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Written Question
Iran
Wednesday 16th July 2014

Asked by: Ben Wallace (Conservative - Wyre and Preston North)

Question to the Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office:

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what steps he has taken to ensure the UK complies with the undertakings agreed to in the Geneva Agreements with Iran on the sale of civil aerospace parts to Iran.

Answered by Tobias Ellwood

The UK, as part of the E3+3, has fully met its obligations under the Joint Plan of Action agreed with Iran in Geneva, including in the area of sanctions relief. The supply of civil aerospace parts to Iran was permitted under EU sanctions prior to the Joint Plan of Action and remains so (subject to the usual export control procedures).

Written Question
British Indian Ocean Territory
Tuesday 17th June 2014

Asked by: Ben Wallace (Conservative - Wyre and Preston North)

Question to the Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office:

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what recent discussions he has had with his US counterpart on the extension of the lease for Diego Garcia Airbase.

Answered by Mark Simmonds

We welcome the US presence on Diego Garcia, and we have said we want to see it continue. The current agreement does not conclude until December 2016, and we have not yet held substantive discussions with the US about this subject. I expect my officials to begin doing so later this year.

Speech in Commons Chamber - Mon 16 Jun 2014
Iraq and Ending Sexual Violence in Conflict

"In the post-Iraq and post-Afghanistan conferences, and in the Syria peace conferences, Iran was consistently left off the guest list. Does my right hon. Friend not agree that what we are seeing in Iraq is the inevitable outcome of our picking and choosing our regional players and leaving Iran off …..."
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Speech in Westminster Hall - Wed 26 Mar 2014
US Extraterritorial Jurisdiction (British Foreign & Commercial Policy)

"I congratulate the right hon. Member for Blackburn (Mr Straw), my neighbour in Lancashire, on securing the debate. I am delighted to focus on the issue of extraterritorial sanctions. I recognise that this behaviour is a growing trend. It often emanates not from the US Executive, but from Congress, whose …..."
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Speech in Westminster Hall - Wed 26 Mar 2014
US Extraterritorial Jurisdiction (British Foreign & Commercial Policy)

"I am grateful to my hon. Friend the Minister for his clarification. Is he saying that a British bank choosing to trade in euros, and therefore not clearing through the United States, in order to carry out a transaction in correspondence function for an Iranian, Cuban or any other type …..."
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Tue 18 Mar 2014
Ukraine

"I do not need to repeat the profiling of President Putin that, like the problems, was completely and comprehensively set out by the hon. Member for Rhondda (Chris Bryant), but the real challenge at the heart of the issue is how to respond. We could of course do lots of …..."
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Tue 18 Mar 2014
Ukraine

"I think that the real thing we must deal with here and now is Ukraine. We must make sure that Ukrainian people have the ability to defend themselves should the Russians overstep the mark.

The long-term solution is of course through economics. It is important to resolve the EU-US free …..."
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Speech in Westminster Hall - Wed 26 Feb 2014
Iran (Joint Plan of Action)

"Does my hon. Friend dispute the national intelligence estimates from the United States of 2007 and 2012, which directly contradict his proposition that Iran is on the verge of being able to break out in such a way? The United States national intelligence estimates are major pieces of work, and …..."
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Speech in Westminster Hall - Wed 26 Feb 2014
Iran (Joint Plan of Action)

"I congratulate my hon. Friend the Member for Hendon (Dr Offord) on securing this debate. Iran is a topic that often needs a good airing. At this critical time, it is important that we give strong scrutiny to the Geneva accord agreed at the end of last year.

First, may …..."
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Speech in Westminster Hall - Wed 26 Feb 2014
Iran (Joint Plan of Action)

"I register the point, but these are not national institutes. This is the CIA and the Pentagon—okay, they do not have the best track record on intelligence, but they never gave the benefit of the doubt to the doves; they always gave it to the hawks. These are major national …..."
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