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Speech in Commons Chamber - Tue 24 Oct 2017
Raqqa and Daesh

"The Minister has said some helpful things today, not least about the cost of inaction possibly being as great as the cost of action—a point made forcefully in the paper written by the hon. Member for Tonbridge and Malling (Tom Tugendhat) and Jo Cox, “The Cost of Doing Nothing”. Does …..."
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Written Question
Syria: International Relations
Thursday 7th September 2017

Asked by: Alison McGovern (Labour - Birkenhead)

Question to the Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office:

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, whether his Department has been invited to attend the meeting of a new contact group on Syria at the UN in New York in September 2017.

Answered by Alistair Burt

​President Macron has announced his intention to convene a contact group to discuss Syria at the United Nations in New York in September. We are in regular touch with our French counterparts on this and other issues, as part of our close cooperation on Syria.

Speech in Commons Chamber - Tue 11 Jul 2017
Oral Answers to Questions

"Further to the question asked by my hon. Friend the Member for Barrow and Furness (John Woodcock), before the Foreign Secretary meets the all-party friends of Syria group, will he discuss a comprehensive strategy to protect civilians with the Department for International Development and the Ministry of Defence so that …..."
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Tue 18 Apr 2017
Syria and North Korea

"I thank the Foreign Secretary for his statement. Of course, it is not for any of us in this House to decide who runs Syria; that is a choice for the Syrian people.

We should judge recent events in Syria as being successful only if they form part of a …..."
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Mon 30 Jan 2017
US Immigration Policy

"The Foreign Secretary is right about one thing: we have lots of friends in America. I stand with our friends there today who are standing up against this ban, which affects Muslims and others from those countries, but may I turn the Foreign Secretary’s attention back to the humanitarian cause …..."
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Mon 30 Jan 2017
Changes in US Immigration Policy

"It is a pleasure to follow the hon. Member for Colchester (Will Quince), who made an excellent contribution. I, too, want to praise my right hon. Friend the Member for Doncaster North (Edward Miliband) and the hon. Member for Stratford-on-Avon (Nadhim Zahawi). Both of them do their families very proud. …..."
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Thu 26 Jan 2017
Yemen

"Further to the question asked by my right hon. Friend the Member for Cynon Valley (Ann Clwyd), will the Minister confirm that all the evidence we hold about violations will be passed to any inquiry, preferably an independent, UN-led commission of inquiry?..."
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Tue 13 Dec 2016
Aleppo/Syria: International Action

"I thank those Members who have already spoken and made remarks that I agree with. It is an honour to speak after the right hon. Member for Tatton (Mr Osborne). I have vigorously opposed so many times in this House everything that he has put to us. Today, I respect …..."
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Tue 13 Dec 2016
Aleppo/Syria: International Action

"My hon. Friend is making a characteristically detailed and important speech. Will she say a little more about the fate of civilians who have put themselves at risk?..."
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Tue 13 Dec 2016
Aleppo/Syria: International Action

"What specific action to protect civilians will the Foreign Secretary tell the Prime Minister that she should propose to our European colleagues when she goes to the European Council next week?..."
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