:00:00. > :00:00.in both Houses of Parliament at 11 o'clock tonight. But first we have
:00:00. > :00:00.questions to the Foreign Secretary Boris Johnson and his ministerial
:00:00. > :00:19.team. Hors d'oeuvre. City of London open
:00:20. > :00:29.spaces bell, the chairman of ways and means to revival mission. The
:00:30. > :00:35.question is on the order paper. I think the ayes have it. Middle level
:00:36. > :00:45.Bill, the chairman of weather means to move the revival mission. I beg
:00:46. > :00:54.to move. Objection. Objection taken. Motion to be taken what Dave.
:00:55. > :01:01.Tuesday the 18th of July. Thank you. Cemetery Bill, Lords. Move the
:01:02. > :01:10.revival mission. He is keen, very keen today. I beg to move. The
:01:11. > :01:19.question is on the order paper. I think the ayes have it. Chairman of
:01:20. > :01:29.ways and Means, to move, the motion for an returns. Thank you. Not so
:01:30. > :01:41.much a nod as a magnificent bowel. -- bow. Mr Nigel Huddleston. Number
:01:42. > :01:47.one, Mr Speaker. I should like to begin by congratulating a rock's
:01:48. > :01:51.security forces for liberating Mosul from the grass of Daesh, the flag of
:01:52. > :01:55.Iraq flies once more in the country's 's second city and I pay
:01:56. > :01:58.tribute to the pilots who played a vital role in supporting this
:01:59. > :02:02.operation, delivering more air strikes than anyone else apart from
:02:03. > :02:07.the United States, I think the House can take pride in what they have
:02:08. > :02:10.done. An illegal wildlife trade, I think we can be pleased with the
:02:11. > :02:15.agreement be Prime Minister helped to secure IBG 20 summit in Hamburg
:02:16. > :02:20.and I say to all honourable members, this is not about cracking down on
:02:21. > :02:25.the trade in charismatic mega- fauna but of course in cracking down on
:02:26. > :02:30.those who engaged not just in illegal wildlife trafficking but in
:02:31. > :02:34.gun-running and people trafficking and much other human misery. We can
:02:35. > :02:39.be proud of what we are doing. Nigel Huddleston. I applaud the efforts of
:02:40. > :02:45.the Government is making in this area and I am pleased that the UK
:02:46. > :02:48.will be hosting the illegal wildlife trade conference in 2018. Can the
:02:49. > :02:53.Foreign Secretary confirm how much the money the department has
:02:54. > :02:58.committed to tackling illegal wildlife trade and how the money is
:02:59. > :03:07.being spent effectively? I can confirm that we are increasing our
:03:08. > :03:10.contribution to ?26 million, another ?30 million to tackle illegal
:03:11. > :03:15.wildlife trade and I have myself seen what UK finance projects are
:03:16. > :03:21.doing in ten year to crack down on this while trade.
:03:22. > :03:24.Mr Speaker, thank you, I say to the Foreign Secretary we have to give
:03:25. > :03:29.there is a much greater priority than we do. Not only our Government
:03:30. > :03:33.but across the world. Every single week it seems all mud it seems we
:03:34. > :03:39.see programmes on television, 55 African elephants are poached every
:03:40. > :03:42.single day. It is simply not good enough and the Foreign Secretary has
:03:43. > :03:46.to make this a priority. It is not good enough for us to look at our TV
:03:47. > :03:52.screens until sorry about it, we have to have a far greater
:03:53. > :03:56.commitment to do something about it. I completely share the Passion of
:03:57. > :04:02.the right honourable member. I would point out that the UK has been on
:04:03. > :04:07.the lead on all this for several years now and we will be continuing
:04:08. > :04:12.to push this agenda, not just at the T20 as the Prime Minister did, but
:04:13. > :04:17.of course Attar IW teed summit that we are hosting next October in
:04:18. > :04:20.London. With my right honourable friend tell us a little bit of the
:04:21. > :04:25.strategy he is taken to approach this? The link between illegal what
:04:26. > :04:29.I've trade, smuggling, people traffic like lawlessness and pilots
:04:30. > :04:33.in many countries is extremely real and so addressing wildlife trade may
:04:34. > :04:38.seem hysterical but it is not at all, it's about the stability of
:04:39. > :04:46.many nations that farm partners of the United Kingdom. It is not only
:04:47. > :04:52.touches the heart of millions of people in our country, it helps to
:04:53. > :04:57.cause increased human misery because the same people are involved in
:04:58. > :05:02.trading drugs, in arms, in human trafficking, worth up to ?30 billion
:05:03. > :05:08.a year and we are playing a major part in frustrating that trade.
:05:09. > :05:12.Thank you, Mr Speaker. There is increasing evidence that the UK's
:05:13. > :05:17.legal ivory market has been used as described for an illegal trade. What
:05:18. > :05:23.about them all-out ban on the ivory trade? The honourable gentleman we
:05:24. > :05:28.know we have a commitment in this Government to all-out ban on the
:05:29. > :05:33.sale of ivory in this country and that is what we intend to pursue.
:05:34. > :05:42.Rachel McLean. Question number two, Mr Speaker. With your permission, I
:05:43. > :05:51.will answer questions to answer for together. The Foreign Office
:05:52. > :05:59.continues to support that... 14. The give and -- forgive me. My
:06:00. > :06:04.department, my apologies. My department indeed used to support EU
:06:05. > :06:08.exit negotiations and the Government works to strengthen our relations
:06:09. > :06:12.with partners worldwide. As a champion of free trade, we will
:06:13. > :06:16.continue to seize the opportunities afforded by Brexit I guarantee our
:06:17. > :06:23.long-term global prosperity. Rachel McLean. Thank you, Mr Speaker. I
:06:24. > :06:27.thank my right honourable friend for this answer. Businesses in my
:06:28. > :06:31.constituency are looking to make the most of the opportunities of Brexit
:06:32. > :06:33.provides for them. But can my right honourable friend ensure me that he
:06:34. > :06:39.will work closely with the Department of trade, the Department
:06:40. > :06:42.for exiting the EU to ensure businesses that are already trading
:06:43. > :06:47.with the single market are given support to help build new export
:06:48. > :06:52.markets for their goods and services around the world to ensure their
:06:53. > :06:56.continued prosperity? Absolutely. I congratulate my
:06:57. > :07:01.honourable friend on what I believe is her first question in this
:07:02. > :07:07.chamber and I think it is a very good one and she can reassure her
:07:08. > :07:12.constituents that, of course, not only will the excellent companies in
:07:13. > :07:17.her constituency be able to continue to enjoy free trade with the rest of
:07:18. > :07:21.the European Union, with the EU 27, but of course they will have the
:07:22. > :07:24.additional opportunity afforded by the new free trade deals that we
:07:25. > :07:28.will be able to strike with countries around the world. I am
:07:29. > :07:31.pleased to say that they were queueing up to make that point to
:07:32. > :07:38.the Prime Minister IBG 20 in Hamburg. Today is the feast Day of
:07:39. > :07:47.Saint Benedict, the agency of Europe. He famously warned against
:07:48. > :07:50.against the others. Will my right honourable friend please proclaim
:07:51. > :07:56.that we do not want any murmuring from anybody against our vision of
:07:57. > :08:00.an open, free trade in Europe, the best possible free-trade deal,
:08:01. > :08:06.leading the world towards free trade and on tour prosperity? I think my
:08:07. > :08:11.right honourable friend makes an excellent point. Members on both
:08:12. > :08:17.sides of this House know very well, 85% of us were elected on a very
:08:18. > :08:20.clear manifesto to come out of the European Union, to come out of the
:08:21. > :08:24.single market and as the leader of the Labour Party has said to come
:08:25. > :08:27.out of the customs union as well. Nothing could be clearer than that
:08:28. > :08:33.and I think what the people of this country want us to do is to get on
