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First, may I welcome the Minister to his place, as this is the first opportunity I have had to do so? I also thank him for the contribution he made in his former life, and the expertise and experience he brings to this Chamber.
I very much welcome the Government’s proscription...
First, may I welcome the Minister to his place, as this is the first opportunity I have had to do so? I also thank him for the contribution he made in his former life, and the expertise and experience he brings to this Chamber.
I very much welcome the Government’s proscription...
I thank the Secretary of State for her statement, which had vast portions of positivity and good news within it. While the £70 billion Ukraine package and the 5% spending target by 2035 sound impressive, our constituents want to know just how well those declarations translate into safety on the...
I thank the Secretary of State for her statement, which had vast portions of positivity and good news within it. While the £70 billion Ukraine package and the 5% spending target by 2035 sound impressive, our constituents want to know just how well those declarations translate into safety on the...
I thank the Minister for his answers. His words are always well chosen, and I think he encapsulates the energy and opinion of this House. The IRGC continues to wage war against humanity, executing prisoners, ruthlessly spying on dissidents on British soil and orchestrating severe targeted persecution against religious minorities,...
I thank the Minister for his answers. His words are always well chosen, and I think he encapsulates the energy and opinion of this House. The IRGC continues to wage war against humanity, executing prisoners, ruthlessly spying on dissidents on British soil and orchestrating severe targeted persecution against religious minorities,...
That this House expresses its deep concern regarding the 33-month prison sentence handed to Iranian oil worker and labour activist Yaser Ahmadinejad; notes that Mr Ahmadinejad, a former employee of the Arkan Saless drilling company, was convicted of propaganda against the state and other charges following his peaceful advocacy for fair pay and improved working conditions for contract workers in Iran’s oil and gas fields; further notes reports that his sentencing follows a period of victimisation for his role in voicing the legitimate demands of workers; condemns the ongoing use of the Iranian judicial system to criminalise trade union activity and freedom of expression; calls on the Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office to make urgent representations to the Iranian authorities for the immediate and unconditional release of Mr Ahmadinejad; and further calls for an end to the systemic persecution of all labour activists and the release of all political prisoners currently held in Iran.
That this House expresses its deep concern regarding the 33-month prison sentence handed to Iranian oil worker and labour activist Yaser Ahmadinejad; notes that Mr Ahmadinejad, a former employee of the Arkan Saless drilling company, was convicted of propaganda against the state and other charges following his peaceful advocacy for...
I commend the Minister for bringing forward this legislation. I am concerned on behalf of my constituents of Chinese descent who still have families living in Hong Kong and China and who are still subject to persecution and human rights issues. The pursuit of my constituents by Chinese officials in...
I commend the Minister for bringing forward this legislation. I am concerned on behalf of my constituents of Chinese descent who still have families living in Hong Kong and China and who are still subject to persecution and human rights issues. The pursuit of my constituents by Chinese officials in...
This House notes that the individuals listed below are currently facing the death penalty or have been sentenced to death following judicial processes that international observers, including the UN, have repeatedly exposed as failing to meet minimum standards of due process and fair trials; and urges the Government to issue a public statement calling for the immediate halt of these executions and for the commuting of all death sentences and in particular for Ahmad Reza Jalal, a doctor and academic arrested in 2016 whose health is failing, Pezman Sultani, Nasimeh Islam Zehi Balooch,Masoud Jamei Bavi, Hasan and Husain Amiri, Yousof Ahmadi, Ali Pishehvar, Omid Tabari Moghadam, Mehrdad Mohamadi, Raouf Shiekh Marofi, Mohsen Islamkhah, Farhad Etemadifar, Farhad Baran Zehi, Omran Aghal, Ramezan Asadi, Mehdi Skandari, Arfan Amiri, Davoud Aminzadeh, Hamid Reza Sabet, Mansour Jafari, Mobin Sultani, Shahin Sulimani, Mahbobeh Shabati, Ashkan Maleki, Arman Marefati, and Amir Mohamad Mojalel.
