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Speech in Westminster Hall - Tue 26 Jun 2018
Gaza: Humanitarian Situation

"It is a pleasure to serve under your chairmanship, Mr Paisley. I congratulate the hon. Member for Easington (Grahame Morris) on securing this very important debate.

The humanitarian situation in Gaza is severe and extremely difficult, and I am pleased we are having this debate. I want to focus first …..."
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Speech in Westminster Hall - Tue 26 Jun 2018
Gaza: Humanitarian Situation

"These things are extremely difficult and it is not up to me to say whether that is acceptable. I will simply highlight what I think is happening to some of the resources directed towards Gaza.

As I said, there are positive signs, but clearly they have not alleviated the very …..."
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Speech in Westminster Hall - Wed 06 Jun 2018
Hezbollah’s Rocket Arsenal: Southern Lebanon

"I am sorry to interrupt my hon. Friend in mid-flow, but by drawing attention to the financial backers of Hezbollah and Hamas—the Iranians—whose mission seems to be to create mayhem, chaos and murder in the middle east, should we not send a message, as strongly as possible, that Iran’s malign …..."
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Written Question
Foreign and Commonwealth Office: Apprentices
Wednesday 16th May 2018

Asked by: Jack Lopresti (Conservative - Filton and Bradley Stoke)

Question to the Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office:

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what levels of apprenticeships are offered by his Department; and how many apprenticeship starts there were at each level in each of the last three years.

Answered by Alan Duncan

The tables below set out the number of new 'apprenticeship starts' and the levels of apprenticeships offered by the Foreign and Commonwealth Office (FCO) and our Trading Fund, FCO Services, in the last three years. We have no records of FCO apprenticeships in 2015-16.

FCONew Apprenticeship Starts​​
Apr-15 to Mar-16Apr-16 to Mar-17Apr-17 to Mar-18
Level 2No data2015
Level 3No data12
Level 4No data1

FCO SERVICESNew Apprenticeship Starts​​
Apr-15 to Mar-16Apr-16 to Mar-17Apr-17 to Mar-18
Level 2None2None
Level 391021
Level 4NoneNone1
Level 6NoneNone4
Speech in Commons Chamber - Tue 27 Mar 2018
Oral Answers to Questions

"Does my right hon. Friend agree that the international response to the Salisbury incident demonstrates the enduring value, reliance and quality of our NATO alliance?..."
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Speech in Westminster Hall - Wed 21 Mar 2018
Future of the Commonwealth

"I congratulate my hon. Friend on securing the debate. He is making a brilliant speech, as usual. All the values that he speaks of—aid, co-operation, travel and so on—are fantastic, but is there not a case to explore military co-operation and intelligence sharing, given the threats we all face? The …..."
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Written Question
Kurds: Foreign Relations
Wednesday 14th March 2018

Asked by: Jack Lopresti (Conservative - Filton and Bradley Stoke)

Question to the Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office:

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, With whom the Minister of State for the Commonwealth and the UN met with in an official capacity during his recent visit to the Kurdistan Region of Iraq; what subjects were discussed in those meetings; what assessment he has made of the value of visit to UK-Kurdistan Region relations; and if he will make a statement.

Answered by Alistair Burt

​On 2 and 3 March, the Minister for The Commonwealth and UN, Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon met the Prime Minister of the Kurdistan Regional Government (KRG), Nechirvan Barzani; the Head of the Department for Foreign Relations, Falah Mustafa; Minister of Interior, Karim Sinjari; and representatives from Women's Rights, Yezidi and Christian organisations. The Minister's visit was primarily focused on preventing sexual violence in conflict, holding perpetrators to account and supporting survivors. The Minister pressed the KRG to meet its international obligations on human rights, discussed challenges around preventing sexual violence in conflict and gender-based violence, and emphasised the importance of female participation in the policatical and reconciliation process. It was a positive visit which advanced UK objectives and underlined UK support for the Kurdistan Region within a unified Iraq.

Speech in Commons Chamber - Tue 06 Mar 2018
Government Policy on Russia

"Will my right hon. Friend join me in paying tribute to the work that Britain’s National Cyber Security Centre does to resist Russian cyber-attacks on the UK’s critical infrastructure? How does he categorise such attacks—are they just nuisances that we have to learn to live with and deal with, or …..."
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Mon 26 Feb 2018
Syria: De-escalation Zones

"My right hon. Friend the Foreign Secretary is correct in saying that, in the end, it will be a political and diplomatic solution, but do we not have a responsibility to demonstrate to the world that the use of chemical weapons will not be tolerated? At the very least, are …..."
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Tue 20 Feb 2018
Oral Answers to Questions

"5. Whether the Government plan to send observers to the elections in Iraq scheduled for May 2018. [R] ..."
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