Ministerial statement on Wednesday, 15 July 2015, in the House of Commons, led by Lord Hammond of Runnymede.

Iran: Nuclear Deal

Statement on the outcome of the nuclear negotiations with Iran.

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Type: Parliamentary proceeding
Reference: 598 cc893-914
Session: 2015-16
Department: Foreign and Commonwealth Office
Chamber / Committee: House of Commons chamber
Related items: Iran: Implementation Day
Tuesday, 19 January 2016
Written statements
House of Commons
Proceeding contributions: Lord Hammond of Runnymede | 598 cc894-6 (Link to this contribution)
With permission, Mr Speaker, I would like to make a statement on the outcome of the nuclear negot...; Dan Jarvis | 598 cc896-8 (Link to this contribution)
I offer the apologies of the shadow Foreign Secretary, my right hon. Friend the Member for Leeds ...; Lord Hammond of Runnymede | 598 cc898-9 (Link to this contribution)
I am grateful to the hon. Gentleman for the constructive tone with which he has approached the an...; Crispin Blunt | 598 c899 (Link to this contribution)
The Foreign Secretary, his political director and all his officials are to be congratulated on th...; Lord Hammond of Runnymede | 598 c900 (Link to this contribution)
My hon. Friend is right that the big prize is to achieve a measure of reconciliation between Saud...; Gerald Kaufman | 598 c900 (Link to this contribution)
May I congratulate the Foreign Secretary and all others involved on this historic agreement, whic...; Lord Hammond of Runnymede | 598 c900 (Link to this contribution)
I am grateful for the hon. Gentleman’s remarks. He takes the words out of my mouth. I was trying ...; Liam Fox | 598 c901 (Link to this contribution)
My right hon. Friend is right that if Iran gives up its nuclear ambitions it is a huge move forwa...; Lord Hammond of Runnymede | 598 c901 (Link to this contribution)
My right hon. Friend makes a series of good points and he is right that access for verification i...; 598 c901 (Link to this contribution)
rose—; John Bercow | 598 c901 (Link to this contribution)
Order. I just gently point out to the House, and for the benefit of Ministers, that the right hon...; Alex Salmond | 598 c902 (Link to this contribution)
I know the Foreign Secretary will be aware that President Rouhani is a distinguished graduate of ...; Lord Hammond of Runnymede | 598 c902 (Link to this contribution)
I confess to the right hon. Gentleman that I was not aware that President Rouhani was a graduate ...; Julian Lewis | 598 c902 (Link to this contribution)
Like most of the contributors so far, I welcome this development, but will the Foreign Secretary ...; Lord Hammond of Runnymede | 598 c902 (Link to this contribution)
I take my right hon. Friend’s cautionary statement. Of course, the difference in the case of Russ...; Baroness Stuart of Edgbaston | 598 c902 (Link to this contribution)
I say gently to the Foreign Secretary that history will decide whether this was an historic agree...; Lord Hammond of Runnymede | 598 c903 (Link to this contribution)
First, the hon. Lady is obviously right to correct me on an error that many of us have made—prema...; Lord Pickles | 598 c903 (Link to this contribution)
I hope my right hon. Friend will forgive me if I press him on one aspect of the agreement. He tal...; Lord Hammond of Runnymede | 598 c903 (Link to this contribution)
My right hon. Friend makes a good point. The International Atomic Energy Agency, which has respon...; Lord Dodds of Duncairn | 598 c903 (Link to this contribution)
The Foreign Secretary talked about inspections and the 20 or more days for access to be gained to...; Lord Hammond of Runnymede | 598 c903 (Link to this contribution)
These negotiations have gone on for a very long time, and on each and every one of these issues, ...; 598 c904 (Link to this contribution)
rose—; John Bercow | 598 c904 (Link to this contribution)
Order. Forgive me, but on the present trend, it would take a further hour and a half to accommoda...; Anne-Marie Trevelyan | 598 c904 (Link to this contribution)
My late father wrote extensively in the 1960s on the non-proliferation of nuclear weapons, and th...; Lord Hammond of Runnymede | 598 c904 (Link to this contribution)
I believe that President Rouhani and the Supreme Leader are genuine in their edict against nuclea...; Jeremy Corbyn | 598 c904 (Link to this contribution)
I am pleased that this agreement has been reached; it is a huge step forward. As a result of it, ...; Lord Hammond of Runnymede | 598 c904 (Link to this contribution)
The hon. Gentleman has been a supporter of such a conference for a long time, and as he knows, th...; Lord Soames of Fletching | 598 c904 (Link to this contribution)
However the House looks at it, the agreement is clearly a diplomatic triumph for the partners. Do...; Lord Hammond of Runnymede | 598 c904 (Link to this contribution)
Yes, I agree with my right hon. Friend. Contacts with Iran will now be critical, opening the coun...; Louise Ellman | 598 c904 (Link to this contribution)
Iran currently supports the terrorist organisation Hamas in promoting terrorism in Gaza and elsew...; Lord Hammond of Runnymede | 598 c905 (Link to this contribution)