:08:34. > :08:35.and deliver a great Brexit and with the support of members opposite, I
:08:36. > :08:45.have no doubt that we can achieve it. Ben Bradshaw. A transition
:08:46. > :08:52.period of three years during which we will remain under the jury system
:08:53. > :09:00.at the ECJ. Neither the Secretary of State has said any such thing. Cue
:09:01. > :09:07.him being called second, I am not sure he minds. Hilary Benn. In
:09:08. > :09:12.March, the Foreign Secretary said leaving the EU with no deal would be
:09:13. > :09:16.perfectly OK. However, last month the Chancellor of the Exchequer said
:09:17. > :09:20.that would be a very, very bad outcome for Britain. Since the two
:09:21. > :09:24.positions are clearly completely contradictory, who should the
:09:25. > :09:29.British public believe? I think what the British public can take from
:09:30. > :09:33.both the Chancellor and myself and indeed from the vast majority of
:09:34. > :09:38.Labour members opposite, as I understand, their position, that we
:09:39. > :09:47.all want to get on and do the deal and do the best deal possible and to
:09:48. > :09:52.leave the EU. Mr John Barron. The Australian Government which
:09:53. > :09:57.negotiated free-trade deals with China, Japan and South Korea in very
:09:58. > :10:00.short order by focusing on trade itself, rather getting bogged down
:10:01. > :10:06.in disputes rather to standings and legalities and regulations. I agree
:10:07. > :10:10.very much with what my right honourable friend has said and I
:10:11. > :10:13.think with a bit of gumption and a bit of positive energy, there is no
:10:14. > :10:18.limit to what we can achieve and we should get on and do it and of
:10:19. > :10:25.course we cannot ink in the free-trade deals now but we can
:10:26. > :10:29.certainly pencil in the outline. Yesterday, the Prime Minister 's
:10:30. > :10:34.spokesman was reported as saying the transition rules could involve the
:10:35. > :10:37.European Court of Justice for a limited time, that is a matter for
:10:38. > :10:42.negotiation. That was the quake that was reported. Can the Foreign
:10:43. > :10:49.Secretary confirmed this change in Government policy and set out the
:10:50. > :10:54.rationale behind it? We are in the negotiation whose objective is to
:10:55. > :10:57.out from under the penumbra of the European Court of Justice outside
:10:58. > :11:03.the EU legal order and that is what we will achieve.
:11:04. > :11:15.Since we joined the Common Market until the date we leave, we will
:11:16. > :11:18.have given the EU a total of ?209 billion. Will the Foreign Secretary
:11:19. > :11:25.make it clear that if they want a penny more, they can go and whistle?
:11:26. > :11:28.I am sure my honourable friend the's words will have broke like a
:11:29. > :11:32.thunderclap over Brussels and they will pay attention to what he has
:11:33. > :11:39.said, and he makes a very valid point. I think these sermons I have
:11:40. > :11:44.seen that they proposed to demand from this country seem to me at
:11:45. > :11:50.extortionate, and I think to go whistle is an appropriate
:11:51. > :11:54.expression. Will the Secretary of State ensure in the spirit of
:11:55. > :11:59.cooperation the final Brexit deal is endorsed by the devolved parliaments
:12:00. > :12:01.before it assigned? About as the honourable gentleman knows very
:12:02. > :12:07.well, we work closely with the ministerial committee to bring in
:12:08. > :12:10.the devolved administrations and to make sure the great deal we are
:12:11. > :12:16.going to get has their endorsement and their approval. Further to the
:12:17. > :12:22.question from the right honourable gentleman for Leeds Central, did my
:12:23. > :12:24.right honourable friend he had a report on the today programme this
:12:25. > :12:29.morning that other European leaders were making it clear that they would
:12:30. > :12:33.not accept a deal on any terms, does he share my view that what is sauce
:12:34. > :12:42.for the goose is sauce for the gander? May I congratulate my
:12:43. > :12:48.honourable friend on his sixth child? Many congratulations on that.
:12:49. > :12:51.He makes a good point about the negotiation stance of our friends
:12:52. > :12:57.and partners across the Channel. They do sound at the moment they are
:12:58. > :13:01.pretty hard over, as we see in the Foreign Office, but I have no doubt
:13:02. > :13:04.in the fullness of time, a suddenness will descend and a
:13:05. > :13:11.willingness to compromise, because a great Brexit deal, a grapefruit
:13:12. > :13:16.trade deal, a deep and special partnership is in our interest --
:13:17. > :13:20.great deal. Given the given the prime Mr's appeal to these benches
:13:21. > :13:26.to help her out, where does the Foreign Secretary field there are
:13:27. > :13:29.areas for compromise? As I said, I think the striking thing about this
:13:30. > :13:36.debate is how much unanimity there is between the two sides of the
:13:37. > :13:43.chamber on the fundamental questions. I've been very struck by
:13:44. > :13:47.the right honourable gentleman, the leader of the Labour Party, he seems
:13:48. > :13:55.to be very much on all fours with the objectives of the Brexit... I
:13:56. > :13:58.don't wish... He very much agrees with the position we are taken, they
:13:59. > :14:06.hope to see him in the lobbies with us. I hate to disagree with the
:14:07. > :14:10.Foreign Secretary. While he is right to say the Leader of the Opposition
:14:11. > :14:14.is fully behind the government, and these benches are fully behind the
:14:15. > :14:20.Prime Minister, Foreign Secretary, it is the opposition that is
:14:21. > :14:26.hopelessly split on this issue. Is that not hindering the government's
:14:27. > :14:31.negotiating position? It is not for me to comments on the ability of the
:14:32. > :14:37.Labour leader to control his party, I take it they are all following
:14:38. > :14:41.Labour policy, which is to come out of the EU, come out of the single
:14:42. > :14:46.market. If they aren't, they can stand up now and buy their questions
:14:47. > :14:50.portray their position. They are supporting the will of the British
:14:51. > :14:58.people as expressed last year. If they wish to dissent from that, now
:14:59. > :15:01.is the time. Can I start by welcoming the new Foreign Office
:15:02. > :15:08.front bench in their positions? Back in July last year, I wrongly accused
:15:09. > :15:13.them of being an all-male team. If only I'd waited a year. I would have
:15:14. > :15:18.been correct. Mr Speaker, talking of female Tory MPs, the member of the
:15:19. > :15:22.Newton Abbot use a disgusting racist phrase in her Commons at the East
:15:23. > :15:27.India club. I hope the Foreign Secretary will join me in condemning
:15:28. > :15:31.them. I hope you will agree offensive language deriving from the
:15:32. > :15:38.era of American slavery has no place in modern society. The member of
:15:39. > :15:42.Dean Abed was trying to ask a valid question. A question about what
:15:43. > :15:46.would happen if Britain fails to reach a deal -- Newton Abbot. Can I
:15:47. > :15:51.asked the Foreign Secretary to answer that question today? Can he
:15:52. > :15:55.explain what that no deal option would mean to the people and
:15:56. > :15:59.businesses of Great Britain? As I've said before, I think the chances of
:16:00. > :16:04.such an outcome of vanishingly unlikely, since it is manifestly in
:16:05. > :16:09.the interests of both sides of the Channel to get a great free trade
:16:10. > :16:15.deal and new special partnership between us and the European Union,
:16:16. > :16:21.and that is what we will achieve. Unfortunately, it leaves us in on
:16:22. > :16:25.the wiser, it is baffling, it is the Prime Minister, at least for now, he
:16:26. > :16:29.decided to put the deal of the no deal option on the table. She
:16:30. > :16:32.couldn't stop using the phrase Junior election campaign, and now
:16:33. > :16:38.are me ask what it means in practice, they refuse to tell us.
