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High Speed 2: Electronic Deposit of Documents — House of Commons, 2017-07-11
Topic: Government Operations
William Nigel Paul Cash (Conservative, Centre-right): I know that a lot of questions were put to the Minister, but would he respond to the question of whether Stafford and Staffordshire County Council buildings are a convenient place for people to go for documents?
High Speed 2: Electronic Deposit of Documents — House of Commons, 2017-07-11
Topic: Government Operations
Michael Tyrone Ellis (Conservative, Centre-right): My right hon. Friend the Leader of the House is alive to all the issues that have been raised, including the localities and local communities involved. My hon. Friend the Member for Stone (Sir William Cash) asked whether Staffordshire would be considered, and I can tell him that it will be Question put and agreed to. Ordered, That, in respect of any bill relating to High Speed 2 that is read the first time in Session 2017–19 and to which the standing orders relating to private business are found by the Examiners of Petitions for Private Bills to apply, it shall be sufficient compliance with: (a) any requirement under those standing orders for a document to be deposited or delivered at, or sent to, an office of a government department, body or person if it is deposited or delivered at, sent to or otherwise made accessible at that office in electronic form; (b) any requirement under those standing orders for a document to be deposited with an officer if it is deposited with or delivered, sent or otherwise made accessible to that officer in electronic form; (c) any requirement under those standing orders for a document to be made available for inspection at a prescribed office, or to permit a document to be inspected, if it is made available for inspection at that office, or is permitted to be inspected, in electronic form; (d) the requirement under Standing Order 27(4) or 36(3) relating to private business to permit a person to make copies of a document or extracts from it, if there is provided to that person, on request and within a reasonable time, copies of so much of it as the person may reasonably require and such copies may, if the person so agrees, be provided in electronic form; (e) the requirement under Standing Order 27(4) relating to private business for a memorial to be made on every document deposited under that Standing Order, if the memorial is made on a separate document; (f) any requirement under Standing Order 4A(1), 27A(6) or 224A(8) relating to private business to make a document available for sale at prescribed offices, if it is made available for sale at an office in London That this Order shall not affect any requirement under those standing orders to deposit any document at, or deliver any document to, the Private Bill Office or the Vote Office That any reference in those standing orders to a document which is deposited, lodged, delivered or sent under those standing orders includes a reference to a document which is so deposited, delivered or sent in electronic form That any reference to a document in this order includes a reference to any bill, plan, section, book of reference, ordnance map, environmental or other statement or estimate.
Mental Health Act 1983 — House of Commons, 2017-07-11
Topic: Law and Crime
Daniel Leonard James Poulter (Conservative, Centre-right): My hon. Friend is making an important and thoughtful speech. Does he agree that it is possible at the moment for a mental health professional who wants to put someone under section 2 or section 3 of the Mental Health Act to gain entry to their house with the police and a locksmith? It therefore seems strange that the police do not have powers to deal with a very similar situation when they have concerns about someone’s mental health and believe they need to exercise section 136 powers.
Mental Health Act 1983 — House of Commons, 2017-07-11
Topic: Law and Crime
Alexander Paul Beresford (Conservative, Centre-right): I thank my hon. Friend, who is, of course, on his way, with a bit of luck, to being a very senior academic psychiatrist in a couple of years. He is right. In situations such as this, no one rings up St George’s Hospital in Tooting and says, "Please could I have a psychiatrist?" They ring the Met police, who then have the difficulty of dealing with the situation, and who stand there holding the detainee in the private home while the psychiatrist is brought in from the hospital I shall be grateful if my hon. Friend the Minister will at least be prepared to meet me and Professor Rix to discuss how this difficulty can be sorted out. If necessary, I am prepared to resort, as I have in the past, to the ten-minute rule Bill procedure to bring about this tiny change.
Mental Health Act 1983 — House of Commons, 2017-07-11
Topic: Law and Crime
Alexander Paul Beresford (Conservative, Centre-right): I do, of course, applaud the Government’s work in this field. However, I am talking about the particular emergency situation where someone is sitting in a police car, a radio call comes through, they tear up to the incident, and they are two miles away from St George’s hospital and the psychiatrist who visits it. They need to do something on the spot.
