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To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, pursuant to the Answer of 3 September 2019 to Question 281690 on Iran: tankers, whether the US Administration asked the UK to support the Gibraltar-led operation.

Asked by
Caroline Lucas (Green Party)
Answering body
Foreign and Commonwealth Office
Type
Written questions
Status
Answered
Notes
Supreme Court ruling of 24 September that Parliament was not prorogued on 9 September.
Date
9 September 2019
Reference
287521
House
House of Commons
Type
House of Commons papers; Select Committee oral evidence; Parliamentary committees
Committee
Defence Committee
Date
9 September 2019
Reference
HC 2627 2017-19
House
House of Commons

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, pursuant to his oral contribution of 22 July 2019, column 1121, on the situation in the Gulf, on what date the US Authorities first communicated with the UK Government on the detention of the Grace 1 Iranian oil tanker...

Asked by
Caroline Lucas (Green Party)
Answering body
Foreign and Commonwealth Office
Type
Written questions
Status
Answered
Date
3 September 2019
Reference
281690
House
House of Commons

What conditions were given by Iran ahead of the release of the tanker Adrian Darya from Gibraltar, and how will the United Kingdom respond if and when it is shown Iran has breached those conditions?

Asked by
Stephen Crabb (Conservative)
Answering body
Foreign and Commonwealth Office
Topical questions - 1st Supplementary
Status
Answered
Date
3 September 2019
Reference
664 c17
House
House of Commons

We were given clear assurances that the oil and the tanker would not, in breach of sanctions, reach Syria and we expect those undertakings to be complied with. We want Iran to come in from the cold; the only way it can do that is by respecting the international rule of law, whether on freedom of navigation, the nuclear deal or indeed the treatment of our dual nationals.

Answered by
Dominic Raab (Conservative)
Answering body
Foreign and Commonwealth Office
Type
Oral answers to questions
Date
3 September 2019
Reference
664 c17
House
House of Commons

To ask Her Majesty's Government what discussions they have had with the EU Commission about the legal implications of the detention of the Iranian oil tanker Grace 1; and what was the outcome of any such discussions.

Asked by
Lord Green of Deddington (Crossbench)
Answering body
Foreign and Commonwealth Office
Type
Written questions
Status
Answered
Date
6 August 2019
Reference
HL17145
House
House of Lords

To ask Her Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the statement by Ayatollah Ali Khamenei that Iran intends to use its “committed forces” to respond to the seizure of the Iranian tanker Grace 1 by the Royal Navy near Gibraltar on 4 July.

Asked by
Lord Maginnis of Drumglass (Independent Ulster Unionist)
Answering body
Foreign and Commonwealth Office
Type
Written questions
Status
Answered
Date
6 August 2019
Reference
HL17268
House
House of Lords

To ask Her Majesty's Government what steps they are taking to de-escalate tensions with Iran, further to fears of retaliation over the seizure of the Iranian tanker Grace 1 by the Royal Navy near Gibraltar on 4 July, and in view of the speech made by the Iranian Defence Minister on...

Asked by
Marquess of Lothian (Conservative)
Answering body
Foreign and Commonwealth Office
Type
Written questions
Status
Answered
Date
1 August 2019
Reference
HL17089
House
House of Lords

Situation in the Gulf

The following is an extract from the Foreign Secretary’s statement on the situation in the Gulf on 22 July 2019.

I welcome my right hon. Friend’s prescient remarks in recent weeks about the need to expand our naval presence. To help with that, will he ask the Defence...

Member
Jeremy Hunt (Conservative)
Department
Foreign and Commonwealth Office
Type
Ministerial corrections
Date
24 July 2019
Reference
663 cc15-6MC
House
House of Commons

My Lords, with the leave of the House, I shall now repeat a Statement given in the other place on the situation in the Gulf:

“At approximately 4 pm UK time on Friday, Iranian forces intercepted the British-flagged tanker, “Stena Impero”, in the Strait of Hormuz. The ship was surrounded by...