:16:39. > :16:41.The Foreign Office, the Foreign Affairs Committee said in December,
:16:42. > :16:45.I quote, the government should produce a new deal plan identifying
:16:46. > :16:48.the likely consequences, and making proposals to mitigate potential
:16:49. > :16:57.risks. Anything else would be a dereliction of duty. We cannot have
:16:58. > :17:00.a repeat... Order. I apologise the interesting here, but he needs to
:17:01. > :17:03.bring herself a single sentence, because there are lots of colleagues
:17:04. > :17:11.who want to take place. Is normally succinct. Return to form. Given a
:17:12. > :17:14.plan to no deal would be worse than that dereliction of duty, can I
:17:15. > :17:21.asked the Foreign Secretary to spell out what no deal would mean, can you
:17:22. > :17:25.reassure as it is not, at a very least he has a private plan to
:17:26. > :17:34.manage the risk? There is no plan because we will get a great deal.
:17:35. > :17:38.Just for the sake of example and alliteration, I would remind the
:17:39. > :17:41.honourable lady that there was a time, I old enough to remember it,
:17:42. > :17:51.when Britain was not in what we call the Common Market. Foreign officials
:17:52. > :17:56.are working closely with colleagues to prepare for the 400th
:17:57. > :18:00.anniversary, nine please Oliver Colville, the former member for
:18:01. > :18:04.Plymouth, Sutton and Devonport, has been appointed chair by the Prime
:18:05. > :18:07.Minister, and they will make the most of the opportunity to
:18:08. > :18:13.commemorate the legacy of the pilgrims and the special
:18:14. > :18:18.relationship. Well, Mrs Biggar, I thought the Prime Minister wanted
:18:19. > :18:23.help from the opposition bench -- Mr Speaker. I'm here available. The
:18:24. > :18:32.re-elected co-chair of the pilgrims group. I was prepared to offer my
:18:33. > :18:41.services to take on this role rather than on parliamentarians.
:18:42. > :18:46.Nevertheless, can the good people expect support from this government
:18:47. > :18:51.as promised by George Osborne to properly celebrate the fact that the
:18:52. > :18:59.pilgrims and their legacy, including the modern United States, originates
:19:00. > :19:04.in battered hall? At least eating claim that it has strong coastal
:19:05. > :19:08.links, but we do welcome already his contribution to the House by the
:19:09. > :19:11.comments he made on the 9th of March, reminding us of the
:19:12. > :19:15.anniversary, it will be an historic opportunity for us to celebrate.
:19:16. > :19:19.Across the sows, we will think of every possible way in which we can
:19:20. > :19:25.do so to best effect. The importance of the anniversary can hardly be
:19:26. > :19:31.overstated. Would it not be a more suitable dates for a state visit
:19:32. > :19:35.from the president of the United States to have it in 2020 to mark
:19:36. > :19:42.this, rather than in the months to come? I note the suggestion, but
:19:43. > :19:52.that matter is already in train, and the visit offered to the president
:19:53. > :19:58.stands. I thank my right honourable friend because the UK is in the lead
:19:59. > :20:02.on this issue helping Ukraine to make the vital reforms that need to
:20:03. > :20:07.do and to continue on a cracking down on corruption, which is so
:20:08. > :20:13.important if we are to encourage a long-term and continued investment
:20:14. > :20:15.in a successful Ukraine. Can I congratulate my right honourable
:20:16. > :20:21.friend on the organisation last week of the Ukraine reform conference in
:20:22. > :20:29.London? It demonstrates that Britain will continue to play a leading role
:20:30. > :20:33.on the world stage. But can he confirm that whilst Ukraine still
:20:34. > :20:37.faces major challenges, progress is being made in areas like tackling
:20:38. > :20:44.corruption, and canny see what more we can do to assist them? May I get
:20:45. > :20:48.the ball back over the net by congratulating my right honourable
:20:49. > :20:52.friend on the coming chair on the Ukraine all-party group? We all in
:20:53. > :20:56.this House have a clear interest in a strong and successful Ukraine, not
:20:57. > :21:02.why we've invested another 33 million in helping Ukrainians to
:21:03. > :21:07.tackle the problems of governance. The House should be in no doubt
:21:08. > :21:11.about what is going on in Ukraine. This is an arm wrestle, if you like,
:21:12. > :21:16.between two value systems come our way of looking at the world and the
:21:17. > :21:22.Russian way, and it is vital for our continent and vital for this country
:21:23. > :21:33.that Alloway prevails, and we're British help, I believe it is
:21:34. > :21:37.prevailing and will prevail. So far there has in a single sign of all
:21:38. > :21:41.the efforts Britain has rightly made in relation to Ukraine, paying
:21:42. > :21:49.dividends in terms of Russia stopping its corrupt meddling in
:21:50. > :21:54.that country. He is right the fault lies with Russia, they annexed
:21:55. > :21:58.Crimea, they drive the problem in the Donbas region. What you are
:21:59. > :22:03.seeing from the UK, and by the way, we are contributing the efforts to
:22:04. > :22:10.stave off that Russian military meddling with a non-lethal equipment
:22:11. > :22:14.that we've agreed to send to Ukraine. But more importantly, we
:22:15. > :22:19.are engaging, held the Ukrainians to sort out their domestic, political
:22:20. > :22:24.scene, to crack down on Russia. To be fair to Ukrainians, they aren't
:22:25. > :22:28.only seeing 4% growth, depending on the figures you believe, but they
:22:29. > :22:32.have made more progress in cracking down on corruption in the last three
:22:33. > :22:40.years than in the last 25 years. A very different country is being
:22:41. > :22:44.born. Our bilateral relationship is strong because it is a deep bond of
:22:45. > :22:47.friendship rooted in our shared histories and common values. We look
:22:48. > :22:51.forward to strengthening those ties over the coming years and have
:22:52. > :22:54.agreed to hold regular strategic talks to maximise the full potential
:22:55. > :23:01.of this important bilateral relationship. I thank the Minister
:23:02. > :23:07.that response. Canadian investment is important and my consistency and
:23:08. > :23:11.across the UK. As we move forward in leaving the EU, seeking a free-trade
:23:12. > :23:15.deal with Canada, however relationship will be more important,
:23:16. > :23:19.as is specifically our relationship with the provincial governments. Do
:23:20. > :23:25.we have the network in place across Canada to make sure we are making
:23:26. > :23:28.the best of those relationships? On behalf the House, I express our
:23:29. > :23:34.sympathy to all those in British Columbia who been affected by the
:23:35. > :23:39.damaging wildfires in that province. Our Consulate general in Calgary,
:23:40. > :23:44.Montreal, Toronto and Vancouver do work for a provincial governments to
:23:45. > :23:47.increase bilateral trade, particularly in the infrastructure
:23:48. > :23:50.sector. We are working across all levels of the Canadian government to
:23:51. > :23:55.ensure British companies can take full advantage of the opportunities
:23:56. > :24:02.offered by the Canada EU, rent of economic and trade agreement. Is he
:24:03. > :24:08.not aware, I have strong family relationships and Canada, is he not
:24:09. > :24:13.aware that senior diplomats in Canada are absolutely aghast at the
:24:14. > :24:17.way in which this government is handling our withdrawal from Europe
:24:18. > :24:23.and its impact on world trade? They believe the swashbuckling sector
:24:24. > :24:28.ministers are not the right people. I have to say, positive energy and
:24:29. > :24:33.gumption won't give us a good deal in Europe. We need people who have a
:24:34. > :24:39.eye for detail, this Foreign Secretary has no idea about detail!
