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Speech in Westminster Hall - Wed 08 Jun 2016
Human Rights and Arms Sales to Saudi Arabia

"It is a privilege to serve under your chairmanship, Mrs Gillan. I congratulate the hon. Member for Rutherglen and Hamilton West (Margaret Ferrier) on securing the debate.

I shall be brief. Will the Minister give some analysis of our relationship with Saudi Arabia and how we might be influencing or …..."
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Speech in Westminster Hall - Wed 08 Jun 2016
Human Rights and Arms Sales to Saudi Arabia

"I very much appreciate my hon. Friend’s intervention. The UK should promote precision arms, which minimise civilian casualties. Are we complicit in causing more civilian casualties, especially given the humanitarian effort and the people who are clearing up?

I will not take up the extra time that my hon. Friend …..."
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Speech in Westminster Hall - Wed 20 Apr 2016
Small Weapons Trade

"I beg to move,

That this House has considered Government policy on the trade in small weapons.

It is a pleasure to serve under your chairmanship, Mr Rosindell. I want to say at the outset that I have an interest in this topic. I am a Quaker attender, a member …..."
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Speech in Westminster Hall - Wed 20 Apr 2016
Small Weapons Trade

"I thank my hon. Friend for making that point. I believe we are leading when it comes to trade in larger weapons, but we are doing very poorly when it comes to small weapons. I will give examples.

The young man in Africa nearly died from his gunshot wound. We …..."
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Speech in Westminster Hall - Wed 20 Apr 2016
Small Weapons Trade

"I regret to say that they are UK citizens. One was extradited to the US. I believe the others are from the UK. The first one I mentioned was selling arms to our police and our Ministry of Defence. My hon. Friend may know that, when Sir John Stanley was …..."
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Speech in Westminster Hall - Wed 20 Apr 2016
Small Weapons Trade

"I thank my hon. Friend the Minister for his response and concur with him that the situation is not perfect. I am glad that work is being done with other Departments. I am not satisfied that the cost and bureaucracy are problems for a register or for vetting. I maintain …..."
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Tue 12 Apr 2016
Oral Answers to Questions

"Will the Minister tell me if he managed to visit—..."
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Tue 12 Apr 2016
Oral Answers to Questions

"7. What progress his Department has made on allowing Chagossian people to return to the Chagos Islands...."
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Tue 12 Apr 2016
Oral Answers to Questions

"Does the Minister agree that the £60 million estimate for the resettlement of the Chagos islanders, at 0.002% of the international development budget, is a price that the Government must pay this year so that the Chagos islanders can return home? Every day they are not allowed to do so …..."
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Written Question
Israel: Bedouin
Thursday 25th February 2016

Asked by: Tania Mathias (Conservative - Twickenham)

Question to the Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office:

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, whether he has had discussions with the Israeli government on the displacement of Bedouin people from townships in the Negev.

Answered by Tobias Ellwood

I discussed the Bedouin in the Negev with Head of the Joint List MK Ayman Odeh during my visit to Israel on 18 February. Officials from our Embassy in Tel Aviv are following developments closely, and we continue to encourage the Israeli authorities and Bedouin communities to work together to identify satisfactory solutions.