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Ministerial statement on Monday, 17 July 2006, in the House of Lords, led by Lord Triesman.


Middle East

Lords statement on developments in the Middle East.


Secondary information

Type
Parliamentary proceeding
Reference
684 c1027-40 
Session
2005-06
Department
Foreign and Commonwealth Office
Chamber / Committee
House of Lords chamber
Proceeding contributions
Lord Triesman | 684 c1040 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, the simple answer is yes. I do not know whether such a force would be a bolstering of UNIF...
Baroness Ludford | 684 c1040 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, will the Minister make representations to the Israeli Government to ask them to desist fro...
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Lord Triesman | 684 c1039 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, I entirely accept my noble friend’s point that it is easier to identify where there might ...
Lord Hannay of Chiswick | 684 c1040 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, the Minister has mentioned the possibility of a UN monitoring capability. Does he recognis...
Lord Triesman | 684 c1040 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, very briefly, I am not party to the thinking of Israeli military strategists, but I unders...
Lord Triesman | 684 c1040 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, that is unquestionably a fair point. We are asking that no disproportionate action should ...
Lord Monson | 684 c1040 (Link to this contribution) The noble Lord, Lord Triesman, rightly declared that the Israeli response to Hezbollah should be pro...
Lord Anderson of Swansea | 684 c1039 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, does my noble friend agree that there are clear points of leverage in respect of Hamas—be ...
Lord Triesman | 684 c1036 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, I understand—I was not in St Petersburg—that a number of ideas were canvassed and a good d...
Lord Clinton-Davis | 684 c1037 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, on Gaza, does my noble friend agree that food, fuel, natural gas, medicines and electricit...
Lord Dykes | 684 c1036 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, does the Minister agree that it was disappointing that, because of American unwillingness,...
Lord Triesman | 684 c1033-5 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, I thank both noble Lords for their observations. There is a global risk of instability in ...
Lord Wallace of Saltaire | 684 c1032-3 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, I endorse much of what the noble Lord, Lord Howell, has said. It is clear that we now face...
Lord Howell of Guildford | 684 c1030-2 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, I am grateful to the Minister for repeating this important and somewhat gloomy Statement. ...
Lord Triesman | 684 c1027-30 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, I beg leave to repeat a Statement made in another place by my honourable friend Dr Kim How...
Lord Triesman | 684 c1036 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, no attack on Iran is contemplated.
Baroness D'Souza | 684 c1036 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, if the conflict escalates to the point where an attack on Iran is considered possible or e...
Lord Triesman | 684 c1035-6 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, I am very grateful to my noble friend Lady Symons for her congratulations, which I will re...
Baroness Symons of Vernham Dean | 684 c1035 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, my noble friend has expressed his gratitude to the British forces trying to help those Bri...
Lord Roberts of Llandudno | 684 c1039 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, there are a number of Christian and other groups in Israel and Palestine at the moment. Wh...
Lord Triesman | 684 c1038-9 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, I hope that, broadly speaking, people across the political spectrum in the United Kingdom ...
Lord Triesman | 684 c1039 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, as the Minister responsible for consular matters, my advice to everyone, whether they are ...
Lord Phillips of Sudbury | 684 c1037 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, does the noble Lord accept that the continuing colonisation of the West Bank, so that ther...
Lord Triesman | 684 c1037 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, some equipment, some food and some medicines have gone through. I heard an estimate of the...
Lord Foulkes of Cumnock | 684 c1038 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, does my noble friend agree that, given the currently extremely dangerous situation and the...
Lord Triesman | 684 c1037-8 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, I can hardly think of a prescription more likely to cause devastation to any prospects of ...
Subjects
Army Armed conflict British nationality Humanitarian aid Abduction Political prisoners Terrorism UN resolutions Israel Palestine Iran Syria Middle East Hezbollah Peace negotiations Lebanon Gaza Ceasefires
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