:24:40. > :24:43.I simply don't recognise the analysis right honourable gentleman
:24:44. > :24:48.has offered the House on any matter he's just mention. May I say, I
:24:49. > :24:52.think I were opportunities for future trade with Canada will be
:24:53. > :25:01.enormous once we've left the European Union. I thank the
:25:02. > :25:03.Minister, 2017 marks the 150th anniversary of the Canadian
:25:04. > :25:08.Confederation, and our two nations face together some of the most
:25:09. > :25:12.difficult challenges in our history in that period. Will he agree that
:25:13. > :25:15.actually with those relationships, provides a great relationship to
:25:16. > :25:22.build on and reject the nonsense we just heard? Yes, I agree
:25:23. > :25:25.emphatically. We also offer our congratulations to Canada on the
:25:26. > :25:29.anniversary of Canadian Confederation. We are please the
:25:30. > :25:33.Prince of Wales and the Duchess of Cornwall were able to join
:25:34. > :25:37.celebrations in Ottawa to mark the celebration. On a practical basis,
:25:38. > :25:43.the Foreign Secretary met Foreign Minister last week and agreed to
:25:44. > :25:48.hold talks to ensure we can maximise the full potential of this important
:25:49. > :25:49.and close by that relationship way beyond the expectations of the right
:25:50. > :26:02.honourable gentleman opposite. Thank you, Mr Speaker. We have a
:26:03. > :26:06.strong and wide-ranging relationship with the Philippines on prosperity,
:26:07. > :26:08.education and security issue. Ministerial visits to the
:26:09. > :26:12.Philippines and annual high-level talks between officials help a graph
:26:13. > :26:18.that corporation. Most recently, my right honourable friend was there as
:26:19. > :26:21.recently as last December and this enables us to discuss concerns about
:26:22. > :26:32.human rights was pursuing closer diplomatic and trade links. Mr
:26:33. > :26:37.Speaker, my skin constituency has been held in Philippines since 2008.
:26:38. > :26:43.Sentence on to produce foreign employment defence. They have failed
:26:44. > :26:46.to acknowledge a clemency request despite his poor health. Concerns
:26:47. > :26:49.about the safety of the institution and his parents worried they will
:26:50. > :26:52.not see him again. Well my honourable friend set out what is
:26:53. > :26:58.being done to support his family's efforts to bring him home?
:26:59. > :27:03.May I thank for his work over the many years on behalf of Mr Taylor's
:27:04. > :27:08.parents in North Swindon. We have been providing ongoing well for
:27:09. > :27:13.support to Kevin Taylor since his arrest almost ten years ago. Most
:27:14. > :27:17.recently a visit in prison and we have liaised with his parents only
:27:18. > :27:23.yesterday. Our consulates are bought as extended to delivering funds and
:27:24. > :27:26.vitamins, medical points after Mr Taylor brought his health concerns
:27:27. > :27:30.to our attention. A clemency request was made as recently as 2015 that I
:27:31. > :27:33.reassure my honourable friend we will do our level best to continue
:27:34. > :27:40.this work and I will be in touch without apartment to ask to redouble
:27:41. > :27:47.his efforts in the days ahead. Thank you, Mr Speaker. In the year since
:27:48. > :27:51.the president of Philippines took ASBOs, 13,000 people have been
:27:52. > :27:56.killed. He has threatened to extend martial law across the entire
:27:57. > :28:02.country and last week, he said he would eat the livers of terrorists
:28:03. > :28:04.with salt and vinegar. But the Secretary of State for International
:28:05. > :28:09.Development claims that Britain has shared values with the president.
:28:10. > :28:14.Could the Minister tell the House which values we share with the
:28:15. > :28:17.President? The honourable lady will recognise the shared values in
:28:18. > :28:22.relation to international trade and we need to recognise that. Indeed
:28:23. > :28:26.with all dedication, it is not an issue of ditching anything else, I,
:28:27. > :28:31.like the honourable lady, concerned about the high death toll in the war
:28:32. > :28:35.on illegal drugs has come to a head in his role. We have been urging
:28:36. > :28:41.much more thorough independent instigation at all violent deaths
:28:42. > :28:44.that have taken place I would say that from our perspective, we have
:28:45. > :28:46.repeatedly and will continue to raise human rights concerns with the
:28:47. > :28:52.administration and I will be doing so with Manila and I have at some to
:28:53. > :29:04.be visiting to make light of the Kaci made. -- the case she has made.
:29:05. > :29:06.Pay tribute to the campaigns on the subject, our policy in relationship
:29:07. > :29:13.to Zimbabwe kiddies used to be to balance out the best days of the
:29:14. > :29:19.horrifying record of Bieber Gabi regime -- Mugabe and the people have
:29:20. > :29:23.suffered terribly over the last 40 years. Can I welcome the honourable
:29:24. > :29:32.member to his position and wish him every success in it? $53 million was
:29:33. > :29:35.spent by Mugabe on private travel overseas last year, the same time
:29:36. > :29:40.the United Kingdom paying proportionally more in UK aid to
:29:41. > :29:44.that country than any other country in Africa. Does he think that
:29:45. > :29:47.perhaps with the election is coming next year and Mugabe refusing to
:29:48. > :29:52.permit the 20 13th Constitution, now is the time to put some of that
:29:53. > :30:01.money into helping voter education in those rural areas can show? Thank
:30:02. > :30:05.you, Mr Speaker. The answer is that I agree. We are trying to balance a
:30:06. > :30:09.very difficult thing which is the terrible performance of the Mugabe
:30:10. > :30:14.regime with a country where people have been dying of cholera,
:30:15. > :30:21.suffering extreme him a humour tarry in need. Focusing on free and fair
:30:22. > :30:25.elections is one of the first things we can do in a country like
:30:26. > :30:30.Zimbabwe. The policy of incremental engagement with Zimbabwe is the be
:30:31. > :30:35.best, sometimes an unpalatable best policy. But with the Minister
:30:36. > :30:38.consider in the near term actually visiting Zimbabwe, which would be a
:30:39. > :30:46.great step forward and prospered the UK in a better position for
:30:47. > :30:50.relationships longer term? The honourable member has huge expertise
:30:51. > :30:56.is African Minister. The decision on whether or not I as a minister were
:30:57. > :30:58.to visit Zimbabwe depends a great deal on the genuine commitment to
:30:59. > :31:02.the Zimbabwe Government towards reform and I will be guided by the
:31:03. > :31:05.ambassador of the country as to when such a visit would be necessary and
:31:06. > :31:12.possible. Number eight.
