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Written Question
Yemen: Politics and Government
Saturday 3rd February 2024

Asked by: Jim Shannon (Democratic Unionist Party - Strangford)

Question to the Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office:

To ask the Minister of State, Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office, what assessment he has made of the situation in Yemen.

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

The UK is deeply concerned by the humanitarian situation in Yemen, which remains dire despite the truce-like conditions since April 2022. This de facto truce offers the most significant opportunity for peace in Yemen in years. We welcome the conclusion of the Saudi-Houthi talks and the formal launch of the UN-led Roadmap by the UN Special Envoy to Yemen, Hans Grundberg, on 23 December 2023. This transition to an intra-Yemeni peace process under UN auspices has been reached following years of HMG's diplomatic support.

What the Houthis are doing in the Red Sea is unacceptable, illegal and threatening freedom of navigation. Their reckless actions are putting innocent lives at risk, reducing the flow of humanitarian aid to those who need it most in Yemen, threatening the global economy, and destabilising the region.

We are using every diplomatic lever at our disposal to pressure the Houthis to desist. It is in all our interests to work together to de-escalate tensions.

Lords Chamber
Holocaust Memorial Day - Fri 02 Feb 2024
Department for Levelling Up, Housing & Communities

Mentions:
1: Baroness Anderson of Stoke-on-Trent (Lab - Life peer) experiences of hell with our Parliament, the Government and future generations. - Speech Link
2: Lord Austin of Dudley (Non-affiliated - Life peer) the Middle East, half a million people have been killed in Syria, almost 400,000 have been killed in Yemen - Speech Link
3: Baroness Smith of Newnham (LD - Life peer) You’re involved in politics. Do something”. I was 24. - Speech Link
4: Baroness Fox of Buckley (Non-affiliated - Life peer) its unique historical context and dragged out of the jaws of identity politics and diversity dogma.For - Speech Link

Departmental Publication (News and Communications)
Ministry of Justice

Feb. 01 2024

Source Page: Lord Chancellor makes international rule of law speech in Washington
Document: Lord Chancellor makes international rule of law speech in Washington (webpage)

Found: And it’s underpinned by mutual consent and agreement, peaceful resolution of disputes, and regard for

Select Committee
Chatham House, Peter Millett, and Denisse Rudich

Oral Evidence Jan. 30 2024

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: Chatham House, Peter Millett, and Denisse Rudich Oral Evidence

Select Committee
Chatham House, Helen Lackner, and Dr Elisabeth Kendall

Oral Evidence Jan. 30 2024

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: Chatham House, Helen Lackner, and Dr Elisabeth Kendall Oral Evidence

Commons Chamber
Holocaust Memorial Day - Thu 25 Jan 2024
No Department present

Mentions:
1: Peter Bottomley (Con - Worthing West) He planned to take control of the Bavarian state government and then march on Berlin. - Speech Link
2: Bob Stewart (Ind - Beckenham) He said, “I’ll deal with the politics; you deal with the front- lines.” - Speech Link
3: Andrew Percy (Con - Brigg and Goole) Football pundits and actors who have never uttered a word about Yemen or the 85,000 children killed there - Speech Link

Commons Chamber
Situation in the Red Sea - Wed 24 Jan 2024
Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office

Mentions:
1: Alicia Kearns (Con - Rutland and Melton) Unlike southern Yemen, North Yemen was never a British colony. - Speech Link
2: Andy Slaughter (Lab - Hammersmith) to the suffering in both Yemen and Gaza. - Speech Link
3: James Gray (Con - North Wiltshire) We cannot then hold the Government to account; we cannot come back and say, “You, Mr Government, have - Speech Link
4: Liam Fox (Con - North Somerset) It will require a new way of looking at politics in the region, and it is right that Hamas cannot be - Speech Link
5: Ian Blackford (SNP - Ross, Skye and Lochaber) seen through much of our politics, these are issues that go beyond the Red sea. - Speech Link

Select Committee
European Commission, Sir Mark Lyall Grant, and The Washington Institute for Near East Policy

Oral Evidence Jan. 23 2024

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: European Commission, Sir Mark Lyall Grant, and The Washington Institute for Near East Policy Oral Evidence

Select Committee
European Commission, Sir Mark Lyall Grant, and The Washington Institute for Near East Policy

Oral Evidence Jan. 23 2024

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: European Commission, Sir Mark Lyall Grant, and The Washington Institute for Near East Policy Oral Evidence

Select Committee
School of History, St Andrew’s University, and Foundation for Defense of Democracies

Oral Evidence Jan. 23 2024

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: School of History, St Andrew’s University, and Foundation for Defense of Democracies Oral Evidence