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Parliamentary Research
Debate on the Civil Nuclear Roadmap - CDP-2024-0036
Feb. 16 2024

Found: Debate on the Civil Nuclear Roadmap


Commons Chamber
Ukraine - Mon 20 May 2024
Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office

Mentions:
1: Andrew Mitchell (Con - Sutton Coldfield) vital military support to Ukraine.Across the country, Russian missiles are raining down on Ukrainian power - Speech Link
2: Bernard Jenkin (Con - Harwich and North Essex) In the last few days it has been reported that Iran is willing to share nuclear technology with neighbouring - Speech Link
3: Dan Carden (Lab - Liverpool, Walton) Russian power grows stronger, not weaker in Africa. - Speech Link
4: Marie Rimmer (Lab - St Helens South and Whiston) Ukraine must win, and Europe and NATO must do everything in their power. - Speech Link


Departmental Publication (Policy paper)
Cabinet Office

Apr. 23 2024

Source Page: Defending Britain
Document: (PDF)

Found: And crucially, not only are threats to stability growing but the links between states like Russia, Iran


Lords Chamber
Artificial Intelligence in Weapon Systems Committee Report - Fri 19 Apr 2024
Ministry of Defence

Mentions:
1: Lord Stevens of Birmingham (XB - Life peer) not by the other two permanent members of the UN Security Council, Russia and China, nor of course by Iran - Speech Link
2: Viscount Waverley (XB - Excepted Hereditary) with automated systems, drones and predictive analytics, have implications for the balance of military power - Speech Link
3: Lord St John of Bletso (XB - Excepted Hereditary) The power of AI systems applied to battlefield management has been powerfully demonstrated by Ukraine - Speech Link
4: Lord Clement-Jones (LD - Life peer) drones in particular, potentially autonomously, in conflicts such as Libya, Syria and Ukraine and now by Iran - Speech Link
5: Baroness Anderson of Stoke-on-Trent (Lab - Life peer) only consider the use of drone warfare in both the Ukrainian theatre and the targeting of Israel by Iran - Speech Link


Lords Chamber
Foreign Affairs - Tue 05 Mar 2024
Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office

Mentions:
1: Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon (Con - Life peer) The threatened use, yet again, of nuclear weapons is chilling and irresponsible. - Speech Link
2: Baroness Smith of Newnham (LD - Life peer) and Hezbollah are all supported by Iran. - Speech Link
3: Lord Archbishop of Canterbury (Bshp - Bishops) Our soft power assets in this country are enormous, especially when combined with the hard power within - Speech Link
4: Lord Alderdice (LD - Life peer) They fear the existential threats of climate catastrophe and global, perhaps even nuclear, war. - Speech Link


Commons Chamber
Armed Forces Readiness and Defence Equipment - Thu 21 Mar 2024
Ministry of Defence

Mentions:
1: Jeremy Quin (Con - Horsham) Iran and its proxies are destabilising the middle east, and, via the Houthis, pose a constant threat - Speech Link
2: John Spellar (Lab - Warley) aware of the increasing tension in the Gulf, particularly arising from the destabilising impact of Iran - Speech Link
3: Kevan Jones (Lab - North Durham) We have great ambitions to be a global power, like some kind of imperial power. - Speech Link
4: Jeremy Quin (Con - Horsham) We also now have a nuclear armed North Korea, with Iran making its way in the same direction. - Speech Link


Departmental Publication (News and Communications)
Ministry of Defence

May. 08 2024

Source Page: Chief of the Defence Staff Ash Carter Exchange Speech
Document: Chief of the Defence Staff Ash Carter Exchange Speech (webpage)

Found: We’ve seen: an outright attack by Iran against Israel involving hundreds of ballistic missiles and


Select Committee
Queen Mary University of London, and RUSI
MENA0008 - The UK’s engagement with the Middle East and North Africa

Written Evidence Dec. 18 2023

Inquiry: The UK’s engagement with the Middle East and North Africa
Inquiry Status: Closed
Committee: Foreign Affairs Committee (Department: Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office)

Found: Israel, for so long a pariah, and still firmly opposed by Iran, Syria and Iraq, has normalised ties


Departmental Publication (News and Communications)
Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office

Nov. 01 2023

Source Page: Russia aligns with authoritarian regimes out of desperate necessity: UK statement to the OSCE
Document: Russia aligns with authoritarian regimes out of desperate necessity: UK statement to the OSCE (webpage)

Found: On 26 October, Russian one-way-attack UAVs struck near Khmelnytsky Nuclear Power Plant, 280km west of


Commons Chamber
Humanitarian Situation in Gaza - Wed 17 Apr 2024
Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office

Mentions:
1: Rachel Hopkins (Lab - Luton South) Samantha Power, administrator for USAID, told the US Congress last week that northern Gaza is now experiencing - Speech Link
2: Claire Hanna (SDLP - Belfast South) The escalation of recent days is deeply worrying, with two nuclear-armed countries exchanging ballistics - Speech Link
3: Matt Western (Lab - Warwick and Leamington) Last week, Samantha Power of the US Agency for International Development told Congress that they it was - Speech Link
4: David Rutley (Con - Macclesfield) We recognise that Israel is an occupying power, so we have to urge and work with the Israelis to enable - Speech Link
5: James Murray (LAB - Ealing North) Last week, Samantha Power, the administrator of USAID, told Congress that northern Gaza is now experiencing - Speech Link