It is obviously early days, but in an ideal world, as Iran becomes more engaged in the internatio...; Nadhim Zahawi | 598 c905 (Link to this contribution)
The agreement obviously judges Iran by its actions rather than by its words. Foreign Minister Zar...; Lord Hammond of Runnymede | 598 c905 (Link to this contribution)
I have not spoken to my Turkish counterpart since we did this deal, but I have met him on many oc...; Dennis Skinner | 598 c905 (Link to this contribution)
Does it not say a lot about this Government that, in the past hour in this quaint place of ours, ...; Lord Hammond of Runnymede | 598 c905 (Link to this contribution)
The hon. Gentleman has not disappointed me. I shall take that as an endorsement of the diplomatic...; John Baron | 598 c905 (Link to this contribution)
For those of us who have long advocated a greater focus on diplomacy in our dealings with Iran, t...; Lord Hammond of Runnymede | 598 c905 (Link to this contribution)
My hon. Friend is right. Clearly, the key thing we need to do is to get our embassy reopened. I h...; Lord Austin of Dudley | 598 c906 (Link to this contribution)
The Foreign Secretary has kept his promise not to do a bad deal, but only because he has done an ...; Lord Hammond of Runnymede | 598 c906 (Link to this contribution)
The question we have to ask is what kind of a deal would have been welcomed in Tel Aviv. The answ...; 598 c906 (Link to this contribution)
rose—; John Bercow | 598 c906 (Link to this contribution)
Order. I almost always seek to call everybody following these statements, but we need brief, pith...; Richard Bacon | 598 c906 (Link to this contribution)
When the Foreign Secretary sees the Israeli Prime Minister tomorrow, will he remind him that his ...; Lord Hammond of Runnymede | 598 c906 (Link to this contribution)
Now that my hon. Friend has reminded me of that, I shall certainly put it in my briefing note for...; Emily Thornberry | 598 c906 (Link to this contribution)
This is tremendous news and, in my view, a great result for the international community. Since we...; Lord Hammond of Runnymede | 598 c907 (Link to this contribution)
I am delighted that the hon. Lady has mentioned Baroness Ashton, and I am pleased to have the opp...; Alec Shelbrooke | 598 c907 (Link to this contribution)
One of my earliest statements here was a plea for no military action to be taken against Iran, so...; Lord Hammond of Runnymede | 598 c907 (Link to this contribution)
Iran, having acquired a nuclear weapon, would have triggered at the very least a nuclear arms rac...; Caroline Lucas | 598 c907 (Link to this contribution)
In light of this very welcome agreement and noting that, in May, Iran joined 112 non-proliferatio...; Lord Hammond of Runnymede | 598 c907 (Link to this contribution)
As the hon. Lady will know, we have reduced the number of warheads to the absolute minimum necess...; Andrew Murrison | 598 c907 (Link to this contribution)
Iran’s future in world affairs depends largely on its educated, cultured and surprisingly liberal...; Lord Hammond of Runnymede | 598 c908 (Link to this contribution)
As I have said before, I think that this is about contact: it is about travel, about trade and ab...; Jim Shannon | 598 c908 (Link to this contribution)
In his statement, the Foreign Secretary said that there must be something in this for the Iranian...; Lord Hammond of Runnymede | 598 c908 (Link to this contribution)
Our negotiations have been about the nuclear deal. We have deliberately not widened them to make ...; Tania Mathias | 598 c908 (Link to this contribution)
In view of the indefinite monitoring and transparency measures, may I return to the questions ask...; Lord Hammond of Runnymede | 598 c908 (Link to this contribution)
As my hon. Friend would expect, I shall put the case for the agreement to the Israeli Prime Minis...; Roger Mullin | 598 c908 (Link to this contribution)
In 1991, I sat in the office of the International Atomic Energy Agency in Vienna, having a fairly...; Lord Hammond of Runnymede | 598 c908 (Link to this contribution)
I am not sure that I quite understand the question. At present, Iran does not have a functioning ...; David Jones | 598 c909 (Link to this contribution)
My right hon. Friend rightly highlighted the activities of the Iranian revolutionary guard corps ...; Lord Hammond of Runnymede | 598 c909 (Link to this contribution)
As I think I have made clear before, we have no specific commitments. Iran will have access, over...; Mark Hendrick | 598 c909 (Link to this contribution)
How confident is the Foreign Secretary that Iran will comply with the terms of the deal, that it ...; Lord Hammond of Runnymede | 598 c909 (Link to this contribution)
The hon. Gentleman has asked three separate questions. How confident am I that Iran will comply? ...; Edward Argar | 598 c909 (Link to this contribution)
If the agreement is fully adhered to, it has the potential to change the regional dynamic in a po...; Lord Hammond of Runnymede | 598 c909 (Link to this contribution)
I think that the only big bump—speed bump—in the road ahead is the United States Congress. I am c...; Tom Brake | 598 c909 (Link to this contribution)
May I return the Foreign Secretary to the issue of human rights? Iran has the highest execution r...; Lord Hammond of Runnymede | 598 c910 (Link to this contribution)