:31:13. > :31:14.We are in costs contact with our international counterparts,
:31:15. > :31:19.including most recently at the organisation of American States
:31:20. > :31:24.summit last month. I issued a very strong statement on the 6th of July,
:31:25. > :31:27.utterly condemning the 5th of July attack on Venezuela's national
:31:28. > :31:30.assembly and its elected members and calling for the Venezuelan
:31:31. > :31:33.Government to uphold the Constitution and show respect for
:31:34. > :31:35.democratic institutions and the statement was echoed by many
:31:36. > :31:42.political colleagues across the world mark.
:31:43. > :31:45.Thank you, Mr Speaker. The Leader of the Opposition described the regime
:31:46. > :31:51.in Venezuela is offering an alternative agenda from which we
:31:52. > :31:58.could learn. The alternative agenda has seen the economy collapse,
:31:59. > :32:02.poverty increase, dozens of people, scores of people killed in civil
:32:03. > :32:05.unrest and now an attempt to undermine both the elected Congress
:32:06. > :32:09.and the independent Attorney General. Will my right honourable
:32:10. > :32:14.friend confirm that Her Majesty's Government strongly condemns the
:32:15. > :32:18.attempt by the regime to rewrite the constitution and rock out democracy?
:32:19. > :32:24.The Leader of the Opposition does seem to be a great fan of the
:32:25. > :32:28.Venezuelan Government. A passable impression himself as Fidel Castro
:32:29. > :32:30.won sometimes things. What is happening to the Venezuelan economy
:32:31. > :32:34.gives us a very clear indication of what would happen to the UK economy
:32:35. > :32:40.if ever the right honourable gentleman were Prime Minister.
:32:41. > :32:44.Mr Speaker, what practical steps have been taken to deal with famine
:32:45. > :32:49.on the border between Venezuela and Colombia by the British Government?
:32:50. > :32:52.There are no easy such attempts. We do not have a bilateral programme
:32:53. > :32:56.that are in touch with the United Nations. But the very question of
:32:57. > :33:00.the honourable lady does illustrate the extent to which the Venezuelan
:33:01. > :33:04.Government has driven their own people to poverty, running very
:33:05. > :33:11.short of some of the most basic goods on which they have to live.
:33:12. > :33:17.Number nine, Mr Speaker. Mr Speaker. We readily raise these
:33:18. > :33:21.issues with Israel, calling for a reversal of the policy of settlement
:33:22. > :33:26.expansion. I reiterated that in the House of Commons last week but also
:33:27. > :33:29.recently both the Foreign Secretary and myself have made statements
:33:30. > :33:36.strongly condemning proposals the new settlement expansion in both the
:33:37. > :33:39.West Bank and East Jerusalem. Mr Speaker, only last week the
:33:40. > :33:43.right-wing Israeli Government announced a further expansion of the
:33:44. > :33:47.illegal settlement programme so it is clear that whatever action the
:33:48. > :33:50.British Government is taking, it is not working. It is not time Her
:33:51. > :33:59.Majesty's Government to more response to this problem? Ensuring
:34:00. > :34:01.the proper labelling of all importing goods so that they are
:34:02. > :34:05.designated as coming from an illegally occupied Palestinian
:34:06. > :34:10.territory. This is a long and difficult
:34:11. > :34:14.process, as the honourable gentleman rightly dies. We have a policy in
:34:15. > :34:18.relation to labelling and continued conversations will go on with the
:34:19. > :34:22.state of Israel in relation to, as last week, the suggestion that the
:34:23. > :34:25.edge of the new housing units being built and East Jerusalem. But it is
:34:26. > :34:29.a complex process, the United Kingdom does not believe in boycotts
:34:30. > :34:33.of sanctions, but clear labelling has been that the sometimes
:34:34. > :34:37.consumers can take their choice. We have contributed to a number of
:34:38. > :34:41.structures, EU structures that have been demolished. Will he asked the
:34:42. > :34:48.Government of Israel for our money back? Mr Speaker, I think my right
:34:49. > :34:52.honourable friend is referring to some work done by the EU. The EU has
:34:53. > :34:55.not sought compensation from the state of Israel in relation to this
:34:56. > :35:01.and no decision has been taken on any further action.
:35:02. > :35:04.Settlements are a barrier but they are far from the only barrier to
:35:05. > :35:11.peace. The building blocks for the peace process is our trade and
:35:12. > :35:15.economic development in the West Bank and supports the coexistent
:35:16. > :35:18.projects to get them working together. Funding for which, I'm
:35:19. > :35:23.afraid, this Government has stopped. Can I asked the minister whether he
:35:24. > :35:26.will reinstate funding to the coexistent projects to build the
:35:27. > :35:31.priest projects? The honourable gentleman understands this issue
:35:32. > :35:36.extremely well and a extreme bill-mac -- I agree there are
:35:37. > :35:39.building blocks and settlements are by far from the only barrier in
:35:40. > :35:45.relations to that. Trade and investment remains very important.
:35:46. > :35:49.We will be looking further out what prospects are for any new
:35:50. > :35:52.initiatives. I'm aware of the coexistent projects that he mentions
:35:53. > :35:59.and certainly I will be having a look about wearing my joint
:36:00. > :36:03.responsibilities. Mr Speaker, we are glad to see the
:36:04. > :36:06.Mr back working on this issue. But this is the second time in the space
:36:07. > :36:10.of a week when the Foreign Secretary has declined to speak about middle
:36:11. > :36:18.east and evolve the job to him instead. And that follows his
:36:19. > :36:23.failure even to mention Israel or Palestine in the Tory election
:36:24. > :36:25.manifesto. So I simply ask the Minister, when are we going to hear
:36:26. > :36:30.the Foreign Secretary stand up and condemn these new illegal
:36:31. > :36:35.settlements? The other day, this week. I did it this week. Can I find
:36:36. > :36:39.the honourable lady for her warm welcome and enjoy being back in this
:36:40. > :36:43.role, no matter what is broken at me in response to it. Can I say the
:36:44. > :36:49.Foreign Secretary strongly condemned the proposals that were announced at
:36:50. > :36:55.the West Bank quite recently. But I like to feel he has confidence in
:36:56. > :36:58.his Minister for the Middle East. As he has confidence in his soul missed
:36:59. > :37:02.a team to answer appropriate questions but I have never known him
:37:03. > :37:12.to be shy of answering a question when necessary. Question Time, Mr
:37:13. > :37:17.Speaker. Thank you, Mr Speaker. United Kingdom was instrumental, Mr
:37:18. > :37:20.Speaker, in securing the Paris agreement on climate change. We are
:37:21. > :37:25.helping other countries to meet their targets and we are confident
:37:26. > :37:32.that we will be able to meet our own ground-breaking target of reducing
:37:33. > :37:35.emissions by 18% by 2050. I thank the Foreign Secretary for his
:37:36. > :37:39.answer. Last week, Downing Street said the primers are intended to
:37:40. > :37:43.challenge President Trump on climate change at the G20 meeting. With this
:37:44. > :37:48.and how have been better done before he announced he was pulling out of
:37:49. > :37:54.the Paris agreement than after? As I have told the House before, we made
:37:55. > :37:56.our views very clear to the US administration, repeatedly we have
:37:57. > :38:02.expressed dismay that they have withdrawn. But on the other hand, I
:38:03. > :38:05.think all members on both sides of the House should acknowledge in all
:38:06. > :38:11.fairness that the United States has made and continues to make, even
:38:12. > :38:15.under this initiation, continues to make substantial progress in
:38:16. > :38:28.reducing greenhouse gases. This country has reduced CO2 by 42% since
:38:29. > :38:32.1990, despite a 67% increase in GDP. The United States has achieved,
:38:33. > :38:40.report progress and we intend to encourage them on that path.