Zimbabwe — House of Commons, 2017-03-28
Topic: International Affairs
Tobias Martin Ellwood (Conservative, Centre-right): Thank you, Mr Speaker In Zimbabwe, presidential and parliamentary elections are due to take place in 2018, but time is running out to implement the necessary preparations to allow voter registration to be completed. We regularly raise our concerns and the importance of free and fair elections, and this was done most recently on 21 March with the deputy Foreign Minister.
Zimbabwe — House of Commons, 2017-03-28
Topic: International Affairs
James Philip Duddridge (Conservative, Centre-right): My right hon. Friend will be aware that Chinese, Russian and Israeli money is flooding in, buying influence in anticipation of a post-Mugabe—probably ZANU-PF-led—environment. With that in mind, what are the Government doing to meet their manifesto pledge to uphold the rule of law in Zimbabwe, which could again become the centre of sub-Saharan Africa?
Zimbabwe — House of Commons, 2017-03-28
Topic: International Affairs
Tobias Martin Ellwood (Conservative, Centre-right): My hon. Friend is right to point to our manifesto commitment. Given the fact that Mugabe is still in place, he will understand that there are limits to what I can say, but I can assure him that we are working on this very hard indeed.
Zimbabwe — House of Commons, 2017-03-28
Topic: International Affairs
Tobias Martin Ellwood (Conservative, Centre-right): The hon. Lady illustrates just one example of what is happening in the country as we lead up to these elections. That is why we and other nation states in the United Nations, and indeed in the African Union, are very concerned. We have limited access ourselves, so we need to place pressure on those countries that are working in the country, to make sure that free and fair elections can take place and that this sort of activity is not carried out.
Zimbabwe — House of Commons, 2017-03-28
Topic: International Affairs
Geoffrey Robert Clifton-Brown (Conservative, Centre-right): May I, too, on behalf of those on the Conservative Benches, pay tribute to my right hon. Friend for his actions last week Has my right hon. Friend made any representations to Zimbabwe’s SADC neighbours—South Africa, Botswana, Mozambique and Zambia—to try to put pressure on the Zimbabwean Government to ensure free and fair elections?
Zimbabwe — House of Commons, 2017-03-28
Topic: International Affairs
Tobias Martin Ellwood (Conservative, Centre-right): Yes, we have done so, and continue to do so. I will be visiting South Africa in the very near future, and this will be on the agenda. We are also working with the African Union to place pressure on Zimbabwe.
Israeli Settlement Goods — House of Commons, 2017-03-28
Topic: International Affairs
Alexander Boris de Pfeffel Johnson (Conservative, Centre-right): We have of course offered to provide consular assistance to Mr Lanning. He did not in fact request our support, nor did he seem to need it. As the hon. Gentleman will know, Israel’s immigration policy is a matter for Israel. We firmly oppose boycotts—the boycott, divestment and sanctions approach—against Israel, as I am sure he does too, although clearly it is a two-way street.
Israeli Settlement Goods — House of Commons, 2017-03-28
Topic: International Affairs
Eric Pickles (Conservative, Centre-right): Is there not a need to be even-handed? Many countries have banned people from entering and are indeed deporting people. Does not this underline how right the Government were to warn the UN Human Rights Council of its disproportionate bias against Israel?
Israeli Settlement Goods — House of Commons, 2017-03-28
Topic: International Affairs
Alexander Boris de Pfeffel Johnson (Conservative, Centre-right): My right hon. Friend is absolutely right in his verdict on the UN Human Rights Council. I thought it was absolutely preposterous that there should be a motion condemning Israel’s conduct in the Golan Heights when, after all, we have seen in that region of Syria the most appalling barbarity conducted by the Assad regime. I think that was the point the UK Government were rightly making.