I think that it would be a mistake to view the agreement simply in terms of opportunities for for...; Lord Garnier | 598 c910 (Link to this contribution)
I believe that a very large proportion of the population of Iran is under 30 years old. To develo...; Lord Hammond of Runnymede | 598 c910 (Link to this contribution)
My right hon. and learned Friend is absolutely right: Iran is a young country. I believe that 70%...; Paul Flynn | 598 c910 (Link to this contribution)
The Foreign Secretary will go to Tel Aviv and Washington with a wide spectrum of support from the...; Lord Hammond of Runnymede | 598 c910 (Link to this contribution)
Whatever the question was, I am sure I can answer it in the affirmative, and I thank the hon. Gen...; Oliver Dowden | 598 c910 (Link to this contribution)
Many of my constituents still have concerns about whether this deal will be strictly enforced, in...; Lord Hammond of Runnymede | 598 c911 (Link to this contribution)
As I said in answer to an earlier question, I am confident that the access regimes are robust and...; Jonathan Ashworth | 598 c911 (Link to this contribution)
The deal is important and welcome, but the right hon. Gentleman will be aware that there have bee...; Lord Hammond of Runnymede | 598 c911 (Link to this contribution)
I think Saudi Arabia may well have been tempted to look at acquiring its own capability if it bel...; Henry Smith | 598 c911 (Link to this contribution)
I greatly welcome my right hon. Friend’s work in securing these improved diplomatic relations wit...; Lord Hammond of Runnymede | 598 c911 (Link to this contribution)
I and my hon. Friends will be talking to our colleagues across the Gulf, and the Prime Minister i...; Jonathan Edwards | 598 c911 (Link to this contribution)
The Secretary of State said the deal would help the alignment of western and Iranian foreign poli...; Lord Hammond of Runnymede | 598 c911 (Link to this contribution)
I did not say that; what I said was that we are aligned in our view of ISIL as an existential cha...; Matthew Offord | 598 c911 (Link to this contribution)
Given the clandestine history of the Iranian nuclear programme, particularly in regard to the For...; Lord Hammond of Runnymede | 598 c912 (Link to this contribution)
We have specifically excluded Iran from carrying out any enrichment or research and development a...; Debbie Abrahams | 598 c912 (Link to this contribution)
I too welcome the announcement of this deal, and think the Foreign Secretary is absolutely right ...; Lord Hammond of Runnymede | 598 c912 (Link to this contribution)
First, it is not possible to sit with somebody in a hotel for six weeks negotiating a deal withou...; Nigel Huddleston | 598 c912 (Link to this contribution)
What aspects of this agreement with Iran can my right hon. Friend point to as having been particu...; Lord Hammond of Runnymede | 598 c912 (Link to this contribution)
I am glad my hon. Friend has asked me that question, because it gives me the opportunity to pay t...; Conor McGinn | 598 c912 (Link to this contribution)
I give a hopeful but cautious welcome to the Foreign Secretary’s statement. He will know that the...; Lord Hammond of Runnymede | 598 c912 (Link to this contribution)
All I can say to the hon. Gentleman is that Russia has played a completely constructive role in t...; Bob Blackman | 598 c913 (Link to this contribution)
There are suspicions that Iran may have acquired nuclear weapons already. One of the concerns wil...; Lord Hammond of Runnymede | 598 c913 (Link to this contribution)
It is not our assessment that Iran has developed nuclear weapons. We assess that under the progra...; Lord McCabe | 598 c913 (Link to this contribution)
I hope I am wrong, but I fear the Foreign Secretary and my Front-Bench team are mistaken on this ...; Lord Hammond of Runnymede | 598 c913 (Link to this contribution)
Well, I hope the hon. Gentleman is wrong, too. Let us be clear that we are talking about two diff...; David Burrowes | 598 c914 (Link to this contribution)
Iran and North Korea share an appalling human rights record, particularly in relation to religiou...; Lord Hammond of Runnymede | 598 c914 (Link to this contribution)
Well, potentially, but this agreement and the non-proliferation treaty obligations that Iran has ...; Jamie Reed | 598 c914 (Link to this contribution)
The enforcement of this deal will be well served by the deployment of British nuclear expertise a...; Lord Hammond of Runnymede | 598 c914 (Link to this contribution)
The Iranians will do most of the decommissioning work themselves. It is relatively low-level work...; Mark Durkan | 598 c914 (Link to this contribution)
I echo the compliments that have been paid to the Foreign Secretary, his colleagues and predecess...; Lord Hammond of Runnymede | 598 c914 (Link to this contribution)
The UK does not have any bilateral sanctions against Iran; we are talking about EU and UN sanctio...
Subjects: Inspections International Atomic Energy Agency Nuclear weapons Nuclear fuels Nuclear power Proliferation Sanctions Iran Plutonium
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Iran: Nuclear Deal

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