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Middle East and North Africa

Secondary information

Type

Parliamentary proceeding

Reference

529 c31-51 

Session

2010-12

Department

Foreign and Commonwealth Office

Chamber / Committee

House of Commons chamber

Proceeding contributions

Lord Hague of Richmond | 529 c51 (Link to this contribution) On Libya, the Arab League has been very clear and is very supportive of what we have done under the ...

Baroness Stuart of Edgbaston | 529 c51 (Link to this contribution) The Foreign Secretary suggested that one reason why we heard so little from the Arab League in recen...

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Lord Hague of Richmond | 529 c50 (Link to this contribution) There is a good deal of evidence that many British nationals have left Yemen in recent months in res...

Ian Jnr Paisley | 529 c50 (Link to this contribution) I thank the Foreign Secretary for his comprehensive statement. Will he be specific about the number ...

Lord Hague of Richmond | 529 c50 (Link to this contribution) I have pointed out that the responsibility for the situation on the borders is not entirely on the I...

Andy Slaughter | 529 c50 (Link to this contribution) The Foreign Secretary has consistently condemned the use of live fire against unarmed protesters by ...

Lord Hague of Richmond | 529 c50 (Link to this contribution) We will see over time the effect that we have in Bahrain. It is important to have channels of commun...

Ben Bradshaw | 529 c49-50 (Link to this contribution) Given what the Foreign Secretary rightly says about the importance of consistency, I am astonished t...

Lord Hague of Richmond | 529 c49 (Link to this contribution) The way I would put it is that it is important to intensify the peaceful and legitimate pressure on ...

James Morris | 529 c49 (Link to this contribution) Does the Foreign Secretary agree that given all that is going on in the middle east, it is more vita...

Lord Hague of Richmond | 529 c49 (Link to this contribution) I doubt it because we are not intending to be an occupying power in Libya, where I hope that the sit...

Rehman Chishti | 529 c49 (Link to this contribution) The Foreign Secretary will know that the United States previously appointed Jerry Bremer as the Gove...

Lord Hague of Richmond | 529 c49 (Link to this contribution) No; whatever happens with the Arab spring, we should welcome people's aspirations for freedom and de...

Dennis Skinner | 529 c49 (Link to this contribution) Would not a fair summary of the Foreign Secretary's statement be that it suggests the halcyon days o...

Lord Hague of Richmond | 529 c48 (Link to this contribution) Israel does have the right to defend its borders but it must do so in a sensible and proportionate w...

Robert Halfon | 529 c48 (Link to this contribution) Does my right hon. Friend agree that Israel has the right to defend its own borders, given that the ...

Lord Hague of Richmond | 529 c48-9 (Link to this contribution) I do not think that that is a major factor in this. As has been pointed out by hon. Members earlier,...

Mark Durkan | 529 c48 (Link to this contribution) Although I acknowledge the scope and energy of the Foreign Secretary's personal engagement on these ...

Lord Hague of Richmond | 529 c48 (Link to this contribution) This is one of the objectives of the fund and £40 million of it is there to encourage political refo...

Heidi Alexander | 529 c48 (Link to this contribution) What conditions, if any, have been placed on the Arab partnership fund to ensure women's equal polit...

Lord Hague of Richmond | 529 c48 (Link to this contribution) Yes. Such support predominantly comes from the Department for International Development or out of th...

Christopher Pincher | 529 c47 (Link to this contribution) In his statement my right hon. Friend rightly said that the national transitional council represents...

Lord Hague of Richmond | 529 c47 (Link to this contribution) Clearly there is widespread opposition of the kind that the hon. Gentleman describes, and the FIA mu...

Richard Burden | 529 c46-7 (Link to this contribution) Motor racing is a sport and an industry where Britain leads the world; the majority of Formula 1 tea...

Lord Hague of Richmond | 529 c46 (Link to this contribution) Clearly, we do not want the Egyptian Government to do anything that will increase the risk of violen...