Israeli Settlement Goods — House of Commons, 2017-03-28
Topic: International Affairs
Alexander Boris de Pfeffel Johnson (Conservative, Centre-right): I do not believe that my right hon. Friend has said anything of the kind or called for any such boycott, and nor do I believe for a second that he would be interrupted if he chose to go to Israel. I must stress that the policy of the Government is unchanged. We remain opposed to illegal settlements and we believe that they are an obstacle to peace. I have said that many times already in this House, but I am happy to repeat it to the hon. Lady.
Israeli Settlement Goods — House of Commons, 2017-03-28
Topic: International Affairs
Alexander Boris de Pfeffel Johnson (Conservative, Centre-right): With great respect to the right hon. Gentleman, I have made very clear what I thought was the profound absurdity of denouncing Israeli conduct in that region at a time when we are seeing absolute barbarism conducted by the Assad regime against the people of Syria.
Bilateral Relations: Poland — House of Commons, 2017-03-28
Topic: International Affairs
Alan James Carter Duncan (Conservative, Centre-right): British-Polish relations are strong and getting stronger. The inaugural intergovernmental consultations last November were a firm demonstration of our commitment. I was delighted to launch the first Belvedere civil society forum earlier this month in Warsaw with the Polish Foreign Minister and many others.
Bilateral Relations: Poland — House of Commons, 2017-03-28
Topic: International Affairs
Caroline Ansell (Conservative, Centre-right): Does my right hon. Friend agree that the Belvedere forum is a sign of our high-level engagement with Poland and a signal that it is entirely possible to have constructive and cordial discussions with our European friends, even as Brexit is being discussed?
Bilateral Relations: Poland — House of Commons, 2017-03-28
Topic: International Affairs
Alan James Carter Duncan (Conservative, Centre-right): It was exactly that. I am pleased to say that more than 120 people attended, including leading representatives of UK-Polish businesses, along with representatives from universities and think tanks, Parliaments, media outlets, cultural institutions and, indeed, the Polish diaspora from the UK.
Bilateral Relations: Poland — House of Commons, 2017-03-28
Topic: Law and Crime
Alan James Carter Duncan (Conservative, Centre-right): Following an absolutely deplorable spike just after the referendum, I am pleased to say that the number of reported crimes has significantly declined. We have been working very closely with our Polish counterparts, reassuring them at every conceivable opportunity. Indeed, we did so very publicly at the Belvedere forum.
Bilateral Relations: Poland — House of Commons, 2017-03-28
Topic: International Affairs
Julian Murray Lewis (Conservative, Centre-right): Does the Minister believe that Poland deserves congratulations, as a frontline state against an increasingly fractious Russia, on being one of only five NATO members to meet the minimum level of 2% expenditure of GDP? Does he think it would send a good signal to Russia if the Foreign Secretary were to throw his considerable weight behind perhaps a Polish candidate to be the next Secretary-General of NATO, rather than a member of the comfortable club of the usual suspects?
Yazidi Captives: Daesh — House of Commons, 2017-03-28
Topic: International Affairs
Tobias Martin Ellwood (Conservative, Centre-right): As the House will know, significant progress has been made in liberating the city of Mosul, which will be a symbolic landmark in defeating Daesh in Iraq. We are extremely concerned for all those held by Daesh, including members of the Yazidi community. Ultimately, the only way of protecting minorities is by defeating Daesh and establishing strong governance and lasting peace.
Yazidi Captives: Daesh — House of Commons, 2017-03-28
Topic: International Affairs
Tobias Martin Ellwood (Conservative, Centre-right): As I have mentioned, the Foreign Secretary is leading on this, and it will take time. We need to be patient, because it is important that we conduct forensic examinations, preserve evidence and take testimonies, but we will bring to account those who have committed these atrocities.
Yazidi Captives: Daesh — House of Commons, 2017-03-28
Topic: International Affairs
Tobias Martin Ellwood (Conservative, Centre-right): The hon. Lady illustrates just one example of how Iraq needs to step forward and move on from the period in which minority ethnic groups and others were not represented in the country. If we are to make a success of the situation once Daesh is removed, it is important to have facilities such as this in place to support those who have been affected. Most importantly, there needs to be an inclusive Government to ensure that ethnic groups are not isolated or persecuted as they have been.
