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Written Question
Members: Correspondence
Thursday 19th March 2015

Asked by: Gerald Kaufman (Labour - Manchester, Gorton)

Question to the Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office:

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, when he intends to reply to the letter to him dated 2 February 2015 from the right hon. Member for Manchester, Gorton with regard to Mr M Woronycz.

Answered by David Lidington

My right hon. Friend the member for Runnymede and Weybridge (Philip Hammond) replied to the the Right hon. Member for Manchester, Gorton's letter of 2 February 2015 with regard to Mr M Woronycz, on 13 March 2015.

Speech in Commons Chamber - Tue 17 Mar 2015
Shaker Aamer

"I thank my hon. Friend the Member for Hayes and Harlington (John McDonnell) for instituting this debate. He has described in some detail what has been done to Shaker Aamer. If such treatment were to be carried out by a foreign Government, President Obama would be the first to denounce …..."
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Written Question
Members: Correspondence
Wednesday 4th March 2015

Asked by: Gerald Kaufman (Labour - Manchester, Gorton)

Question to the Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office:

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, when he intends to reply to the letter to him dated 19 January 2015 from the Right hon. Member for Manchester, Gorton with regard to Mr P. Metcalfe.

Answered by David Lidington

My right hon. Friend the member for Runnymede and Weybridge (Philip Hammond) replied to the the Right hon. Member for Manchester, Gorton's letter of 19 January 2015 with regard to Mr P. Metcalfe on 25 February.

Speech in Commons Chamber - Tue 03 Mar 2015
Oral Answers to Questions

"Does the right hon. Gentleman agree that one of the most positive possibilities for advancing peace in the middle east would be the success of the international negotiations with Iran on its nuclear projects? Will he take this opportunity to make it clear that any attempt to disrupt those talks …..."
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Written Question
Members: Correspondence
Thursday 22nd January 2015

Asked by: Gerald Kaufman (Labour - Manchester, Gorton)

Question to the Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office:

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, when he intends to reply to the letter to him dated 5 December 2014 from the right hon. Member for Manchester, Gorton with regard to Ms C Lyes.

Answered by David Lidington

The Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, my right hon. Friend the Member for Runnymede and Weybridge (Mr Hammond) replied to the letter from the right hon. Member for Manchester, Gorton, with regard to Ms C Lyes, on 20 January 2015.

Written Question
Members: Correspondence
Wednesday 7th January 2015

Asked by: Gerald Kaufman (Labour - Manchester, Gorton)

Question to the Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office:

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, when he intends to reply to the letter to him dated 10 November from the right hon. Member for Manchester, Gorton, with regard to Mr P Metcalfe.

Answered by David Lidington

On 17 December, my right hon. Friend the Member for Runnymede and Weybridge (Mr Hammond) replied to the right hon. Member for Manchester, Gorton's letter of 10 November, which was received on 18 November.

Speech in Commons Chamber - Tue 02 Dec 2014
Foreign Affairs Committee (Hong Kong Visit)

"I hope the House will forgive me if I do not remain throughout this debate, as I have other commitments, although I very much wanted to be present for it.

I was in Hong Kong at the handover from the United Kingdom to the Chinese Government. I remember that Prince …..."
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Tue 02 Dec 2014
Foreign Affairs Committee (Hong Kong Visit)

"The problem is that the Foreign Office and other Departments such as the Department for Business, Innovation and Skills say, “In the end, human rights in China and in Hong Kong are secondary to the fact that China is now an immense economic power and a very important trading partner.” …..."
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Tue 02 Dec 2014
Oral Answers to Questions

"What will be the effect on the Palestinian media of the renewed Israeli policy of demolishing the houses of offenders, thus making their families homeless and punishing the entire family for the crimes of one person? Is not that inhumane, and ought it not to be stopped?..."
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Speech in Westminster Hall - Mon 01 Dec 2014
Palestine

"We debate in cosy Westminster, with tea and muffins down the stairs and the Christmas lights coming on, so let us hear from a Palestinian friend of mine, who e-mailed me a few days ago. He said:

“Clashes are daily occurrences now in Jerusalem. A week ago, things were about …..."
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