Daniel Byles | 529 c47 (Link to this contribution) On the post-conflict phase, will the Foreign Secretary confirm that if the UK were to give long-term...

Lord Hague of Richmond | 529 c47 (Link to this contribution) The sanctions so far cover President Assad and 22 other individuals in terms of asset freezes and tr...

Sammy Wilson | 529 c47 (Link to this contribution) Does the Foreign Secretary agree that events in Syria have the potential to be even more destabilisi...

Lord Hague of Richmond | 529 c47 (Link to this contribution) It is not possible to release those assets under the current UN resolutions—of course we have looked...

Bob Blackman | 529 c46 (Link to this contribution) The reported reopening of the border between Gaza and Egypt runs the risk of refuelling Hamas and Is...

Denis MacShane | 529 c46 (Link to this contribution) Mrs Thatcher supported the boycott in 1980.

Lord Hague of Richmond | 529 c46 (Link to this contribution) Well maybe we should learn from what happened 30 years ago. We should be reluctant about advocating ...

Lord Hague of Richmond | 529 c45 (Link to this contribution) We can do many things, which we are doing. They include the following: in the case of the situation ...

Jo Swinson | 529 c45 (Link to this contribution) Across the middle east and north Africa, appalling stories are emerging of the torture and abuse of ...

Lord Hague of Richmond | 529 c45 (Link to this contribution) Certainly I agree with the hon. Gentleman that a successful dialogue will have to be with senior rep...

Mike Gapes | 529 c45 (Link to this contribution) How can there be a comprehensive, inclusive national dialogue in Bahrain when secular Opposition lea...

Richard Fuller | 529 c46 (Link to this contribution) The good work of our armed forces, the Department for International Development and the Foreign and ...

Lord Hague of Richmond | 529 c46 (Link to this contribution) It really is premature to consider that. I am not a regular fan of boycotts of the Olympic games, wh...

Chris Bryant | 529 c46 (Link to this contribution) In a year's time, the barbarous regimes in Bahrain and Syria will probably expect to send teams to t...

Lord Hague of Richmond | 529 c45 (Link to this contribution) We have taken no decision about that, and it would be premature to do so. This situation may arise i...

Gerald Kaufman | 529 c45 (Link to this contribution) In the light of the report in yesterday's The New Yorker that Barack Obama used his recent visit to ...

Lord Hague of Richmond | 529 c44 (Link to this contribution) That question is about the importance of maintaining the international coalition and staying within ...

Lord Hague of Richmond | 529 c44 (Link to this contribution) Let me answer some of those questions. We did raise with the members of the national transitional co...

Rory Stewart | 529 c44 (Link to this contribution) Given that the Foreign Secretary has so eloquently pointed out that Libya is just one, and perhaps n...

Lord Hague of Richmond | 529 c44 (Link to this contribution) My answer to my hon. Friend is in line with my answer to the hon. Member for Walsall North (Mr Winni...

Jeremy Corbyn | 529 c44 (Link to this contribution) Can the Foreign Secretary credibly continue to say that Britain is not militarily involved in a war ...

Speaker | 529 c43 (Link to this contribution) Order. There is intense interest, which is reflected in the number of Members who are seeking to cat...

Mark Pritchard | 529 c43-4 (Link to this contribution) Thank you for your generosity, Mr Speaker. No pressure! Does the Foreign Secretary agree that the r...

Lord Hague of Richmond | 529 c43 (Link to this contribution) Obviously we condemn anything that leads to unnecessary deaths, and I have made a strong appeal for ...

Speaker | 529 c51 (Link to this contribution) I am grateful to the Foreign Secretary and colleagues for their co-operation.

Naomi Long | 529 c51 (Link to this contribution) With respect to the planned national dialogue in Bahrain, what representations will the Secretary of...

Lord Hague of Richmond | 529 c51 (Link to this contribution) The hon. Lady makes an important point. For it to be a successful national dialogue, it will have to...

Lord Hague of Richmond | 529 c41 (Link to this contribution) Clearly, Egypt, with its geographic position, its vast population and its history, is at the centre ...

