Ministerial statement on Tuesday, 7 January 2020, in the House of Lords, led by Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon.

Middle East: Security Update

Lords statement on the security situation in the Middle East.

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Type: Parliamentary proceeding
Reference: 801 cc48-60
Session: 2019-21
Department: Foreign and Commonwealth Office
Chamber / Committee: House of Lords chamber
Related items: Deposited Paper DEP2020-0005
Tuesday, 14 January 2020
Deposited papers
House of Lords
Proceeding contributions: Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon | 801 cc49-50 (Link to this contribution)
With the leave of the House, I will now repeat a Statement given in another place this afternoon ...; Lord Collins of Highbury | 801 cc50-2 (Link to this contribution)
My Lords, I thank the Minister for repeating the Statement. Each actor engaged in this tension ha...; Baroness Northover | 801 cc52-3 (Link to this contribution)
My Lords, I too thank the Minister for repeating the Statement. This is an exceptionally dangerou...; Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon | 801 cc53-4 (Link to this contribution)
My Lords, I thank the noble Lord, Lord Collins, and the noble Baroness, Lady Northover, for their...; Bishop of Leeds | 801 c54 (Link to this contribution)
My Lords, would the Minister agree that the “Thought for the Day” by the Bishop of Loughborough t...; Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon | 801 c55 (Link to this contribution)
I thank the right reverend Prelate for his intervention. He quoted the Bishop of Loughborough, an...; Lord Lamont of Lerwick | 801 c55 (Link to this contribution)
My Lords, I refer to my entry in the register of Members’ interests as the unremunerated chairman...; Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon | 801 cc55-6 (Link to this contribution)
My Lords, I am not here to answer on behalf of the US Administration. What I can do is talk of th...; Lord Anderson of Swansea | 801 c56 (Link to this contribution)
My Lords, no one here mourns the death of such a man of blood. It is understandable that the Fore...; Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon | 801 c56 (Link to this contribution)
I agree with the noble Lord on the importance of restraint. At this time and with the sensitive n...; Lord Alton of Liverpool | 801 c56 (Link to this contribution)
My Lords, will the Minister turn his attention for a moment to northern Iraq and Kurdistan, which...; Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon | 801 cc56-7 (Link to this contribution)
My Lords, first, I thank the noble Lord for keeping me updated on various issues during the Chris...; Viscount Hailsham | 801 c57 (Link to this contribution)
My Lords, my noble friend will know that President Trump and his Secretary of State, Mr Pompeo, j...; Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon | 801 c57 (Link to this contribution)
My Lords, on the second point made by my noble friend, again I am sure that he has seen the state...; Lord Hain | 801 c57 (Link to this contribution)
My Lords, does the Minister agree that, as a result of this reckless unilateralist act by Preside...; Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon | 801 c57 (Link to this contribution)
As regards Iranian influence, we have sought to keep our diplomatic channels open and to engage w...; Lord Howell of Guildford | 801 c58 (Link to this contribution)
My Lords, so far we have been discussing this issue in purely western terms. Does my noble friend...; Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon | 801 c58 (Link to this contribution)
Let me assure my noble friend, who we all know from his time as a Foreign Office Minister, that w...; Lord Dear | 801 c58 (Link to this contribution)
My Lords, it is of course understandable and quite correct that we should be very concerned about...; Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon | 801 c58 (Link to this contribution)
I agree with the noble Lord and I am sure that other noble Lords will join with me in wishing the...; Lord McConnell of Glenscorrodale | 801 c58 (Link to this contribution)
My Lords, clearly, the events of the last few days will strike terror into the hearts of those hu...; Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon | 801 c59 (Link to this contribution)
I pay tribute to the work the noble Lord has undertaken; I know he has visited Iraq and had a ver...; Baroness Bennett of Manor Castle | 801 c59 (Link to this contribution)
My Lords, now that the JCPOA—recklessly abandoned by the US President—hangs by a thread, does the...; Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon | 801 c59 (Link to this contribution)
My Lords, I have already talked about the importance of retaining the JCPOA. The noble Baroness s...; Lord Pickles | 801 c59 (Link to this contribution)
My Lords, my noble friend has announced a number of reviews; I wonder if I could suggest an addit...; Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon | 801 c60 (Link to this contribution)
First, I agree with my noble friend that Her Majesty’s Government do not and will not seek to be ...; Lord Wallace of Saltaire | 801 c60 (Link to this contribution)
Can the Minister confirm how far British forces are able to operate autonomously in the Gulf? I h...; Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon | 801 c60 (Link to this contribution)
The noble Lord will know from his time at the Foreign Office that we work closely with our allies...
Subjects: Armed forces Death British nationals abroad Deployment Iraq Merchant shipping Safety USA Iran Unmanned air systems Soleimani, Qassem
Contains statistics: Yes
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Middle East: Security Update

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