This paper provides a timeline of the major events in the Ukraine-Russia conflict since the 2022 Russian invasion.

This paper provides a timeline of the major events in the Ukraine-Russia conflict since the 2022 Russian invasion.

To ask His Majesty's Government what advice they have received from the National Security Advisor and His Majesty's Ambassador to Israel regarding the timing of the announcement of sanctions of goods from Israeli settlements ahead of the Israeli general election on 27th October; and what consideration they have given to...

To ask His Majesty's Government what advice they have received from the National Security Advisor and His Majesty's Ambassador to Israel regarding the timing of the announcement of sanctions of goods from Israeli settlements ahead of the Israeli general election on 27th October; and what consideration they have given to...

To ask His Majesty's Government, further to the Written Answers by Lord Wood of Anfield on 22 September (HL3235) and 28 September (HL3236), why the policies of engagement, solutions and compromise outlined in relation to the situations in Cyprus and Morocco are not adopted in relation to Israel and the imposition of...

To ask His Majesty's Government, further to the Written Answers by Lord Wood of Anfield on 22 September (HL3235) and 28 September (HL3236), why the policies of engagement, solutions and compromise outlined in relation to the situations in Cyprus and Morocco are not adopted in relation to Israel and the imposition of...

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what diplomatic steps his Department is taking to tackle (a) the deteriorating humanitarian situation in Cuba, and (b) the impact of US sanctions on food, fuel and medicine supplies and the effect of prolonged power blackouts on Cuban...

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what diplomatic steps his Department is taking to tackle (a) the deteriorating humanitarian situation in Cuba, and (b) the impact of US sanctions on food, fuel and medicine supplies and the effect of prolonged power blackouts on Cuban...

Lords statement on the threats posed by Iran to British interests.

Lords statement on the threats posed by Iran to British interests.

My Lords, I am grateful to the Minister for the opportunity to ask further questions on this matter. The Prime Minister has confirmed that Iran is “highly likely” to have been behind the incident at RAF Fairford. Iran has aided and abetted the Houthis, and the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps...

My Lords, I am grateful to the Minister for the opportunity to ask further questions on this matter. The Prime Minister has confirmed that Iran is “highly likely” to have been behind the incident at RAF Fairford. Iran has aided and abetted the Houthis, and the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps...

I thank the noble Lord for those questions. On RAF Fairford, he is right that we are highly confident that this attack was co-ordinated in Iran and certainly directed by the IRGC. He is also right that Iran is responsible for direct attacks not just on the UK in the...

I thank the noble Lord for those questions. On RAF Fairford, he is right that we are highly confident that this attack was co-ordinated in Iran and certainly directed by the IRGC. He is also right that Iran is responsible for direct attacks not just on the UK in the...

My Lords, I support these measures. During the consideration of the National Security Act in this House, I said that these Benches would work on a cross-party basis on national security because we know that the need is going to be even greater. We also now know that Iran is...

My Lords, I support these measures. During the consideration of the National Security Act in this House, I said that these Benches would work on a cross-party basis on national security because we know that the need is going to be even greater. We also now know that Iran is...

The noble Lord, as usual, raises an excellent point. It is an issue and a difficulty in our continuing attempts to clamp down on Iranian activity. As we know, Iran funds, supports and arms proxies, from Lebanese Hezbollah to the Houthis, Hamas and militia groups in Iraq. It also sponsors...

The noble Lord, as usual, raises an excellent point. It is an issue and a difficulty in our continuing attempts to clamp down on Iranian activity. As we know, Iran funds, supports and arms proxies, from Lebanese Hezbollah to the Houthis, Hamas and militia groups in Iraq. It also sponsors...

My Lords, I commend the Government for the major sanctions already taken against malign actors sponsored or directed by Iran. Will the Minister accept that there must be no let-up whatever in the surveillance and, if necessary, further legislation because of the multiplicity of vehicles through which Iran is operating?...

