Written Question
Monday 9th February 2026
Asked by:
Valerie Vaz (Labour - Walsall and Bloxwich)
Question
to the Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office:
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, if she will make a statement on the recent ministerial visit to Yemen.
Answered by Hamish Falconer
- Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office)
I updated the House on my visit to Yemen in November in my oral statement on 5 January, and my responses to oral questions on 20 January.
Written Question
Monday 13th March 2023
Asked by:
Valerie Vaz (Labour - Walsall and Bloxwich)
Question
to the Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office:
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, how many staff in his Department are responsible for overseeing sanctions on sources of (a) revenue and (b) arms for the Burmese Military.
Answered by Anne-Marie Trevelyan
Sanctions Directorate has over 100 permanent staff delivering our global sanctions response. A large part of that figure includes staff that work flexibly across the all the UK's sanctions regimes, including Myanmar sanctions. This number does not include Myanmar-focused policy officials working on our wider strategy to constrain the regime's ability to access arms and finance which facilitate their campaign against the civilian population.
Written Question
Friday 3rd March 2023
Asked by:
Valerie Vaz (Labour - Walsall and Bloxwich)
Question
to the Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office:
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, whether he has held discussions with his US counterpart on the potential merits of imposing (a) sanctions and (b) other non-sanction measures against Myanmar Oil and Gas Enterprise to help prevent potential access to that company's gas revenue by the Myanmar military.
Answered by Anne-Marie Trevelyan
We will continue to work closely with international partners, including the US, EU, Canada and Australia, to take robust action to reduce the military's access to revenue, arms, and equipment. The UK is committed to targeted sanctions, which directly impact the military without harming the wider population. This will be a key consideration for any future designations. It would be inappropriate to speculate on future targets by either ourselves or our partners.
Speech in Westminster Hall - Thu 03 Nov 2022
Yemen Peace Process
"It is a pleasure to serve with you as Chair, Mr Davies, and I thank my hon. Friend the Member for Meon Valley (Mrs Drummond) for suggesting this debate. We both went along to the Backbench Business Committee and were able to pitch the debate, because—like my brother and my …..."Valerie Vaz - View Speech
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Speech in Westminster Hall - Thu 03 Nov 2022
Yemen Peace Process
"Yes, we have reminisced a lot together about what a lovely country it was. It was wonderful for me that there were so many different nationalities there; I was taught by Italian nuns and had Greek friends. There were people from Goa, and all sorts of other people, including of …..."Valerie Vaz - View Speech
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Speech in Westminster Hall - Thu 03 Nov 2022
Yemen Peace Process
"I was remiss in not welcoming the Minister to his place. He has been a great colleague; I worked with him when I was shadow Leader of the House and he was a Whip, and he is amazing. I will speak about freedom of religion. My first communion and confirmation …..."Valerie Vaz - View Speech
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Tue 11 Oct 2022
Mahsa Amini
"Brave young women are being beaten to death just for wanting to be women and to conserve their human rights. We also have British citizens, Morad Tahbaz and Mehran Raoof, who are still incarcerated in Iran. What are the British Government going to do to release them?..."Valerie Vaz - View Speech
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Wed 07 Sep 2022
Jagtar Singh Johal
"Can I just tell the Minister that there is a separation of powers, but it is our job to hold him to account—we ask him questions—and it is for judges to decide on the case? If they are civil proceedings, they are in open court, so everybody can go along …..."Valerie Vaz - View Speech
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Wed 13 Jul 2022
Sri Lanka
"There is a large diaspora of Sri Lankan people who live here and who are desperately worried about their family back in Sri Lanka. The Minister has made no mention of the Prime Minister’s involvement. At the end of this urgent question, will she ask the Prime Minister to pick …..."Valerie Vaz - View Speech
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Tue 28 Jun 2022
Women’s Rights to Reproductive Healthcare: United States
"I thank Mr Speaker for allowing this urgent debate and my right hon. Friend the Member for Kingston upon Hull North (Dame Diana Johnson) for securing it. I want to follow up on the question about buffer zones, which the Minister failed to answer; given that they are about to …..."Valerie Vaz - View Speech
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