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Commons Chamber
Iran: Freedom and Democracy - Thu 01 Feb 2024
Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office

Mentions:
1: Wayne David (Lab - Caerphilly) In Iraq—including in Kurdistan—and in Syria, Iranian sponsored militants have attacked US forces. - Speech Link
2: David Rutley (Con - Macclesfield) the death penalty is imposed absent of any fair trial or due process, and ethnic minorities such as Kurds - Speech Link

Select Committee
UN Sanctions Monitoring Group, SOAS Middle East Institute, Centre for Middle Eastern Studies and KCL, and International Crisis Group

Oral Evidence Jan. 16 2024

Inquiry: The UK’s international counter-terrorism policy
Inquiry Status: Closed
Committee: Foreign Affairs Committee (Department: Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office)

Found: But look at what happened with the awakening in Iraq back when we thought al- Qaeda in Iraq was on

Select Committee
Henry Jackson Society
 MENA0043 - 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: Turkey’s Iraq Development Road Initiative seeks to rival the India-Middle East trade corridor and

Select Committee
All Party Parliamentary Group on Trafficked Britons in Syria
 MENA0030 - 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: concluded that British nationals, including children, were trafficked by ISIS to and within Syria and Iraq

Select Committee
Council for Arab British Understanding (Caabu)
 MENA0055 - 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: managed to avoid this escalating into direct conflict. 5.US disengagement after the disaster of the Iraq

Select Committee
National Council of Resistance of Iran - UK Representative Office
 MENA0013 - 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: more than 500 members, including representatives of ethnic and religious minorities such as the Kurds

Select Committee
2023-11-22 15:00:00+00:00

Oral Evidence Nov. 22 2023

Inquiry: Daesh Inquiry
Inquiry Status: Closed
Committee: Human Rights (Joint Committee)

Found: Questions 44 - 68 Witnesses I: Katherine Cornett, Head of the Syria and Iraq Detention Project at

Commons Chamber
Violence Reduction, Policing and Criminal Justice - Wed 15 Nov 2023
Ministry of Justice

Mentions:
1: Michael Ellis (Con - Northampton North) Then there are China’s hard-oppressed Uyghur Muslims, and the wonderful Kurds being attacked by Turkey - Speech Link
2: Afzal Khan (Lab - Manchester, Gorton) That reminds me of my visit to a UN refugee camp in Iraq, where I met three generations of Palestinian - Speech Link

Written Question
Iraq: Kurds
Tuesday 17th October 2023

Asked by: Wayne David (Labour - Caerphilly)

Question to the Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office:

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, whether his Department has taken steps to provide economic support to the Kurdistan Regional Government in the last 12 months.

Answered by David Rutley - Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office)

The UK supports a secure, stable and thriving Kurdistan Region in Iraq (KRI) within a peaceful and prosperous Iraq. Through our diplomatic engagements, we continue to encourage all parties to work together to resolve outstanding regional issues. The importance of our strong and strategic partnership with the KRI was further reinforced during visits by the Minister of State for the Middle East, Lord (Tariq) Ahmad of Wimbledon in March, and Security Minister Tom Tughendhat in August this year. Through various funding mechanisms, including Official Development Assistance, and the Conflict, Stability and Security Fund, the UK continues to support efforts to tackle underlying drivers of instability across Iraq and KRI.

Written Question
Iraq: Kurds
Monday 16th October 2023

Asked by: Wayne David (Labour - Caerphilly)

Question to the Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office:

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what recent discussions his Department has had with the (a) Federal Government of Iraq and (b) Kurdistan Regional Government on the implementation in (i) Kirkuk and (ii) other disputed territories of Article 140 of the 2005 Iraqi constitution.

Answered by David Rutley - Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office)

The UK regularly engages with leaders of Federal Iraq and the Kurdistan Region of Iraq (KRI), including during the recent visit of the Security Minister, Tom Tughendhat, in August. Following the incident in Kirkuk the British Embassy in Iraq met a range of Iraqi counterparts and continues to encourage cooperation between Baghdad and Erbil to resolve outstanding issues. The UK supports all efforts to ensure a secure, stable and thriving KRI exists within a peaceful and prosperous Iraq. The British Consulate General Erbil regularly meets with stakeholders from the disputed territories to understand the situation on the ground and how the disputed nature of these areas is causing challenges for Iraqi citizens. The UK hopes to see provincial council elections go ahead peacefully on 18 December, following the unrest in early September.