My Lords, I commend the Government for the major sanctions already taken against malign actors sponsored or directed by Iran. Will the Minister accept that there must be no let-up whatever in the surveillance and, if necessary, further legislation because of the multiplicity of vehicles through which Iran is operating?...

Unsurprisingly, my noble friend is completely right about this. I am pleased to say that back in July—as noble Lords will remember—we updated the national security framework to enable us to incorporate state threats into the category of actions that we can take action against, which resulted in the designation...

Unsurprisingly, my noble friend is completely right about this. I am pleased to say that back in July—as noble Lords will remember—we updated the national security framework to enable us to incorporate state threats into the category of actions that we can take action against, which resulted in the designation...

My Lords, for decades, the Iranian Government have poured money into this country to destabilise our democratic institutions and sow dissent among community groups. Their contact with organised crime goes way beyond the inquiry currently being undertaken by the Charity Commission. Will the Minister care to tell the House the...

My Lords, for decades, the Iranian Government have poured money into this country to destabilise our democratic institutions and sow dissent among community groups. Their contact with organised crime goes way beyond the inquiry currently being undertaken by the Charity Commission. Will the Minister care to tell the House the...

The noble Lord is right. There is no single pot for this money, so it is difficult to provide a single estimate, but a significant amount of resource is flowing into not only extensions of the IRGC and IMCR—and other official Iranian bodies, as it were—but rather informal organisations. I...

The noble Lord is right. There is no single pot for this money, so it is difficult to provide a single estimate, but a significant amount of resource is flowing into not only extensions of the IRGC and IMCR—and other official Iranian bodies, as it were—but rather informal organisations. I...

My Lords, a practice that Iran has increasingly used in the past few years is the infiltration of charities and using them as fronts for its malign work. What measures can the Government take to make sure that, for example, hate preachers

who have connections to Tehran, and other malign...

My Lords, a practice that Iran has increasingly used in the past few years is the infiltration of charities and using them as fronts for its malign work. What measures can the Government take to make sure that, for example, hate preachers

who have connections to Tehran, and other malign...

My noble friend is right. This is a flank of Iranian operations that we need to keep an eye on and be vigilant of. We need to work with the Charity Commission and use the interplay of our national security legislation and other kinds of financial monitoring to ensure that...

My noble friend is right. This is a flank of Iranian operations that we need to keep an eye on and be vigilant of. We need to work with the Charity Commission and use the interplay of our national security legislation and other kinds of financial monitoring to ensure that...

My Lords, the RAF Fairford incident was quite extraordinary. On any level, it was very concerning. As the Prime Minister pointed out yesterday, there was every possibility that it was instigated by Iran. Seven extremely dangerous men were arrested and questioned, so why were they then released on bail?

My Lords, the RAF Fairford incident was quite extraordinary. On any level, it was very concerning. As the Prime Minister pointed out yesterday, there was every possibility that it was instigated by Iran. Seven extremely dangerous men were arrested and questioned, so why were they then released on bail?

The noble Lord is right. I have had briefings, and it seems highly likely that Iran was behind this and that it was co-ordinated from Iran. The police have confirmed that all the suspects are British citizens. On the bail release, decisions on whether to bail a suspect are made...

The noble Lord is right. I have had briefings, and it seems highly likely that Iran was behind this and that it was co-ordinated from Iran. The police have confirmed that all the suspects are British citizens. On the bail release, decisions on whether to bail a suspect are made...

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, pursuant to the Answer of 4 September 2026 to Question 20578 on Sanctions, what other parts of Government may have remit over exemptions.

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, pursuant to the Answer of 4 September 2026 to Question 20578 on Sanctions, what other parts of Government may have remit over exemptions.

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what steps he is taking to persuade the EU to renew sanctions on Russian billionaires.

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what steps he is taking to persuade the EU to renew sanctions on Russian billionaires.