This House notes that the individuals listed below are currently facing the death penalty or have been sentenced to death following judicial processes that international observers, including the UN, have repeatedly exposed as failing to meet minimum standards of due process and fair trials; and urges the Government to issue...
I commend the shadow Minister for bringing this matter forward. He is right to put it on record; it is very much part of this debate. However, this goes further than the veterans who cannot sleep at night, and the families who are worried about what will happen to their...
I commend the shadow Minister for bringing this matter forward. He is right to put it on record; it is very much part of this debate. However, this goes further than the veterans who cannot sleep at night, and the families who are worried about what will happen to their...
I welcome everything that the Government are putting forward with the spend in Northern Ireland. The Minister has committed himself to that and there have been lots of visits to Northern Ireland to make it better, but the UK spend per head on the mainland is £400 and the UK...
I welcome everything that the Government are putting forward with the spend in Northern Ireland. The Minister has committed himself to that and there have been lots of visits to Northern Ireland to make it better, but the UK spend per head on the mainland is £400 and the UK...
One thing that the Government need to improve and be better at is drone technology. For every one Ukrainian soldier killed, drones have killed 14 Russians. With that massive move in technology, does the hon. Gentleman feel that it is time for the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern...
One thing that the Government need to improve and be better at is drone technology. For every one Ukrainian soldier killed, drones have killed 14 Russians. With that massive move in technology, does the hon. Gentleman feel that it is time for the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern...
I commend the hon. Lady on being a strong spokesperson for the forces, particularly the Navy. She referred to cadets. We have a strong cadet force in Northern Ireland; all we need is a bit of extra money to ensure that thousands of extra cadets can be recruited. Most of...
I commend the hon. Lady on being a strong spokesperson for the forces, particularly the Navy. She referred to cadets. We have a strong cadet force in Northern Ireland; all we need is a bit of extra money to ensure that thousands of extra cadets can be recruited. Most of...
Will the hon. Lady give way?
Will the hon. Lady give way?
I speak as a former member of the reserves and a part-time soldier for 14 and a half years back in the ’70s through to the late ’80s. In that time, we could recruit plenty of reserves, but today there seems to be a problem with recruitment. I am reminded...
I speak as a former member of the reserves and a part-time soldier for 14 and a half years back in the ’70s through to the late ’80s. In that time, we could recruit plenty of reserves, but today there seems to be a problem with recruitment. I am reminded...
I thank the Minister very much for his determination and the determination of his Government to protect all the citizens of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, and I endorse his comments about the police, MI5 and MI6. We have individuals collectively doing the hard work to...
I thank the Minister very much for his determination and the determination of his Government to protect all the citizens of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, and I endorse his comments about the police, MI5 and MI6. We have individuals collectively doing the hard work to...
That this House applauds the courage and resilience shown by the Iranian people in standing up to the Tehran regime through protest, and recognises the echoes of the bravery demonstrated following the death of Mahsa Amini in 2022 at the hands of the religious morality police; believes that the regime in Tehran lacks legitimacy in the eyes of the Iranian people; notes with grave concern reports that thousands of protesters have been killed already this year by regime forces; condemns the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) for suppressing dissent within Iran and exporting intimidation beyond its borders, including to the UK and its targeting in particular of Jewish and Iranian diaspora communities; calls on the Government to move without delay to sanction Iran’s senior leadership and proscribe the IRGC to ensure that Iran’s decision-makers are held to account for their attacks on peaceful protesters; further calls on the UK to take a leading role in securing justice, including by urging the United Nations Security Council to refer crimes against humanity committed by the Iranian Government against its own people to the International Criminal Court (ICC); and urges the Government to commit to using the UK’s satellite capabilities both to document and preserve evidence of human rights abuses, in support of an ICC investigation, and to support the restoration of internet access in Iran.
That this House applauds the courage and resilience shown by the Iranian people in standing up to the Tehran regime through protest, and recognises the echoes of the bravery demonstrated following the death of Mahsa Amini in 2022 at the hands of the religious morality police; believes that the regime...
In the papers today, there are pictures of six ladies who are going to be executed by the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps, which is in charge in Iran, because they protested in the streets for liberty and freedom. For those six ladies whose lives are on the line and for...
