Speeches by McDougall.

“You spoke about the Arab League endorsing the Egyptian peace plan. Can I ask for your views of Donald Trump’s plan for Gaza?”

“One British citizen denied consular access is Jimmy Lai, who faces life in prison for exercising the rights guaranteed to him under the joint declaration between the United Kingdom and China. My hon. Friend will have seen reports that America intended to raise the case of Jimmy Lai during its recent talks with China in…”

“You said that the war cannot end without the hostages being given up. I think we understand that thinking. What I do not understand is, what is the incentive for Hamas? At the moment, hostages are political leverage for them. They know that the next stage is for Hamas no longer to have any political control in Gaza. Th…”

“Just to be clear, I am not talking about international bodies’ funding. I am talking about the funding of grassroots projects—civil society organisations—within Israel and Palestine. Is that law potentially a blockage to the international community’s ability to do that?”

“I was looking really at the funding of NGOs and grassroots organisations that do peacebuilding within Israel and Palestine. Does that law make that job more difficult? You have rightly said that that has to be a priority, given the trauma there.”

“Just to be clear, I am not talking about international bodies’ funding. I am talking about the funding of grassroots projects—civil society organisations—within Israel and Palestine. Is that law potentially a blockage to the international community’s ability to do that?”

“Just to be clear, I am not talking about international bodies’ funding. I am talking about the funding of grassroots projects—civil society organisations—within Israel and Palestine. Is that law potentially a blockage to the international community’s ability to do that?”

“I welcome the fact that you keep coming back to the need to promote peaceful co-existence, and one of the things that we are trying to get to from this inquiry is this: what is Britain’s USP in helping to get to that? One of the things I am concerned about, and I wonder if you share the concern, is the proposed law fro…”

“You said that the war cannot end without the hostages being given up. I think we understand that thinking. What I do not understand is, what is the incentive for Hamas? At the moment, hostages are political leverage for them. They know that the next stage is for Hamas no longer to have any political control in Gaza. Th…”

“We understand how traumatising 7 October was; we heard that from other witnesses and the families of hostages. You talk about the day after the war, but can I ask you about every day leading up to that point? You have been a critical voice in relation to the conduct of the war, and you have said that we need to get to …”

“I was looking really at the funding of NGOs and grassroots organisations that do peacebuilding within Israel and Palestine. Does that law make that job more difficult? You have rightly said that that has to be a priority, given the trauma there.”

“I welcome the fact that you keep coming back to the need to promote peaceful co-existence, and one of the things that we are trying to get to from this inquiry is this: what is Britain’s USP in helping to get to that? One of the things I am concerned about, and I wonder if you share the concern, is the proposed law fro…”

“You said that the war cannot end without the hostages being given up. I think we understand that thinking. What I do not understand is, what is the incentive for Hamas? At the moment, hostages are political leverage for them. They know that the next stage is for Hamas no longer to have any political control in Gaza. Th…”

“We understand how traumatising 7 October was; we heard that from other witnesses and the families of hostages. You talk about the day after the war, but can I ask you about every day leading up to that point? You have been a critical voice in relation to the conduct of the war, and you have said that we need to get to …”

“I was looking really at the funding of NGOs and grassroots organisations that do peacebuilding within Israel and Palestine. Does that law make that job more difficult? You have rightly said that that has to be a priority, given the trauma there.”

“I welcome the fact that you keep coming back to the need to promote peaceful co-existence, and one of the things that we are trying to get to from this inquiry is this: what is Britain’s USP in helping to get to that? One of the things I am concerned about, and I wonder if you share the concern, is the proposed law fro…”

“We understand how traumatising 7 October was; we heard that from other witnesses and the families of hostages. You talk about the day after the war, but can I ask you about every day leading up to that point? You have been a critical voice in relation to the conduct of the war, and you have said that we need to get to …”

“Over recess, I delivered a message of solidarity from St Andrew’s church in Barrhead to St Andrew church in Bucha, the site of a horrific massacre. It was clear when I was in Kyiv that that brutality has meant the Ukrainians are still determined to fight, but again and again, they raised their concerns about their expo…”

“The poor people of Gaza are trapped between Hamas, who refuse to release the 59 hostages, and Defence Minister Katz, who is now threatening the “total destruction” of Gaza. Does the Minister share my despair at the lack of leadership committed to peace? Will he also talk about what diplomatic efforts we are making, as …”

“I share the Minister’s bafflement at the Opposition’s utter obsession with this issue. Can he confirm that under the agreement, the vital US-UK military base and its operations will be completely unaltered?”