Written Question
Friday 26th May 2023
Asked by:
Carolyn Harris (Labour - Neath and Swansea East)
Question
to the Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office:
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, with reference to the speech by the Prime Minister to the Conservative Friends of Israel on 16 December 2022, what recent progress his Department has made on assessing the potential merits of supporting the International Fund for Israeli-Palestinian Peace.
Answered by David Rutley
The UK Government remains in close contact with the US Government about the US Middle East Partnership for Peace Act and how existing peace-building projects and funding can better support the goals of this Act. We share the objective of advancing economic, social, and political connections, and peaceful co-existence between Israelis and Palestinians. We stand ready to collaborate and coordinate further.
Speech in Commons Chamber - Tue 17 Mar 2020
Covid-19
"I add my thanks to the FCO staff, who are working under really difficult circumstances. Can the Foreign Secretary advise my constituents, Tony and Jill Low, who are currently stuck in Cyprus? Their flights are cancelled and their hotel room needs vacating. Their insurance is about to expire and the …..."Carolyn Harris - View Speech
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Tue 10 Jan 2017
Oral Answers to Questions
"4. If he will review the UK’s support for the Saudi-led coalition forces operating in Yemen. ..."Carolyn Harris - View Speech
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Tue 10 Jan 2017
Oral Answers to Questions
"At a time when millions in Yemen are facing starvation, it beggars belief that the Saudi coalition is routinely targeting airstrikes at cattle markets, dairy farms, food factories and other agriculture infrastructure. Can the Minister explain why the coalition is doing that, and why we are supporting it?..."Carolyn Harris - View Speech
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Tue 12 Apr 2016
Oral Answers to Questions
"10. What recent assessment he has made of the security situation in Yemen...."Carolyn Harris - View Speech
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Tue 12 Apr 2016
Oral Answers to Questions
"We finally have a fragile ceasefire in the region, but not before thousands have been killed and millions displaced. There have been wide accusations of serious war crimes. Will the British Government now finally support a full investigation into the allegations?..."Carolyn Harris - View Speech
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Tue 24 Nov 2015
Oral Answers to Questions
"7. What recent discussions he has had with his counterparts in the EU Foreign Affairs Council on the refugee crisis...."Carolyn Harris - View Speech
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Tue 24 Nov 2015
Oral Answers to Questions
"I thank the Secretary of State for his answer. Can he share with us what progress has been made with our European colleagues to create simple and safe routes for refugees to be reunited with their families who have already found sanctuary in Britain?..."Carolyn Harris - View Speech
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Written Question
Friday 3rd July 2015
Asked by:
Carolyn Harris (Labour - Neath and Swansea East)
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 Israeli counterparts on the prosecution of Israeli settlers for acts of violence against Palestinians.
Answered by Tobias Ellwood
On 18 June our Ambassador to Tel Aviv raised the issue of settler violence with Israeli State Comptroller and again on the 21 June with the Israeli Cabinet Secretary and National Security Advisor. He raised our concerns that prosecution rates remained very low.
Written Question
Friday 3rd July 2015
Asked by:
Carolyn Harris (Labour - Neath and Swansea East)
Question
to the Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office:
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what assessment he has made of whether UK-supplied weaponry and components were used by Israel in its campaign against Gaza in 2014.
Answered by Tobias Ellwood
The Government takes seriously any reports that UK supplied components may have been used by Israeli forces during Operation Protective Edge (OPE). At the time of OPE, the Government reviewed all extant export licences to Israel. It found that the vast majority of exports licensed for Israel were not for items that could be used by Israeli forces in operations in Gaza in response to attacks by Hamas.
On 12 August 2014, the Government announced that twelve licences had been identified for components which could have been part of equipment used by the Israel Defence Forces in Gaza. In the event that significant hostilities had resumed, the Government was concerned that it would not have been able to clarify if the export licence criteria were being met. It would therefore have suspended those licences as a precautionary step.
We monitored the situation closely and assessed that the resumption of hostilities when Hamas later broke the ceasefire was not significant enough to warrant a suspension.