:38:41. > :38:46.Following the isolation of Donald Trump at last week G20 Summit, on
:38:47. > :38:51.the issue of the Paris agreement, further postponement of the trip to
:38:52. > :38:58.the UK, can I ask the sexual simple question. Does the Government regard
:38:59. > :39:07.President John is the leader of the free world, is so, how would they
:39:08. > :39:15.rate the job he is doing... As a mark out of ten? -- president Trump.
:39:16. > :39:21.We certainly regard the achievement of the Prime Minister as
:39:22. > :39:27.considerable as getting the US president to sign up actually to the
:39:28. > :39:31.G20 agreement on climate change, as she did. She is instrumental in
:39:32. > :39:35.getting the Americans to endorse. Getting the Americans to sign up to
:39:36. > :39:38.the communique and I think members on all sides of the House will
:39:39. > :39:42.appreciate that whatever disagreements they have with the
:39:43. > :39:46.current incumbent of the White House, the president of the United
:39:47. > :39:51.States is the leader of our most important ally and he deserves that
:39:52. > :39:57.and respect for the consideration of this country. Question 11, Mr
:39:58. > :40:06.Speaker. With the Foreign Secretary's permission, ensuring the
:40:07. > :40:09.promotion of human rights and engaging with this next essential
:40:10. > :40:16.part of the global policy of Britain, ministers meet their
:40:17. > :40:19.cultivars readily and raise issues, gender equality, modern slavery,
:40:20. > :40:25.freedom of belief and religion, the death penalty and torture. It is an
:40:26. > :40:28.essential part is who we are the United Kingdom and the Foreign
:40:29. > :40:44.Commonwealth Office. Back in March, the UN human rights Council to
:40:45. > :40:48.commit atrocities. Women being raped by the security forces. Does the
:40:49. > :40:54.Minister agree that the perpetrators of such crime be brought to justice
:40:55. > :41:00.as a matter of urgency? And can he tell us what
:41:01. > :41:07.I was recently in Burma and was able to reaffirm the United Kingdom's
:41:08. > :41:12.sport for the Independent United Nations commission. This is a
:41:13. > :41:15.difficult issue being wrestled with by those in Burma. And the UK
:41:16. > :41:24.remains very close to the humanitarian needs of the people
:41:25. > :41:29.there. The World Trade Organisation estimates three out only for trade
:41:30. > :41:32.deals include provisions to improve human rights, is what discussions
:41:33. > :41:35.has my honourable friend been having with his colleagues in the
:41:36. > :41:39.Department of trade to make sure our new trade deals include obligations
:41:40. > :41:47.to improve human rights where it is appropriate? My right honourable
:41:48. > :41:51.friend is right, ensuring human rights are an essential part of the
:41:52. > :41:56.future policy of the UK in terms of trade deals. As these issues are
:41:57. > :42:01.raised now, it's an important part of future and will continue to be a
:42:02. > :42:10.key part of our prosperity drive. Following the arrest of amnesty
:42:11. > :42:16.International Turkey director, they are examples of the worrying shift
:42:17. > :42:20.away from respected human rights in Turkey. What steps has the Foreign
:42:21. > :42:29.Secretary himself taken to ensure the immediate and unconditional
:42:30. > :42:33.release of these two people? The right honourable lady knows these
:42:34. > :42:36.issues extremely well. My right honourable friend the Foreign
:42:37. > :42:41.Secretary has raised this with his counterpart on the Prime Minister
:42:42. > :42:47.raise this as the T20 were the president of Turkey -- G20. This
:42:48. > :42:51.remains an important issue. On his recent visit to Burma, did he
:42:52. > :42:55.encourage the Burmese government to allow full access and cooperate
:42:56. > :43:03.fully with the fact-finding machine looking into human rights issues in
:43:04. > :43:10.that country. Yes, indeed. It is a difficult issue but we've made it
:43:11. > :43:14.very clear that the UN independent report need full consideration. We'd
:43:15. > :43:19.urge the government to do all they can to facilitate what the UN needs
:43:20. > :43:21.to complete its work. There is an internal investigation already been
:43:22. > :43:31.carried out by the Burmese government.
:43:32. > :43:38.We have been able to gain access through our console. What efforts
:43:39. > :43:43.are being made to ensure the human rights and the medical needs of the
:43:44. > :43:51.two people in prison are being protected? Mr Speaker, I met with
:43:52. > :43:54.the family last week. I've raised this issue directly with my
:43:55. > :44:00.counterpart, the Deputy Foreign Minister of around, and the Iranian
:44:01. > :44:04.ambassador. We remain concerned about this and other consulate cases
:44:05. > :44:11.involving around. I can assure the lady we will continue to raise these
:44:12. > :44:17.at the highest issue. Briefly from the front bench. As a government
:44:18. > :44:20.celebrated his victory in the High Court over arms sales to Saudi
:44:21. > :44:29.Arabia, number of people affected by the cholera epidemic in Yemen past
:44:30. > :44:31.300,000. Humanitarian workers face a choice of using it twinkling food
:44:32. > :44:37.supplies to be those children suffering from malnutrition or those
:44:38. > :44:41.infected with cholera. In that context, can the Minister told the
:44:42. > :44:45.House wired the Saudi led Coalition continues to use British bombs to
:44:46. > :44:53.attack farms, food factories and water plants? The judgment by the
:44:54. > :44:58.gorgeous today was unequivocal in saying the United Kingdom had fully
:44:59. > :45:03.fulfilled its obligations under the control of the arms trade. And also
:45:04. > :45:06.the work that was being toured with the kingdom of Saudi Arabia in
:45:07. > :45:11.relation to its response to international humanitarian law was
:45:12. > :45:14.fundamental to that judgment. The situation in Yemen remains a
:45:15. > :45:20.humanitarian disaster, the actor Kingdom is involved in seeking to do
:45:21. > :45:25.all it can, the cholera outbreak has taken some 6500 cases each day. I am
:45:26. > :45:27.pleased we are fully engaged and tried to do all we can to mitigate
:45:28. > :45:45.these actions -- United Kingdom. He is new, I thought I was new, too.
:45:46. > :45:47.I am concerned the democratic freedoms continue to face
:45:48. > :45:53.fundamental restrictions in the Maldives. Pressure, including
:45:54. > :45:58.arrests has grown. Human rights activists, the media art under
:45:59. > :46:03.threat. The government raise these issues frequently with the Maldives
:46:04. > :46:10.government and we led the recent UN statement in the gene human rights
:46:11. > :46:13.Council. My right honourable friend will know that a Coalition of
:46:14. > :46:19.opposition parties in the Maldives, led by the former president,
:46:20. > :46:23.committed to democracy and proving relations with this country, has
:46:24. > :46:29.secured a majority in that country's parliament. Does he share my concern
:46:30. > :46:31.is that the regime may resort to legal means to prevent Parliament
:46:32. > :46:40.from properly functioning in that country? I am very concerned is at
:46:41. > :46:44.that prospect. I have to say, no one's hands in recent years in any
:46:45. > :46:47.part of the political environment in the Maldives have been entirely
:46:48. > :46:51.clean. It has not been a happy situation across the board. The
:46:52. > :46:56.biggest regret we have on this site is the Maldives unilaterally left
:46:57. > :46:59.the Commonwealth in 2016, and I hope a new regime will bring them back
:47:00. > :47:11.into the international regime in this way. Firstly we should pay
:47:12. > :47:15.tribute to what United States has done with its peacekeeping budget.
