Speeches by Mohamed.

“Do you think our Government should do more to prevent the expansion of settlements?”

“But how are the two related? If there is—”

“So is it your view that everybody who lives in the West Bank—Palestinians who live there—is potentially at risk of radicalisation, and can never—”

“I would like to start by thanking the Foreign Secretary, the Minister for the Middle East, the British embassy in Tel Aviv and the British consulate for their continued support. It has been a challenging few days. What happened to me and my hon. Friend the Member for Earley and Woodley (Yuan Yang) is unprecedented: we …”

“On 30 March, the first day of Eid, Israeli attacks on Gaza killed dozens of Palestinians, adding to the death toll since Israel breached the ceasefire agreement. Israel is now in the process of enacting the largest forced displacement, ordering hundreds of thousands of Palestinians from Rafah. How will this end? Israel…”

“It is a pleasure to serve under your chairmanship, Ms Jardine. I congratulate the right hon. Member for Dumfriesshire, Clydesdale and Tweeddale (David Mundell) on securing this important and timely debate. I thank him and my hon. Friend the Member for Exeter (Steve Race) for their commitment to advocating for investmen…”

“In Sheffield Central we have two large universities. The UK having left the European Union has had an impact on not only students coming to the UK, but the financial sustainability of universities. Does the hon. Member agree that the Turing and Erasmus schemes do not go far enough? To support our universities with more…”

“I will just use an example in relation to our cultural sector. It is the general populations externally who view our monarchy or pop stars—Adele, Ed Sheeran, all of those people—as being intrinsic to British culture. Why would we have a hierarchy—a different level—for speaking to business leaders and global leaders, in…”

“I commend the Minister on all the excellent work that has taken place so far on the Bill. My representations will be on home education. I recognise the importance of safeguarding and making sure that vulnerable children do not fall through the net; however, the home-educating community is growing, diverse and caring, a…”

“I want to come in on that final point in relation to what our universities export internationally. Given the riots last summer and how political rhetoric can be one the indices—to use one of your words—in relation to soft power, how do those affect the overall view of soft power? Universities are saying we have had a m…”

“But you referred earlier to speaking to countries based on individual areas, or our individual specific niches, and perhaps approaching a country on that specific area. Now you are saying otherwise and that perhaps we should not speak on individual niche areas.”

“In terms of how you group things together, earlier you said that you would not see it as advantageous to talk to the general public in assessing soft power, but that it was perhaps better to talk to smaller groups or to have smaller workshops. Would it not defeat the purpose of looking at soft power overall if we are n…”

“Coming back to what Sir John said earlier about how we measure soft power, it all feels very subjective; it feels very much as though these are our western perceptions. How does the global south view soft power? Is it different in their eyes?”

“Why the “elite decision makers” if it is the general public who would make an assessment about a country?”

“Very little development?”

“Russia and China are the main importers of the minerals. Will they move into the development space in Congo, or is it just a transactional relationship in relation to minerals?”

“But given that they are the largest funders, will it bother them that the UK might reduce its budget?”

“So you think it should have been withdrawn from Rwanda?”

“In relation to the ODA budget, you referenced earlier the rural poverty programme in Rwanda and Congo. In the light of US aid cuts and our own Government reducing their aid budget, where do you think the Government should emphasise their support, particularly in relation to any peacebuilding programmes or governance in…”

“To what extent are our officials involved in the Arab peace plan?”