"I add my congratulations to all those who have made excellent maiden speeches today. I particularly want to mention my hon. Friend the new Member for Lancaster and Fleetwood (Cat Smith) and her comments on Syrian refugees and Palestine, of which I hope the Government will take note. I congratulate …..." Nia Griffith - View Speech
"Does my hon. Friend agree that UK recognition of Palestine as a state would give a tremendous boost to the moderates in a state of Palestine and significantly strengthen their voice in the international community?..." Nia Griffith - View Speech
"We understand the immediate need for a ceasefire and for humanitarian aid, but we must look at the underlying causes, with Gaza under siege and 60% of the west bank now under direct military rule and a seemingly complete failure to halt the continuing expansion of the Israeli settlements. The …..." Nia Griffith - View Speech
"I congratulate the Foreign Affairs Committee on its report and I appreciate much of the Government’s response. There are rarely quick fixes with regard to human rights. Much of the work is painstaking and involves like-minded countries trying to help bring international pressure to bear, to tackle human rights abuses. …..." Nia Griffith - View Speech
"5. Whether he has had discussions with the Government of Israel on their response to the recommendations of the report “Children in Military Custody”, published by a delegation of British lawyers in 2012...." Nia Griffith - View Speech
"It is a year since the publication of the “Children in Military Custody” report and the lack of reform is lamentable. Will the Minister press the Israeli Government on specific deadlines on specific issues, such as the implementation of the use of audio-visual recordings in all interrogations? Specific deadlines on …..." Nia Griffith - View Speech
"I should like to thank you, Mr Speaker, for allowing me this debate to bring to the House’s attention the issue of lethal autonomous robotics, or LARs, which are sometimes referred to as “killer robots”. I have the privilege of being the vice-chair of the all-party parliamentary group on weapons …..." Nia Griffith - View Speech
"My hon. Friend is right. There will be a huge imbalance between countries that have these technologies and the potential to use them, and countries that do not.
LARs increase the distance, physical and emotional, between weapons users and the lethal force that they inflict. Drones already offer the states …..." Nia Griffith - View Speech
"The hon. Lady makes a very valid point, which shows why the negotiations are so crucial. We need to define exactly what is meant by LARs and examine that international law to see what we can do to regulate all the appropriate weapons. If we are to make progress on …..." Nia Griffith - View Speech
"2. What recent steps the Government have taken to improve the prospects for a two-state solution to the conflict between Israel and Palestine...." Nia Griffith - View Speech