Speeches by McDougall.

“I think it is worth reflecting on the importance of having a debate to mark three years into what was supposed to be a three-day war, and, if nothing else, to mark the bravery of the Ukrainians who have held out for so long. As Sir Iain points out, we have obviously had other debates in the Chamber on this, and other o…”

“At the risk of sounding like a politician who wants to gather more power for himself, can I ask you about your views on whether Parliament’s role in sanctions—not just the scrutiny, but the commissioning—is appropriate? I will ask you first, Freya, as you have been the gamekeeper.”

“Do you think that justice will be a priority for HTS, or will it be offset by trying to hold the country together?”

“Katie Allan was a beautiful and bright young woman, and would have been a constituent of mine but for the fact that, aged 21, she found herself, after a youthful stupid mistake, in Polmont young offenders institution, where she died from suicide. The fatal incident inquiry recently published into her death and the deat…”

“You talked a moment ago about the importance of inclusion, and HTS has obviously spoken a lot about that. The flipside of that for me is justice for things that have happened in the past. It is remarkable to me how little of the debate since Assad has fallen has been about justice for the past. That is partly because h…”

“To take that operation, for example, is the driving force behind that because the people who conducted the massacre are a security threat to the regime, or is it about justice and retribution?”

“Do you think that justice will be a priority for HTS, or will it be offset by trying to hold the country together?”

“You mentioned the radicalising education that the kids are getting in the camps. We also have reports of children, child soldiers, being taught how to fight and taught to be suicide bombers. It feels a bit like the “war on terror” has gone from being a situation where we attack terrorist training camps to one where the…”

“I suspect I know the answer, given that earlier you were talking about the failure to feed them and provide basic medical support, but is there any effective international intervention to combat the radicalisation within the camps?”

“The UK funds some of these camps and prisons. Are the inmates aware of that and does that increase the risk to the UK from these individuals?”

“There is not a Union flag on the outside of the prison, no.”

“You talked a moment ago about the importance of inclusion, and HTS has obviously spoken a lot about that. The flipside of that for me is justice for things that have happened in the past. It is remarkable to me how little of the debate since Assad has fallen has been about justice for the past. That is partly because h…”

“To take that operation, for example, is the driving force behind that because the people who conducted the massacre are a security threat to the regime, or is it about justice and retribution?”

“You mentioned the radicalising education that the kids are getting in the camps. We also have reports of children, child soldiers, being taught how to fight and taught to be suicide bombers. It feels a bit like the “war on terror” has gone from being a situation where we attack terrorist training camps to one where the…”

“I suspect I know the answer, given that earlier you were talking about the failure to feed them and provide basic medical support, but is there any effective international intervention to combat the radicalisation within the camps?”

“The UK funds some of these camps and prisons. Are the inmates aware of that and does that increase the risk to the UK from these individuals?”

“There is not a Union flag on the outside of the prison, no.”

“Just so we have it on the record, because we touched on it earlier, why exactly is the annexation of the West Bank, proposed by some, such a bad idea for the prospects of peace in the region?”

“Can I ask one more question to build on that analysis, Rula and Robi? Robi spoke about the need for a period of mourning and to allow the dust to settle a little bit, but the people who are less committed to peace and the ideals that Alon-Lee has just described are still moving at pace. We have seen lots of discussion …”

“As a Member of Parliament who represents a large population of both Muslims and Jews, I certainly endorse that. Alon, you seem to want to come in on this question of the theory of change.”