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Commons Chamber
Syria - Mon 16 Apr 2018
Cabinet Office

Mentions:
1: Lloyd Russell-Moyle (LAB - Brighton, Kemptown) any discussions must include the Kurds in northern Syria? - Speech Link
2: Lord Clarke of Nottingham (CON - Life peer) How will the British initiative bring the Turks, the Russians, the Iranians, the Israelis and many other - Speech Link
3: Hilary Benn (LAB - Leeds Central) , following the combined effort, on the ground by the Iraqi forces and the Kurds in the main, with the - Speech Link
4: Julian Lewis (CON - New Forest East) Only the Syrian Democratic Forces, led by the Kurds, are at all acceptable to us, and they are now under - Speech Link
5: Geoffrey Clifton-Brown (CON - The Cotswolds) There are so many ethnic minorities in Syria—the Kurds, the Christians, the Shi’a, the Sunnis and numerous - Speech Link


Lords Chamber
Syria - Mon 16 Apr 2018
Leader of the House

Mentions:
1: Baroness Evans of Bowes Park (CON - Life peer) Sergeant Tonroe fought to protect British values and our freedoms, and to keep this country safe.With - Speech Link
2: Lord Newby (LDEM - Life peer) The multi-layered conflicts being played out in Syria—Assad v al-Qaeda, Turkey v Kurds and Iran v Israel—have - Speech Link
3: Lord Hain (LAB - Life peer) proxy conflict involving also Israel, Turkey and the Kurds. - Speech Link
4: Lord Glasman (LAB - Life peer) as defeated Daesh forces, to expel the Kurds and Christians from their homes in Afrin. - Speech Link


Commons Chamber
Oral Answers to Questions - Tue 27 Mar 2018
Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office

Mentions:
1: Alan Duncan (CON - Rutland and Melton) British-Polish relations are excellent and go from strength to strength. - Speech Link
2: Ann Clwyd (LAB - Cynon Valley) Many times in this Chamber we have praised the Peshmerga and the bravery of the Syrian Kurds in taking - Speech Link
3: Alan Duncan (CON - Rutland and Melton) It is about time that this miserable little worm walked out of the embassy and gave himself up to British - Speech Link
4: Alex Norris (LAB - Nottingham North) What efforts will the British Government make to support further progress and promote its spreading to - Speech Link


Select Committee
Rt Hon Boris Johnson MP, Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, Sir Simon McDonald, Permanent Under Secretary, Karen Pierce, Political Director, Foreign and Commonwealth Office

Oral Evidence Mar. 21 2018

Inquiry: Oral evidence from the Foreign Secretary
Inquiry Status: Closed
Committee: Foreign Affairs Committee (Department: Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office)

Found: Rt Hon Boris Johnson MP, Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, Sir Simon McDonald,


Lords Chamber
Syria: Protection of Civilians in Afrin - Tue 13 Mar 2018
Department for International Development

Mentions:
1: Baroness Sheehan (LDEM - Life peer) The Kurds have been key allies in our fight against Daesh and I think that all noble Lords will be appalled - Speech Link
2: Lord Robathan (CON - Life peer) I should say that I am proud of the British Government’s humanitarian efforts and that we are the second - Speech Link


Parliamentary Research
Syria: what next? - CBP-8247
Mar. 12 2018

Found: On the ground 5 1.1 De-escalation zones 5 1.2 Idlib and Eastern Ghouta 6 1.3 Turkey, Kurds and northern


Commons Chamber
Protection of Civilians in Afrin - Mon 12 Mar 2018
Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office

Mentions:
1: Crispin Blunt (CON - Reigate) coming out about the way in which the Turks are conducting this operation. - Speech Link
2: David Lammy (LAB - Tottenham) Should not the British Government be absolutely clear that he must now end this offensive, and has not - Speech Link
3: Philip Hollobone (CON - Kettering) Although the Turks have been very generous in providing safe refuge for millions of Syrian refugees in - Speech Link
4: Stephen Lloyd (LDEM - Eastbourne) so many Members: desperate sympathy for the Kurds, who have been fighting Daesh and Islamic jihad for - Speech Link


Select Committee
General (Rtd) Sir Richard Barrons, Former Commander Joint Forces Command, Elisabeth Braw, Nonresident Senior Fellow, Atlantic Council, Dr Andrew Rathmell, Visiting Professor, University of Exeter Strategy & Security Institute and Managing Director Aktis Strategy Ltd, James de Waal, Senior Fellow, International Security, Chatham House, Professor Sir Lawrence Freedman, Emeritus Professor of War Studies, King’s College London

Oral Evidence Feb. 26 2018

Inquiry: National Security Capability Review: A Changing Security Environment
Inquiry Status: Closed
Committee: National Security Strategy (Joint Committee)

Found: Council, Dr Andrew Rathmell, Visiting Professor, University of Exeter Strategy & Security Institute and


Commons Chamber
Foreign Affairs Committee - Thu 22 Feb 2018
Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office

Mentions:
1: Tom Tugendhat (CON - Tonbridge and Malling) forces re-took most of the territory that the Kurds had taken off ISIS. - Speech Link
2: Philip Hollobone (CON - Kettering) Is not the truth about the Kurds that British foreign policy towards them has been wrong for about 100 - Speech Link


Select Committee
Rt Hon Alistair Burt MP, Minister of State for the Middle East, Amy Clemitshaw, Head Eastern Mediterranean Department

Oral Evidence Jan. 09 2018

Inquiry: Kurdish aspirations and the interests of the UK inquiry
Inquiry Status: Closed
Committee: Foreign Affairs Committee (Department: Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office)

Found: Q124 Nadhim Zahawi: The UK has provided significant military and political support to the Iraqi Kurds