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Westminster Hall
Human Rights: Consular Services - Tue 16 Apr 2024
Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office

Mentions:
1: Christine Jardine (LD - Edinburgh West) I believe that it is necessary to strengthen the powers and responsibilities of embassies and consulates - Speech Link
2: Hannah Bardell (SNP - Livingston) My constituent Julie Pearson was killed after a severe beating by her partner in Eilat in Israel. - Speech Link
3: Christine Jardine (LD - Edinburgh West) I fully appreciate what the Minister says about the good work that our embassies and consular services - Speech Link

Lords Chamber
Genocide (Prevention and Response) Bill [HL]
2nd reading - Fri 22 Mar 2024
Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office

Mentions:
1: Baroness Kennedy of Shaws (Lab - Life peer) affairs.Of today’s major and emerging foreign policy crises, the vast majority—from Ukraine, Sudan, Syria, Israel - Speech Link
2: Lord Collins of Highbury (Lab - Life peer) We discussed this week that Gaza is on the brink of famine, and I have repeatedly stressed that Israel - Speech Link
3: Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon (Con - Life peer) He is in Israel today. - Speech Link

Westminster Hall
Nagorno-Karabakh: Armenian Refugees - Tue 19 Mar 2024
Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office

Mentions:
1: Rupa Huq (Lab - Ealing Central and Acton) attention in a world where we are becoming increasingly desensitised to conflict, be it Russia-Ukraine or Israel-Palestine - Speech Link
2: Tim Loughton (Con - East Worthing and Shoreham) 2020 when Azerbaijan, emboldened by strong military support from Turkey and with equipment provided by Israel - Speech Link
3: Chris Law (SNP - Dundee West) Whether it is Russia, Israel or Azerbaijan, the UK cannot pick and choose when human rights protections - Speech Link

Commons Chamber
Business of the House - Thu 14 Mar 2024
Leader of the House

Mentions:
1: Penny Mordaunt (Con - Portsmouth North) There has been criticism this week that the SNP is blowing taxpayers’ cash on copious embassies and lobbying - Speech Link
2: Richard Foord (LD - Tiverton and Honiton) We had a debate in Westminster Hall on 12 December on arms export licences for sales to Israel. - Speech Link
3: Michael Ellis (Con - Northampton North) recall that Mark Serwotka, the head of the Public and Commercial Services Union, said six years ago that Israel - Speech Link

Select Committee
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Written Evidence Mar. 12 2024

Inquiry: Defence in the Grey Zone
Inquiry Status: Closed
Committee: Defence Committee (Department: Ministry of Defence)

Found: The United Kingdom should improve its network of embassies in the region to coordinate and liaise with

Lords Chamber
Gaza: Humanitarian Aid - Tue 12 Mar 2024
Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office

Mentions:
1: Lord Cameron of Chipping Norton (Con - Life peer) Israel must open more land routes, including in the north, for longer and with fewer screening requirements - Speech Link
2: Lord Cameron of Chipping Norton (Con - Life peer) wanted to help, it could open the Ashdod port, which is a fully functioning port in Israel. - Speech Link
3: Lord Cameron of Chipping Norton (Con - Life peer) I am very familiar with the noble Lord’s service in a number of our embassies in the Middle East and - Speech Link

Deposited Papers

Mar. 06 2024

Source Page: Letter dated 28/02/2024 from Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon to Stephen Doughty MP regarding consular support for British nationals and eligible persons in Gaza. 2p.
Document: Doughty.pdf (PDF)

Found: Individuals or families with other nationalities should contact the relevant Embassy in Egypt or Israel

Select Committee
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Oral Evidence Mar. 05 2024

Inquiry: Export-led growth
Inquiry Status: Closed
Committee: Business and Trade Committee (Department: Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy)

Found: We have outstanding capability in our embassies, high commissions and suchlike around the world, and

Scottish Parliament Debate - Main Chamber
Scotland’s Place in the World - Tue 05 Mar 2024

Mentions:
1: Hoy, Craig (Con - South Scotland) intricacies of global diplomacy and international relations.Whether we are talking about the fake foreign embassies - Speech Link
2: Greer, Ross (Green - West Scotland) favour of a ceasefire for months, and I am confident that a majority would support an arms embargo on Israel - Speech Link
3: Greer, Ross (Green - West Scotland) Anything that Israel is committing against the people of Palestine right now has been committed by the - Speech Link

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

Mentions:
1: Baroness Janke (LD - Life peer) Israel is now pushing ahead with an additional 3,300 illegal settlements in the West Bank. - Speech Link
2: Lord Roberts of Belgravia (Con - Life peer) The chronically anti-Israel United Nations? The G7? The Arab League? - Speech Link
3: Baroness Helic (Con - Life peer) The second inconsistency arises from the Israel-Gaza war. - Speech Link
4: Lord Cameron of Chipping Norton (Con - Life peer) Let me say again at this Dispatch Box that Israel is the occupying power. - Speech Link
5: Lord Cameron of Chipping Norton (Con - Life peer) worried about our ambition in terms of diplomacy that Britain still has the third biggest network of embassies - Speech Link