In the papers today, there are pictures of six ladies who are going to be executed by the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps, which is in charge in Iran, because they protested in the streets for liberty and freedom. For those six ladies whose lives are on the line and for...
That this House expresses grave concern at the systematic repression of the people of Iran; notes reports that during the 2026 nationwide protests thousands were killed and tens of thousands arrested; recalls the 1988 massacre of 30000 political prisoners and Iran’s continuing high rate of executions; recognises that during the 2022 and 2026 uprisings the Iranian people rejected all forms of dictatorship whether Shah’s monarchical or Mullah’s theocratic; condemns the son of the deposed Shah who labelled Iranian Kurdish groups as separatists and threaten to act decisively against them; calls for the establishment of a secular and democratic republic; acknowledges the opposition National Council of Resistance of Iran (NCRI) as an organised political coalition advocating a democratic republic, declaring a transition government and calls for dialogue with it; further notes that more than 4000 parliamentarians worldwide and 125 former heads of government have publicly expressed support for the Ten-Point Plan presented by Mrs. Maryam Rajavi President-elect of the NCRI as a framework for a secular, pluralistic, democratic republic, gender equality, abolition of the death penalty, recognition of autonomy for ethnic communities within a united Iran, peaceful coexistence and a non-nuclear Iran; further condemns the regime’s destabilising activities in the region; urges the Government to proscribe the IRGC and hold perpetrators of crimes against humanity accountable; and further recognises the right of the Iranian people especially the defiant youth organised in Resistance Units confronting the IRGC repressive forces.
That this House expresses grave concern at the systematic repression of the people of Iran; notes reports that during the 2026 nationwide protests thousands were killed and tens of thousands arrested; recalls the 1988 massacre of 30000 political prisoners and Iran’s continuing high rate of executions; recognises that during the...
I thank the Minister very much for the steps he has taken to protect Jews and their property in the United Kingdom. The latest “Panorama” documentary highlighted that one in five Jewish people would consider moving due to the rise in antisemitism, and gave the disturbing news that more British...
I thank the Minister very much for the steps he has taken to protect Jews and their property in the United Kingdom. The latest “Panorama” documentary highlighted that one in five Jewish people would consider moving due to the rise in antisemitism, and gave the disturbing news that more British...
That this House is alarmed that Mehran Raoof, a 70 year old British-Iranian labour rights activist, has been arbitrarily detained in Iran and convicted on national security charges after what Amnesty and others describe as a grossly unfair trial; is aware of recent reports from Evin Prison, where Mehran is imprisoned, which describe power cuts, loss of hot water, medicine shortages, staff absence, and no meaningful access to medical care amid the current war; calls on the Government to do all it can to explore the options to secure Mehran’s release including parole or transfer into British Embassy care, as France was able to secure for its citizens, Cécile Kohler and Jacques Paris; and further calls on the Foreign Secretary to treat the securing of Mehran’s release as a matter of urgency.
That this House is alarmed that Mehran Raoof, a 70 year old British-Iranian labour rights activist, has been arbitrarily detained in Iran and convicted on national security charges after what Amnesty and others describe as a grossly unfair trial; is aware of recent reports from Evin Prison, where Mehran is...
First, it is important to recognise the Prime Minister’s efforts to try to find a way forward in the middle east. That is incredibly difficult and it should be recognised. There have been fuel protests in the Republic of Ireland just in the last week, and similar protests are planned...
First, it is important to recognise the Prime Minister’s efforts to try to find a way forward in the middle east. That is incredibly difficult and it should be recognised. There have been fuel protests in the Republic of Ireland just in the last week, and similar protests are planned...
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what assessment she has made of the potential implications for her policies of reports that Baha’i women in Iran have been imprisoned on charges of promoting Baha’i beliefs; and whether she has made representations to her Iranian counterpart...
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what assessment she has made of the potential implications for her policies of reports that Baha’i women in Iran have been imprisoned on charges of promoting Baha’i beliefs; and whether she has made representations to her Iranian counterpart...
I refer the Hon. Member to the answer provided to question 67802 on 6 August 2025.