Urgent question on Monday, 8 February 2021, in the House of Commons, led by Tobias Ellwood. The answering member was James Cleverly.

Yemen

Urgent question on Yemen.

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Type: Parliamentary proceeding
Reference: 689 cc25-37
Session: 2019-21
Department: Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
Chamber / Committee: House of Commons chamber
Proceeding contributions: Tobias Ellwood | 689 c25 (Link to this contribution)
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, if he will make ...; James Cleverly | 689 c25 (Link to this contribution)
I thank my right hon. Friend the Member for Bournemouth East (Mr Ellwood) for asking a question o...; Tobias Ellwood | 689 c26 (Link to this contribution)
Last week, President Biden gave his first foreign policy speech, reversing many of the isolationi...; James Cleverly | 689 c26 (Link to this contribution)
I thank my right hon. Friend for his thoughtful contribution and the work he did as Minister on t...; Lisa Nandy | 689 cc26-7 (Link to this contribution)
We are not a bystander to this conflict—UK arms, training and technical support sustains the war ...; James Cleverly | 689 c27 (Link to this contribution)
I do not know where the hon. Lady gets her assessments of Anglo-US relations from. I was very ple...; Lindsay Hoyle | 689 c28 (Link to this contribution)
I call the Chair of the Foreign Affairs Committee, Tom Tugendhat.; Tom Tugendhat | 689 c28 (Link to this contribution)
I am glad that my right hon. Friend mentioned Marib, because does he recognise that much of this ...; James Cleverly | 689 c28 (Link to this contribution)
I thank my hon. Friend for making that point. We are clear that we must see an end to Iran’s dest...; Alyn Smith | 689 c28 (Link to this contribution)
The Scottish National party is in fundamental and deep disagreement with the UK Government positi...; James Cleverly | 689 c28 (Link to this contribution)
I thank the hon. Gentleman for highlighting the fact that we have a fundamental disagreement on t...; David Mundell | 689 c28 (Link to this contribution)
On 18 February, the UK will chair the UN Security Council meeting on Yemen, where the Security Co...; James Cleverly | 689 c29 (Link to this contribution)
The food insecurity situation in Yemen is of great concern to us in the United Kingdom, which is ...; Layla Moran | 689 c29 (Link to this contribution)
The Liberal Democrats have long called for arms sales to Saudi Arabia to be suspended in response...; James Cleverly | 689 c29 (Link to this contribution)
The United Kingdom takes its arms export licensing responsibilities very seriously. We will not i...; John Howell | 689 c29 (Link to this contribution)
I thank my right hon. Friend for what he said about Iran, but is he as surprised as me that we ra...; James Cleverly | 689 c29 (Link to this contribution)
I thank my hon. Friend for making that point. I publicly welcomed Saudi Arabia’s unilateral cease...; Jim Shannon | 689 cc29-30 (Link to this contribution)
I thank the Minister for his response to the urgent question. In 2020, the Foreign and Commonweal...; James Cleverly | 689 c30 (Link to this contribution)
The hon. Gentleman makes a very important point. As he knows, freedom of religion is something th...; Scott Benton | 689 c30 (Link to this contribution)
The actions of the Iranian regime continue to destabilise the middle east, as my right hon. Frien...; James Cleverly | 689 c30 (Link to this contribution)
I thank my hon. Friend for raising this point. I can confirm that on Friday, the E3, which of cou...; Jeremy Corbyn | 689 c30 (Link to this contribution)
Will the Minister accept that there is a serious and huge humanitarian disaster in Yemen at the p...; James Cleverly | 689 c30 (Link to this contribution)
I have spoken with Martin Griffiths on a number of occasions, and the United Kingdom fully suppor...; Tim Loughton | 689 c31 (Link to this contribution)
It is extraordinary that there has still been no mention of the malign influence of Iran in this ...; James Cleverly | 689 c31 (Link to this contribution)
My hon. Friend makes a very important point about the UK’s contribution in Yemen. As I have said,...; Sarah Champion | 689 c31 (Link to this contribution)
For too long, Yemen has been the worst humanitarian crisis in the world, so what steps is the Min...; James Cleverly | 689 c31 (Link to this contribution)
