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Written Question
Air Force: Israel
Monday 13th May 2024

Asked by: Kenny MacAskill (Alba Party - East Lothian)

Question to the Ministry of Defence:

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many planes operated by the Royal Air Force have landed in (a) Lebanon, (b) Egypt, (c) Jordan and (d) Syria since 7 October 2023.

Answered by Leo Docherty - Minister of State (Ministry of Defence) (Minister for the Armed Forces)

The RAF undertakes regular flights to the Middle East region as part of our routine engagement and to conduct humanitarian aid airdrops as part of the Jordanian led mission. For operational security considerations we will not comment further.

Departmental Publication (Statistics)
Home Office

May. 10 2024

Source Page: Modern Slavery: NRM and DtN statistics, January to March 2024
Document: (ODS)

Found: America 8 Trinidad and Tobago 8 Republic of Serbia 8 Kuwait 8 Kenya 8 Tunisia 7 Switzerland 7 Malaysia 7 Lebanon

Departmental Publication (Guidance and Regulation)
Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office

May. 09 2024

Source Page: Call for Proposals: UKISF Pacific Programme
Document: UK WPS National Action Plan (PDF, 8.5MB) (PDF)

Found: Two female deminers for UK Aid Match partner and landmine clearance charity MAG in Lebanon.

Select Committee
Correspondence from the Lord Chancellor and Secretary of State for Justice, Rt Hon Alex Chalk, dated 11 January 2024

Correspondence May. 08 2024

Committee: Human Rights (Joint Committee)

Found: This principle was found to be lawful by the Supreme Court in MM (Lebanon) v SSHD .5 Additionally

Select Committee
Second Special Report - Humanitarian situation in Gaza: Government Response to the Committee’s Second Report

Special Report May. 08 2024

Committee: International Development Committee (Department: Department for International Development)

Found: these messages with Prime Minister Netanyahu, as well as leaders in Qatar, Jordan, Oman, Saudi Arabia, Lebanon

Westminster Hall
Recognition of Western Sahara as Moroccan - Wed 08 May 2024
Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office

Mentions:
1: Daniel Kawczynski (Con - Shrewsbury and Atcham) It supports Hezbollah in Lebanon, Hamas, and the Houthi rebels in Yemen. - Speech Link

Westminster Hall
Countering Iran’s Hostile Activities - Wed 08 May 2024
No Department present

Mentions:
1: Sharon Hodgson (Lab - Washington and Sunderland West) why the IRGC must be proscribed, we focus on the havoc it has wreaked across the middle east in Gaza, Lebanon - Speech Link
2: Jim Shannon (DUP - Strangford) that I say this for the record: Iran is the country that supports the Houthis in Yemen, Hezbollah in Lebanon - Speech Link
3: Wayne David (Lab - Caerphilly) It has supplied and supported Hezbollah in Lebanon, and it still does. - Speech Link

Select Committee
Professor Alexander Evans

Oral Evidence May. 07 2024

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

Found: even here, on the streets of the UK, Germany and France—this is all manufactured in Syria and in Lebanon

Select Committee
Cruickshank & Dean Global Intelligence

Oral Evidence May. 07 2024

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

Found: even here, on the streets of the UK, Germany and France—this is all manufactured in Syria and in Lebanon

Non-Departmental Publication (Statistics)
UK Health Security Agency

May. 07 2024

Source Page: Communal accommodation settings: infectious disease transmission
Document: (PDF)

Found: ‘Vulnerability of Syrian refugees in Lebanon to COVID -19: quantitative insights ’ Conflict and Health