Member
Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon (Conservative)
Type
Proceeding contributions
Date
22 July 2019
Reference
799 cc591-4
House
House of Lords

My Lords, I thank the Minister for repeating the Statement. I listened to the Foreign Secretary in the other place this afternoon; he quite rightly said that we must not conflate the issue of freedom of navigation with the JCPOA. Freedom of navigation is a principle which Britain and its...

Member
Lord Collins of Highbury (Labour)
Type
Proceeding contributions
Date
22 July 2019
Reference
799 cc593-5
House
House of Lords

My Lords, I thank the Minister for repeating the Statement. We must always uphold international law and freedom of navigation. This is an extremely dangerous situation. The region is a tinderbox. Many have said that Trump pulled out of the Iran nuclear deal and imposed further sanctions simply because Obama...

Member
Baroness Northover (Liberal Democrat)
Type
Proceeding contributions
Date
22 July 2019
Reference
799 cc595-6
House
House of Lords

My Lords, first, I thank the noble Lord, Lord Collins, and the noble Baroness, Lady Northover, for their support for the main thrust of the Statement. They raised a raft of questions, which I will seek to answer. If I am unable to do so in the time allocated, I...

Member
Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon (Conservative)
Type
Proceeding contributions
Date
22 July 2019
Reference
799 cc596-8
House
House of Lords

My Lords, I thank my noble friend for repeating the Statement and answering these detailed questions thoroughly. I will press him further on two points; first, the seizure of “Grace 1”. Although we may have a completely different view legally—I believe ours is correct—was it appreciated before that was authorised...

Member
Lord Howell of Guildford (Conservative)
Type
Proceeding contributions
Date
22 July 2019
Reference
799 c597
House
House of Lords

I thank my noble friend for his questions and comments on the Statement and responses given. On “Grace 1”, the UK Government did a great deal to keep the diplomatic track alive. For example, my right honourable friend the Foreign Secretary and the Chief Minister of Gibraltar talked to each...

Member
Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon (Conservative)
Type
Proceeding contributions
Date
22 July 2019
Reference
799 c597
House
House of Lords

My Lords, I have two questions for Minister. First, I think I am right in saying that the pretext offered to begin with for the

arrest of the vessel was that she had been involved in some way in an incident with a fishing boat. Have steps been taken to...

Member
Lord Hope of Craighead (Crossbench)
Type
Proceeding contributions
Date
22 July 2019
Reference
799 cc597-9
House
House of Lords

The noble and learned Lord raises two important questions. On the first, when the “Stena Impero” was detained, it was empty. It was in Omani waters and there was no attempt to transcend international maritime boundaries. That is why we believe that the action taken by the Iranians was unlawful.

The...

Member
Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon (Conservative)
Type
Proceeding contributions
Date
22 July 2019
Reference
799 c599
House
House of Lords

My Lords, I welcome the commitment given in the Statement that the new force will not be part of the US maximum pressure policy on Iran. That will help to defuse the situation, but I have two brief questions for the Minister. First, he said that we are putting together...

Member
Baroness Falkner of Margravine (Liberal Democrat)
Type
Proceeding contributions
Date
22 July 2019
Reference
799 c599
House
House of Lords

On the second point, I shall write to the noble Baroness. We are reviewing all our military assets. “HMS Montrose” has been deployed for a while in the region; “HMS Duncan”, on arriving, will immediately take over the operations of “HMS Montrose”.

On how we further bolster military assets, we are...

Member
Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon (Conservative)
Type
Proceeding contributions
Date
22 July 2019
Reference
799 cc599-600
House
House of Lords

My Lords, I was initially concerned about the Statement, in particular the contacts made by the Foreign Secretary over the weekend. It mentioned eight countries, with Iran’s Foreign Minister making it nine, but not India. I was significantly more encouraged by my noble friend’s response to the question asked by...

Member
Lord Bates (Conservative)
Type
Proceeding contributions
Date
22 July 2019
Reference
799 c600
House
House of Lords