Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

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• To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, with reference to the press release “Ne
• To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, whether he has (a) sought and (b) recei
• To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what assessment has he made of the pote
• To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what formal representations he has made
• To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, whether any international dispute-resol
• To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what assessment he has made of the impl
• To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, when he will respond to the letter from
• To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, pursuant to the Answer of 3 November 20
• To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, whether the Government’s proposed discu
• To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, whether he made representations to Paki
• To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, pursuant to the answer of 10 March 2025
• To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, for what reason the UK abstained during
• To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what contribution his Department plans
• To ask His Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the concerns raised in the letter sent by the Bahrain
• To ask His Majesty's Government whether Judge Jassim Al-Ajlan, who previously held senior roles in Bahrain’s Alternative
• To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what steps his Department is taking to
• Alongside the expansion of illegal settlements, as we have heard, there has been growing concern about violence perpetra
• It is not just Afghanistan where we see a rollback in the protection of women and girls. Last week, I was in Sierra Leon
• Thank you, Mr Speaker. I welcome the Government’s new sanctions to address illegal settlement expansion in the west ban
• For a decade we have rightly been worried about the impact of misinformation on social media fuelled by hostile foreign
• We hear warnings from allies about China’s Arctic ambitions, and the risk of Beijing and Moscow dominating emerging ship
• In recent months, our European allies have become increasingly forthright in publicly naming hostile states responsible
• I thank the Foreign Secretary for his comments. The reason I asked about the vote in the Lords is this: there seems to b
• Our defence and our economy are closely tied, and both depend on our relationship with our closest neighbours. The Prime
• I have had a great deal of trouble getting a straight answer from the Government on this for some months now, so I will
• The Israeli human rights organisation Yesh Din has found that between 2005 and 2023 more than 93% of investigations into
• It is good to be back. Given the accelerating rate of Arctic sea ice melt, we are not many years away from an ice-free s
• My hon. Friend the Member for Esher and Walton (Monica Harding) talked about the impact on children, but there is also a
• 2. What assessment he has made of future levels of uranium enrichment planned by Iran.
• British citizens Ryan Cornelius and his partner have now been detained for 18—nearly 19—years, without due process, by t
• The Foreign Secretary pledged to take action against specific companies that provide services for settlement expansion i
• In the discussions that the Foreign Secretary is holding with European countries, is he also emphasising the vital role
• The Government have declared the occupation unlawful, and their measures on settlements depend on reliable evidence of w
• 16. What steps his Department is taking to oppose the expansion of illegal settlements in the west bank.
• Meur ras ha myttin da, Mr Speaker. Last Wednesday, Georgia’s constitutional court began hearings on a lawsuit brought by
• I am grateful to the Foreign Secretary for those remarks, but with Russian-linked interference operations continuing to
• In Afghanistan, children, particularly girls, simply cannot enjoy their childhood. This summer marked a grim anniversary
• Iran is tiptoeing towards a bomb. It is an existential threat for our friend and ally Israel. I cannot understand how gl
• The Foreign Secretary mentions people running the risk of the full force of the sanctions regime, given the new powers t
• I learnt a great deal during my trip to Ukraine last month. I learnt that the Ukrainians see themselves as Europeans, th
• T9. Given the increasing evidence of hybrid attacks by Russia on British targets, will the Foreign Secretary rule out sh
• During Evidence Week, I met Dr Sara Polo to discuss violence against women and girls in conflict areas, including Afghan
• When President Trump met Xi Jinping last month, the US President raised with the Chairman the case of imprisoned British
• Just over a year ago, I and my hon. Friend the Member for Bury St Edmunds and Stowmarket (Dr Prinsley) were detained and
• Moscow ships stalk our cables, Tehran’s agents seek to assassinate on our soil, and last week the Pentagon declared Conf
• 6. What discussions he has had with European partners on defence and security.
• A significant number of my constituents have written to me expressing support for UNICEF’s “No Choice But Childhood” cam
• Three hundred and forty children in Gaza have died since the ceasefire of last year—an average of almost one per day—nea
• Palestinian children are the only children in the world who are systematically prosecuted in military courts. Those cour
• Yesterday I visited the National Oceanography Centre, with the hon. Member for Mid Norfolk (George Freeman), to learn ab