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Written Question
Carlingford Lough and Lough Foyle: Territorial Waters
Thursday 12th July 2018

Asked by: Lady Hermon (Independent - North Down)

Question to the Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office:

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, if he will provide an update on the Government's policy on the territorial jurisdiction of Lough Foyle and Carlingford Lough in Northern Ireland; and if he will make a statement.

Answered by Alan Duncan

The Government's position on Lough Foyle and Carlingford Lough has not changed. The regulation of activities in the Loughs is the responsibility of the Loughs Agency, a cross-border body established under the Belfast Agreement of 1998. We remain fully committed to these arrangements and continue to work closely with the Irish Government over improvements to the management of the Loughs.

Speech in Commons Chamber - Wed 04 Jul 2018
Demolition of Khan al-Ahmar

"The Minister, for whom I have enormous regard, has described how British officials were taken by surprise this morning when they went to visit the villages and found bulldozers on site—..."
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Wed 04 Jul 2018
Demolition of Khan al-Ahmar

"They were not surprised?..."
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Wed 04 Jul 2018
Demolition of Khan al-Ahmar

"I thank the Minister for that clarification. They were not taken by surprise, but they went there because they feared that demolitions were going to take place. I would like to be reassured that, when the reports came back that the bulldozers were indeed on site, the Foreign Office immediately …..."
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Thu 10 May 2018
Libyan-sponsored IRA Terrorism

"I congratulate the hon. Gentleman on securing this debate on a sensitive and important issue. Has he any evidence that the current Government have intensified their efforts to obtain compensation from the Libyan Government for all those victims of IRA-sponsored terrorism not just in Northern Ireland but throughout the United …..."
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Thu 10 May 2018
Libyan-sponsored IRA Terrorism

"I am very pleased to be working with the hon. Lady on the Northern Ireland Affairs Committee. Does she agree that when the British Government, quite rightly, condemn terrorism unreservedly —and we have experienced far too much terrorism in the United Kingdom —they have a moral obligation to seek compensation …..."
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Thu 10 May 2018
Libyan-sponsored IRA Terrorism

"I am very grateful to the hon. Gentleman for allowing me to intervene.

Reflecting on the close working relationship between the Conservative Government and his party, the Democratic Unionist party, I have assumed that this very sensitive and very important issue for victims of Libyan-sponsored IRA terrorism has been raised …..."
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Thu 10 May 2018
Libyan-sponsored IRA Terrorism

"rose—..."
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Thu 10 May 2018
Libyan-sponsored IRA Terrorism

"I am enormously grateful to the Minister, for whom I have the highest regard—he is a very good Foreign Office Minister. After his visit to Libya, he described the UK as

“a strong partner and friend of Libya.”

If Libya is a friend of the UK, what possible justification can …..."
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Wed 24 Jan 2018
Refugees and Human Rights

"May I ask the right hon. Lady to put on the record a tribute to the BBC journalists and other reporters around the world who highlight to us, with great sensitivity and great honesty, the appalling conflicts, the famines, the plight of refugees, and the cruelty experienced by Christians and …..."
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