why did that not happen to Mr Masot? If the Foreign Secretary showed even …..."Alex Salmond - View Speech
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Tue 10 Jan 2017
Oral Answers to Questions
"When the right hon. Gentleman was a columnist, he was supportive of some aspects of President Putin’s policies. When he became Foreign Secretary, he became vehemently hostile to Russian policy. After his visit to New York, we are told he is pursuing a twin-track policy, which means that we will …..."Alex Salmond - View Speech
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Written Question
Thursday 22nd December 2016
Asked by:
Alex Salmond (Scottish National Party - Gordon)
Question
to the Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office:
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what steps the Government is taking to ensure the safety of the residents of Aleppo who were evacuated from that city on 15 December 2016.
Answered by Tobias Ellwood
The UK was active in the UN Security Council in the adoption of a Resolution on 19 December on humanitarian protection. Our top priority in Syria is the protection of civilians, especially in Aleppo, given the relentless siege there. On 15 December the Foreign Secretary summoned the Russian and Iranian ambassadors to make clear our profound concern about events in Aleppo and to urge them to allow full UN access to ensure civilian protection.
Speech in Commons Chamber - Tue 22 Nov 2016
Oral Answers to Questions
"In a secret telegram, printed in The Sunday Times, our ambassador
“boasted that the UK is the best placed of any nation to steer the new president’s foreign policy and encourage his more extreme ideas to ‘evolve’.”
Is the presidential edict—or tweet—to replace Sir Kim Darroch with Lord Farage …..."Alex Salmond - View Speech
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