Yazidi Captives: Daesh — House of Commons, 2017-03-28
Topic: International Affairs
Robert Edward Jenrick (Conservative, Centre-right): It has been almost a year since the House of Commons voted to express its desire for the atrocities against the Yazidi people to be described as genocide. At the time, the Government said that they would not rush to judgment but would allow the legal process to take its course. Could the Minister give us an update on the process of those legal proceedings and when the Government anticipate that the genocide against the Yazidis will be recognised as such?
Yazidi Captives: Daesh — House of Commons, 2017-03-28
Topic: International Affairs
Tobias Martin Ellwood (Conservative, Centre-right): The hon. Gentleman raises two important points. On the work that is happening in northern Iraq, we have put forward an extra £40 million to provide assistance to the displaced people. We should make it clear that despite their urge to return to their original houses—their original dwellings in their original communities—that must be done in line with the Iraqi authorities, because we are concerned about IEDs that have been placed there causing all the more stress, harm and, indeed, death.
Yazidi Captives: Daesh — House of Commons, 2017-03-28
Topic: Law and Crime
Tobias Martin Ellwood (Conservative, Centre-right): I am very grateful to the right hon. Lady for her kind remarks. I make it clear that I was one of many who stepped forward on that dark day. Our thoughts and prayers remain with the families and friends of the victims, including our own PC Keith Palmer The right hon. Lady raises an important point. We have not announced or trailed the exact details of the work we are doing to collect the evidence because there is a fear that there are those who would try to interrupt that process. Organisations are working quietly behind the scenes to collect the forensic evidence that they need, to preserve the evidence, as she said, and to collect testimonies. It will take time, but that is not broadcast in the way other things are for fear that people could try to disrupt it.
Hezbollah — House of Commons, 2017-03-28
Topic: International Affairs
Tobias Martin Ellwood (Conservative, Centre-right): We are aware of reports that Hezbollah continues to amass an arsenal of weapons, which is in direct contravention of UN Security Council resolutions 1559 and 1701. In addition to Hezbollah’s interference in Syria, there is also a risk of the conflict between Israel and Hezbollah returning. If what happened in 2006 were repeated, it would not just devastate Lebanon but be hugely destabilising for the region.
Hezbollah — House of Commons, 2017-03-28
Topic: International Affairs
John Michael Howell (Conservative, Centre-right): I thank the Minister for his response. Earlier this month, Iran’s Defence Minister said that Hezbollah is now capable of producing rockets that can hit any part of Israel, and reports have emerged that Iran has established rocket factories under the control of Hezbollah. What steps is he taking to stop Iran’s unconstrained financing of terror?
Hezbollah — House of Commons, 2017-03-28
Topic: International Affairs
Tobias Martin Ellwood (Conservative, Centre-right): The involvement of Iran through proxy influences across the region is of huge concern, not least in Lebanon, and we are looking at these reports very carefully indeed. I should also say that Hezbollah, which has a political involvement as part of the Government in Lebanon, needs to move forward and be more constructive. It is thanks to disruption by Hezbollah and its blocking decisions in the Lebanese Government that the country was without a president for two years.
Hezbollah — House of Commons, 2017-03-28
Topic: International Affairs
Tobias Martin Ellwood (Conservative, Centre-right): We are now engaging with Iran at a level that we have not done for over a decade, thanks to the nuclear agreement that has been made. That allows us to have more forthright and frank conversations, and we have made it very clear that if Iran wants to join the international community—we want stability in the middle east—it must desist from having an influence in the areas to which the hon. Lady referred.
Hezbollah — House of Commons, 2017-03-28
Topic: International Affairs
Julian William Hendy Brazier (Conservative, Centre-right): I welcome my right hon. Friend’s earlier answer, but does he accept that Israel’s decision in 2006 to bomb all parts of Lebanon, including those represented by people who had been fighting Hezbollah for more than a generation, catapulted Hezbollah from a sectional group of extremists right into the heart of the powerbase of the Government of Lebanon?