Richard Ottaway | 529 c39 (Link to this contribution) I welcome the Foreign Secretary's statement and congratulate him on his visit to Benghazi with the I...

Jack Straw | 529 c39-40 (Link to this contribution) May I first express my appreciation to the Foreign Secretary and his right hon. Friend the Defence S...

Lord Hague of Richmond | 529 c39 (Link to this contribution) The resolution on Libya is now nearly three months old, and circumstances have developed since then....

Lord Campbell of Pittenweem | 529 c40 (Link to this contribution) In spite of my right hon. Friend's understandably restrained language in relation to Bahrain, does h...

Lord Hague of Richmond | 529 c40 (Link to this contribution) Prime Minister Netanyahu is the elected Prime Minister of Israel, and we must always bear that in mi...

Bob Ainsworth | 529 c41 (Link to this contribution) On post-conflict planning for Libya, the Foreign Secretary is reported to have said at the weekend t...

Lord Hague of Richmond | 529 c40 (Link to this contribution) It is very important that due process should be followed. One of the most alarming things is the use...

Lord Soames of Fletching | 529 c41 (Link to this contribution) The Foreign Secretary is clearly right to give priority to the need to get rid of Gaddafi in short o...

Lord Hague of Richmond | 529 c41 (Link to this contribution) The right hon. Gentleman is right to point out the urgency of this situation. This is why we are tak...

Douglas Alexander | 529 c35-7 (Link to this contribution) I thank the Foreign Secretary for his statement and for advance sight of it. Let me begin my remark...

Lord Hague of Richmond | 529 c31-5 (Link to this contribution) With permission, Mr Speaker, I would like to make a statement on north Africa and the middle east. O...

Lord Hague of Richmond | 529 c37-9 (Link to this contribution) I am grateful to the right hon. Gentleman for that wide range of questions. There are many subjects ...

Douglas Alexander | 529 c37 (Link to this contribution) I am indeed. In addition, given the widespread discussion that the Palestinians plan to argue for s...

Speaker | 529 c37 (Link to this contribution) Order. I think the shadow Secretary of State is approaching his last sentence.

Lord Hague of Richmond | 529 c43 (Link to this contribution) The case advanced by my hon. Friend is mounting all the time, as is apparent to many in Egypt and ou...

Tobias Ellwood | 529 c42-3 (Link to this contribution) I welcome the statement. I have just returned from a visit to Cairo. Whoever one speaks to there—the...

Lord Hague of Richmond | 529 c42 (Link to this contribution) There was a single referendum, but there was also a 99% vote in favour.

Angus Robertson | 529 c42 (Link to this contribution) The Secretary of State has highlighted the pending independence of South Sudan on 9 July, which no d...

Lord Hague of Richmond | 529 c42 (Link to this contribution) Of course these are valid questions from my hon. Friend. We do not know what the exact circumstances...

Edward Leigh | 529 c42 (Link to this contribution) Will the Foreign Secretary say a bit more about post-war planning? As we saw in Iraq, getting rid of...

Lord Hague of Richmond | 529 c42 (Link to this contribution) It is often necessary to use the word ““allegation”” and I have used it in respect of certain cases ...

Denis MacShane | 529 c41-2 (Link to this contribution) Why did the Foreign Secretary use the term ““allegations”” of torture about what The Times reported ...

David Winnick | 529 c43 (Link to this contribution) Does the Foreign Secretary really believe that his remarks about the killing of Palestinian demonstr...

Lord Hague of Richmond | 529 c46 (Link to this contribution) This has been a long-running constitutional issue in the United States of America between various Pr...

Speaker | 529 c39 (Link to this contribution) Order. A great many hon. and right hon. Members are seeking catch my eye, but I just remind the Hous...

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Armed conflict Human rights International assistance EU action Politics and government Violence UN resolutions Sanctions NATO Israel Sudan Civil disorder Palestine Iran Syria Middle East Yemen Peace negotiations EU external relations Libya Military intervention North Africa Bahrain

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