:47:16. > :47:21.It provides well over a quarter of the global peacekeeping budget. Over
:47:22. > :47:26.$2 billion a year, which has not eligible, so we need to pay tribute
:47:27. > :47:30.and encourage them to play the role, that essential part. And then
:47:31. > :47:35.sticking to the Congressional limit of 25% is vital for the UN
:47:36. > :47:41.peacekeeping operations. Does the Minister agree the loss of financial
:47:42. > :47:50.support from the US will be devastating, such as the world food
:47:51. > :47:56.programme Will they get them to reconsider their planned cuts? It is
:47:57. > :47:59.right, in the current global situation, UN peacekeeping
:48:00. > :48:04.operations are vital. But reforms can be introduced. The move to close
:48:05. > :48:11.on the peacekeeping operation in Ivory Coast, we can reduce costs and
:48:12. > :48:15.peacekeeping. It is vital the States and others continue play a strong
:48:16. > :48:23.role, and support from United States has been vital for the last 50 years
:48:24. > :48:27.and we hope it will continue to be. Topical questions. Can I just remind
:48:28. > :48:37.colleagues in this Parliament, topical questions are sure to be as
:48:38. > :48:41.-- supposed to be shorter. My priority is to help resolve tensions
:48:42. > :48:45.in the Gulf where Britain has all friendships and vital interests,
:48:46. > :48:49.that's why I've just returned from visits to Saudi Arabia, Kuwait and
:48:50. > :48:53.cut. I reinforce the need for dialogue. I will the summit in
:48:54. > :48:58.Trieste tomorrow, whether UK is playing a vital role in guaranteeing
:48:59. > :49:10.stability and resisting Russian ambitions. Yesterday in Kashmir,
:49:11. > :49:15.seven Hindu pilgrims were brutally murdered by terrorists, including
:49:16. > :49:19.five women whilst undergoing it. What action has my right honourable
:49:20. > :49:23.friend taken to condemn this outrage? Waterboard will he give to
:49:24. > :49:33.recovering and bringing to justice the terrorists who we believe are in
:49:34. > :49:40.Pakistan -- what will he give? The whole issue is something we are in
:49:41. > :49:44.close contact with. I give the issuer and we will bring this up in
:49:45. > :49:50.the course of the next 24 hours and as for a plan of action in the wake
:49:51. > :49:53.he has asked. Does the Foreign Secretary agree that if there's to
:49:54. > :49:58.be an extension of military action in Syria, there should be a full
:49:59. > :50:03.debate and vote in this House? That is for the Leader of the House to
:50:04. > :50:09.consider, I can tell him that no such request has been made. I must
:50:10. > :50:12.say I think the difference in the current American administration's
:50:13. > :50:26.attitude, many people on the other side of the House, is to be
:50:27. > :50:28.welcomed. As America appears to be volunteering we surrendering power,
:50:29. > :50:33.and from the main platform of our interest in the several decades, it
:50:34. > :50:38.is not vital the Foreign Office address is substantially to beef up
:50:39. > :50:46.our dramatic effort so we may retain our prosperity, security and our
:50:47. > :50:52.influence abroad? I'm delighted to welcome him to a cause I think is
:50:53. > :50:57.gathering strength across both sides of the House of Commons, everybody
:50:58. > :51:02.understands, global Britain must be properly supported. We have a
:51:03. > :51:06.world-class network of embassies, 278, the best foreign service in the
:51:07. > :51:13.world, but they do need proper financing and proper support. The
:51:14. > :51:17.Foreign Secretary has spoken in the past about his ardent opposition to
:51:18. > :51:22.female genital meat elation. We'll he therefore have a word with the
:51:23. > :51:26.Home Secretary who is yet to respond to be -- mutilation. She is
:51:27. > :51:33.threatened with deportation. I raise it with the Prime Minister and have
:51:34. > :51:38.yet to receive an answer. I heard her raised this before. I'm sure the
:51:39. > :51:43.case of her constituent is indeed very troubling. I'm sure the Home
:51:44. > :51:48.Secretary will have picked up what she's had to say today. I welcome
:51:49. > :51:53.the part played by purchase forces in stabilising the threat posed by
:51:54. > :51:59.Daesh. What does he and British forces for ensuring that such an
:52:00. > :52:06.insurgency does not recur? I thank him for an excellent question. It is
:52:07. > :52:13.one thing but others to drive Daesh out of Ozil, but we must make sure
:52:14. > :52:22.the reasons they sprouted in those cities do not recur and that this
:52:23. > :52:28.study -- the Sunni minority have the confidence in their country. Not
:52:29. > :52:32.since the Suez crisis has a UK Government been so combines of the
:52:33. > :52:38.defeated at the United Nations, as it was last week. In this week's
:52:39. > :52:42.spirit of bipartisan cooperation, should the Foreign Secretary would
:52:43. > :52:47.not grant the right of return? I must respectfully disagree with the
:52:48. > :52:55.gentleman opposite. We secured rather more positive votes than we
:52:56. > :52:59.had expected. As it happens, the other side of the case got fewer
:53:00. > :53:03.than half the members of the UN in support of their cause. I think that
:53:04. > :53:07.most impartial observers of the matter would agree their case has
:53:08. > :53:13.been substantially weakened as a result, not that it was a strong
:53:14. > :53:19.case to begin with. Last week Palestinian president said he would
:53:20. > :53:23.continue paying prisoner salaries to people who are murdered innocent
:53:24. > :53:28.civilians. Does the Foreign Secretary agree with me that there
:53:29. > :53:32.is nowhere we will have peace in the Middle East unless there are
:53:33. > :53:39.projects and support for coexistence on the Palestinian side? My
:53:40. > :53:42.honourable friend is right, there are a number of barriers on the
:53:43. > :53:47.Palestinian side to be able to make progress. Support for incitement and
:53:48. > :53:52.terror is one of those, we are looking carefully to make sure no
:53:53. > :53:55.payments go in the wrong direction. It is true the Palestinian authority
:53:56. > :53:59.need to look very hard to make sure it is not giving the wrong signals
:54:00. > :54:06.as we try to make progress on the middle East peace process.
:54:07. > :54:13.Will the Minister pick up the phone to the opposite numbers in India, do
:54:14. > :54:20.a deal to get the men deported so we can have a pint in Chester before
:54:21. > :54:23.the summer is out? I do appreciate the persistent with which he
:54:24. > :54:28.campaigns from his constituents, and his raise it with me. I have in turn
:54:29. > :54:35.raises myself personally with my Indian counterparts. What they say
:54:36. > :54:38.to me is they cannot interfere in their own court system anymore than
:54:39. > :54:42.we can interfere in our own quarters. That is where the massacre
:54:43. > :54:47.of your stance, but I want to assure him we continue to raise him on that
:54:48. > :54:59.issue. Does my right arm friend agree we
:55:00. > :55:03.have, as we leave the EU, a great opportunity to boost our mutual
:55:04. > :55:06.trade and security interests by enhancing our diplomatic relations
:55:07. > :55:12.with Ghana and other Commonwealth countries? I want to pay tribute to
:55:13. > :55:17.the right honourable member, Ghana is one of the most impressive recent
:55:18. > :55:20.of ultimate in Africa, three recent transitions of democratic power, a
:55:21. > :55:24.rapidly growing economy and huge example of how we moved to the
:55:25. > :55:27.Commonwealth, the Commonwealth can become one of the great success
:55:28. > :55:35.stories of Britain's next five years. The Paralympic games in Rio
:55:36. > :55:39.were a great success, showing inspirational talent and importance
:55:40. > :55:43.of sports included worldwide. What discussions has a foreign of us had
:55:44. > :55:45.with Japanese counterparts to lend our full support to the Tokyo
:55:46. > :55:53.Paralympic games going forward? I thank you right honourable lady
:55:54. > :56:02.for her question. A huge amount of work is going on. But also very
:56:03. > :56:06.importantly, she rightly says, the Shia organisation and we are working
:56:07. > :56:12.very closely to make sure there is a seamless progress between 2012. I
:56:13. > :56:18.think it is going to be a great success, the Paralympic games in
:56:19. > :56:22.Tokyo. In the next few weeks, the HR Government from Libya are coming
:56:23. > :56:24.over here to visit the UK. I am wondering if my right honourable
:56:25. > :56:28.friend or any of the friend bench would like to meet them when they
:56:29. > :56:34.come over here because they play a pivotal role in keeping peace in
:56:35. > :56:37.Libya. Mr Speaker, an expansion of the Libyan political agreement we
:56:38. > :56:41.believe is necessary to move matters along. There is a lot happening on
:56:42. > :56:45.the political and business side and Libya as it gets back on its feet.
