Global Britain and the International Rules-based Order

I should like to echo my hon. Friend’s thoughts. With the best will in the world, and despite the...

I am grateful to my fellow Committee member for making that point; he is absolutely right. That i...

I echo the hon. Gentleman’s praise for the late Senator McCain. Given that the threats to the int...

I am grateful to the right hon. Gentleman, my fellow Committee Chair, for bringing that up, becau...

It is a pleasure to follow my friend the Chairman of our Foreign Affairs Committee. As so often, ...

I know you won’t!

But I do want to say a few words about Russia. Given the challenges to the global international o...

I am interested in the fact that the hon. Gentleman quoted from that 2015 article. Is he aware th...

I do not wish to go any further down that route, because I am getting signals from Mr Deputy Spea...

It is a pleasure to follow the hon. Member for Ilford South (Mike Gapes). He made a number of ver...

During this global debate, we ought to welcome our visitors in the Gallery: the Royal Westminster...

I also welcome our guests in the Gallery, although their presence does give me some intellectual ...

Does the hon. Gentleman agree that Britain has played a world-leading role in setting global clim...

I agree entirely. That is why I raised the issues of climate change and technology: two areas whe...

It is a genuine privilege to follow the hon. Member for Bristol North West (Darren Jones), who sp...

I co-chair the all-party parliamentary group on trade out of poverty. Does my hon. Friend agree t...

My hon. Friend makes a good point. My answer is that they can be, but not necessarily; it is depe...

I hope that my hon. Friend will forgive me for intruding just for a moment. Does he agree that th...

Yes. One of the points I am coming to later—I thank my hon. Friend for mentioning it—is that we a...

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Does the Minister want me to give way, or is he getting a glass of water?

I am getting a glass of water.

I am so sorry, but one never knows.

Don’t worry, you’ll know when I want you to give way. [Laughter.]

The Minister was waving earlier, and I thought he was just being friendly and agreeing with me, a...

Does my hon. Friend hope, as I do, that the International Criminal Court will eventually indict t...

Absolutely. I thank my hon. Friend for that intervention, but there is no “in effect” about it. T...

My hon. Friend is making an key point about that pipeline, but it is not just about that. When we...

I completely agree with my hon. Friend. Our glorious Prime Minister might not be as good a dancer...

It is a pleasure, as always, to follow my hon. Friend the Member for Isle of Wight (Mr Seely), al...

It is a pleasure to follow my hon. Friend the Member for East Renfrewshire (Paul Masterton) and t...

Does my hon. Friend agree that the values we hold as global Britain are also held by our European...

Yes. I do not want this to descend into a Brexit debate. I was a floating voter during the refere...

As well as being European values, does my hon. Friend not agree that they are global values?

I thank my hon. Friend for his point. The point I was making is that although we might assume tha...

My hon. Friend is making an extremely important point. Many of us would like to see greater co-or...

Certainly. The problem with the debate on aid is that it is so often perceived as a DFID-bashing ...

I am sorry to intervene again, but there is an important point here. We all complain about DFID, ...

I agree with my hon. Friend. I welcome the cross-departmental work that FCO and DFID Ministers ar...

I would like to start by thanking the Foreign Affairs Committee and particularly the hon. Member ...

I thank the Foreign Affairs Committee for initiating this vital and timely debate, and I thank al...

The shadow Minister makes an interesting and valid point about moral equality. I accept that, but...

The right hon. Lady’s side.

I apologise. The right hon. Lady’s side of the House focuses on Yemen a great deal. Does she unde...

Dead is dead. Whether a person has been killed because those with the bombs have been behaving re...

It is a pleasure to respond to this debate. First, may I congratulate my hon. Friend the Member f...

May I pay credit to my right hon. Friend the Minister for his closing words and thank him very mu...