I thank the hon. Lady for the points that she has made. As she knows, coronavirus has, in the UK ...; Philip Hollobone | 689 c31 (Link to this contribution)
Two of the most worrying aspects of the role of the Houthi rebels in this conflict are, first, th...; James Cleverly | 689 c31 (Link to this contribution)
My hon. Friend is right to say that we have seen recent news about long-range attacks by the Hout...; Peter Grant | 689 c32 (Link to this contribution)
May I say once again to the Minister, as I have to his predecessors, that the Scottish National p...; James Cleverly | 689 c32 (Link to this contribution)
I am genuinely amazed that the hon. Gentleman in some way equates a UN-recognised state—the Kingd...; Bob Stewart | 689 c32 (Link to this contribution)
I have a long personal memory of Houthi atrocities and well recall the activities against my fath...; James Cleverly | 689 c32 (Link to this contribution)
My hon. Friend and I have spoken privately about this issue and he knows that I have a huge amoun...; Gill Furniss | 689 c33 (Link to this contribution)
This year will mark the seventh anniversary of the start of the war in Yemen, which has led to th...; James Cleverly | 689 c33 (Link to this contribution)
The thing that will stop the war is if the Houthis respect and reciprocate the Saudi-led coalitio...; Nickie Aiken | 689 c33 (Link to this contribution)
Yemen has been described as one of the worst places in the world to be a woman, and has for 13 co...; James Cleverly | 689 c33 (Link to this contribution)
I thank my hon. Friend for the point that she has raised. When I made a virtual visit to Yemen, I...; Andrew Gwynne | 689 c33 (Link to this contribution)
I welcome this urgent question, because the humanitarian situation is just dire. I heard what the...; James Cleverly | 689 c34 (Link to this contribution)
The ability of a nation state to defend itself is widely recognised as legitimate. The UK’s work,...; Flick Drummond | 689 c34 (Link to this contribution)
The United Nations said last week that it had indefinitely delayed the salvage operation off the ...; James Cleverly | 689 c34 (Link to this contribution)
I thank my hon. Friend for her question. We have liaised directly with the Houthis on this issue....; Chi Onwurah | 689 c34 (Link to this contribution)
Yemen is the world’s gravest humanitarian emergency, with 80% of the Yemeni population reliant on...; James Cleverly | 689 c34 (Link to this contribution)
The UK has played a leading role in pursuing peace in Yemen. I have spoken to the representatives...; Dehenna Davison | 689 c34 (Link to this contribution)
I thank my right hon. Friend for his response to this timely urgent question. What role can the U...; James Cleverly | 689 c35 (Link to this contribution)
I thank my hon. Friend for making that point. She is right to highlight the diplomatic work that ...; Lloyd Russell-Moyle | 689 c35 (Link to this contribution)
This is a complex conflict, on which any sensible Government would not take sides. There is clear...; James Cleverly | 689 c35 (Link to this contribution)
The hon. Gentleman’s comments equate the activities of regional players as equal—I am sorry, but ...; Antony Higginbotham | 689 c35 (Link to this contribution)
It is clear that the reason the Houthis will not meaningfully engage in the quest for peace is th...; James Cleverly | 689 c35 (Link to this contribution)
My hon. Friend is right; Iranian involvement is without a doubt prolonging the conflict, and ther...; Patricia Gibson | 689 c36 (Link to this contribution)
Despite the UK Government’s claims that they provide training to the Saudi-led coalition to avoid...; James Cleverly | 689 c36 (Link to this contribution)
The UK is proud of the role that we have taken in trying to uphold international humanitarian law...; Bob Blackman | 689 c36 (Link to this contribution)
Other Members have raised the issue of the nefarious activities of Iran, acting in a proxy fashio...; James Cleverly | 689 c36 (Link to this contribution)
My hon. Friend is absolutely right; Saudi Arabia is one of the larger contributors to humanitaria...; Lindsay Hoyle | 689 c36 (Link to this contribution)
I am suspending the House for three minutes to enable the necessary arrangements for the next bus...
Subjects: Armed conflict Arms trade Women Environment Humanitarian aid Export controls International law Foreign relations Pollution USA Saudi Arabia Iran Yemen Peace negotiations Tankers UN Security Council FSO Safer Houthis
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