Hezbollah — House of Commons, 2017-03-28
Topic: International Affairs
Tobias Martin Ellwood (Conservative, Centre-right): I visited the country right after those attacks had taken place and the devastation was indeed huge. It is in all our interests not to go down that road again. I pay tribute to the United Nations Interim Force in Lebanon, UNIFIL, which has done an amazing job in reducing tensions between the two countries.
Anglo-American Relations — House of Commons, 2017-03-28
Topic: International Affairs
Alexander Boris de Pfeffel Johnson (Conservative, Centre-right): I had a series of excellent meetings last week at the White House, the State Department and elsewhere with Secretary of State Tillerson, Vice-President Pence and others. We discussed areas of common interest and shared objectives on Syria, Russia, NATO, global free trade and other questions.
Anglo-American Relations — House of Commons, 2017-03-28
Topic: International Affairs
Nigel Paul Huddleston (Conservative, Centre-right): There are 212,000 Americans living in the UK and 715,000 Brits living in America. Americans, when visiting the UK, spend more than visitors from any other nation. Does the Foreign Secretary agree that this shows that the special relationship is very much alive?
Anglo-American Relations — House of Commons, 2017-03-28
Topic: Foreign Trade
Alexander Boris de Pfeffel Johnson (Conservative, Centre-right): This is a long-standing extraordinary relationship that goes from strength to strength. Hon. Members may know that last year exports to the United States rose by 20%. It is the absolute determination of the new US Administration to do a free trade deal that will take those trade figures even further forward.
Anglo-American Relations — House of Commons, 2017-03-28
Topic: International Affairs
Miriam Jane Alice Davies (Conservative, Centre-right): Visiting the Cabinet War Rooms this morning with youngsters was a timely reminder that the US is one of our closest allies and that a strong relationship between the two countries remains vital. Does the Foreign Secretary agree that it must be a key part of our new geopolitical role outside the EU?
Anglo-American Relations — House of Commons, 2017-03-28
Topic: International Affairs
Alexander Boris de Pfeffel Johnson (Conservative, Centre-right): I passionately agree with that. It is the function of the UK to be the intermediary between our European friends and partners and the United States, and to campaign for the things that matter deeply to us all: the transatlantic defence alliance that has kept the peace in our continent for the past 70 years, and, of course, global free trade, which is of huge value to all of us.
Anglo-American Relations — House of Commons, 2017-03-28
Topic: International Affairs
Alexander Boris de Pfeffel Johnson (Conservative, Centre-right): It is not for me to intrude into the domestic politics of the United States, except to say that I think many people around the world who criticise and attack the United States and who are viscerally anti-American in their attitudes will look at the balance of power represented by that decision and see that this is a mature democratic system in which we can confide our trust.
Anglo-American Relations — House of Commons, 2017-03-28
Topic: International Affairs
Alexander Boris de Pfeffel Johnson (Conservative, Centre-right): The damage done by such remarks can be likened to that of a gnat against a rhinoceros or an elephant. They will not make any difference to a fundamental relationship that is, as I say, of great international importance. As for the assertion that there was some sort of collusion by GCHQ to bug the presidential candidate, I think that has been accurately described as absurd and ridiculous.
Anglo-American Relations — House of Commons, 2017-03-28
Topic: International Affairs
Keith Robert Simpson (Conservative, Centre-right): May I just bring the Foreign Secretary down to earth? The core element of the Anglo-American relationship is based on "Five Eyes" and intelligence. President Trump’s allegation, repeated from Fox News, was not like a gnat at a rhinoceros; it was deeply damaging, and I would be grateful if the Foreign Secretary told the House exactly what comments he made to the President or senior members of the White House to refute that.
Anglo-American Relations — House of Commons, 2017-03-28
Topic: International Affairs
Alexander Boris de Pfeffel Johnson (Conservative, Centre-right): I must respectfully disagree with my hon. Friend’s characterisation of the episode. I believe that it has done no lasting damage to our relationship, and certainly not to the special relationship or to intelligence sharing, which will of course carry on between our countries. As I say, that relationship is of huge value to the security of the west. As for the allegations themselves, let me repeat that they are utterly ridiculous and should be ignored.