:56:46. > :56:48.Her be happy to meet those whom I honourable friend wants to bring
:56:49. > :56:51.forward. Given the collapse of the talks in Cyprus and that the
:56:52. > :56:57.Government remains a guarantor of the process, what is the Government
:56:58. > :57:01.going to do now? Mr Speaker, very sadly, the cyber stalks on which
:57:02. > :57:06.people have done so much work for over two years collapse in the early
:57:07. > :57:11.hours of Friday morning. -- these I press talks. This was a once in a
:57:12. > :57:16.generation trustee reunify the island. Sadly it has been missed and
:57:17. > :57:20.rejected so we go back to the status quo and it is enormous pity indeed,
:57:21. > :57:28.a tragedy for future generations that agreement was not reached.
:57:29. > :57:31.In view of the continuing concerns about human rights in Hong Kong,
:57:32. > :57:34.does my right honourable friend the Foreign Secretary intend to make any
:57:35. > :57:39.further representation on the joint declaration? I hope my honourable
:57:40. > :57:45.friend will be assured that the UK has been very active in emphasising
:57:46. > :57:47.the significance of this joint British decoration which is a
:57:48. > :57:51.legally binding treated richly with the UN and continues to be
:57:52. > :57:55.reinforced today. Join my own meeting with the Chinese ambassador
:57:56. > :57:59.I stress the UK's strong commitment to the joint declaration. We urge
:58:00. > :58:02.the Chinese and the Hong Kong and mistress and governors and all
:58:03. > :58:05.politicians in Hong Kong to retain from any actions that Bill Clinton
:58:06. > :58:13.or undermine confidence in the one country two systems principle. The
:58:14. > :58:16.Foreign Secretary has rightly underlined the UK US relations in
:58:17. > :58:21.this new role. The relationship is collect the light by cultural
:58:22. > :58:27.programmes which are now in peril by President Trump's proposal to cut
:58:28. > :58:29.47% from the budget. Will he make representations to underline how we
:58:30. > :58:34.think the programme should be expanded and pushed to the point of
:58:35. > :58:37.extinction? I stand here as a Kennedy scholar which is a very
:58:38. > :58:42.similar sort of structure and we have a fantastic programme of
:58:43. > :58:45.scholars sponsored by the front office. My right honourable friend
:58:46. > :58:51.has confirmed that he will raise the issue of scholarships with secretary
:58:52. > :58:57.to listen when he next season. With a quart of a million people now
:58:58. > :59:02.refugees as a result of the repression in human rights abuses in
:59:03. > :59:04.that country, what is the Foreign Secretary doing to stimulate
:59:05. > :59:12.dialogue to resolve the political impasse that? The situation in Bindi
:59:13. > :59:19.is very disturbing, we call upon all on the brilliant president to --
:59:20. > :59:24.upon the President and leading the peace talks in Burundi as in so many
:59:25. > :59:33.countries in the war, the only long-term solution is a political
:59:34. > :59:37.salutes you -- solution to a crisis. Friends of Syria to discuss the
:59:38. > :59:45.desperate need to get more aid to the hundreds of thousands being
:59:46. > :59:49.starved to death in Syria. I thank the honourable gentleman for his
:59:50. > :59:53.persistence in pursuing this cause and he is absolutely right, we have
:59:54. > :59:57.spoken across the chamber many times about the humanitarian crisis in
:59:58. > :00:01.Syria. I will have great pleasure in meeting the Syria group to discuss
:00:02. > :00:06.what the UK is doing by the House will know that this country is the
:00:07. > :00:12.single, the second-biggest contributor of humanity relief aid
:00:13. > :00:21.to Syria in the wild. Whilst I welcome the fact that the Prime
:00:22. > :00:25.Minister raise the issue of the at the G20, can he focuses efforts on
:00:26. > :00:29.the Chief Minister of Tamil Nadu and seek a meeting with her urgently, it
:00:30. > :00:33.is almost four years have our bodies have been languishing in jail there.
:00:34. > :00:39.I visited them myself. It is time they were brought home. My right
:00:40. > :00:46.honourable friend is absolutely right. He suggests an interesting
:00:47. > :00:49.avenue for further work. I will look at the possibility of talking to the
:00:50. > :00:53.Chief Minister of Tamil Nadu. Whether we will be more successful
:00:54. > :01:00.in her in making our points, I wore ascertained. We will leave no stone
:01:01. > :01:08.unturned. Mr Speaker, last week at the same time as represented ?57
:01:09. > :01:11.were meeting in the next, they were convicting a human rights activist
:01:12. > :01:15.the charges on which defence witnesses were not allowed to
:01:16. > :01:18.testify. The defendant was taken to hospital during the trial and it was
:01:19. > :01:25.convicted in his absence. What action the Government is taking to
:01:26. > :01:29.make sure the authorities in Belarus... The most important thing
:01:30. > :01:32.we can do is enhance our bilateral relations by visitor. No minister
:01:33. > :01:36.has visited Belarus for many years and I intend to do so at the
:01:37. > :01:45.earliest opportunity. As well as the physical rebuilding
:01:46. > :01:50.of Mosul, the Iraqi constitution allows for them to regain power,
:01:51. > :02:00.looking at devolving power to the people of Mosul. I am grateful to my
:02:01. > :02:04.honourable friend. He is right that Iraq is an ethnically divided
:02:05. > :02:08.country, religiously divided country, we must make sure that
:02:09. > :02:13.everybody feels properly represented in the new constitution and
:02:14. > :02:21.evolution to Mosul is certainly an option that we will be exploring.
:02:22. > :02:27.Thank you, Mr Speaker. Before he meets the friends of Syria group,
:02:28. > :02:29.will he discussed a comrade is a strategy to protect civilians with
:02:30. > :02:32.the Department for International Development and a Ministry of
:02:33. > :02:36.Defence and we can have a proper joint strategy at last? I can tell
:02:37. > :02:45.the honourable lady that is already happening. Extremely grateful to the
:02:46. > :02:48.Foreign Secretary. I recognise there is so unsatisfied demand but not as
:02:49. > :02:51.much as they might have been if I had not overrun which I was pleased
:02:52. > :02:53.to do and I'm sure the Foreign Secretary was equally