Speeches by Morello.

“To follow up on Colonel Eisen’s point, is it because the UK has no levers to pull here that we are not an influencer with either nation?”

“Dr Kattan, do you have anything to add that you would like to see the UK do?”

“Ambassador, last week in an evidence session with Alistair Burt, the former Middle East Minister, we pushed him on Palestinian recognition and why the UK had not recognised Palestine when three quarters of the General Assembly has. His point was that there was a right time to do that, which would create some kind of im…”

“He suggested that there was a right time to recognise Palestine, which in some way supported the peace process. I am wondering if you agree that there is a right time and if that is now or in the future.”

“Sorry, Colonel, I am going to interrupt you for a second. We have a limited amount of time and I am going to ask you to restrain yourselves to answering the question rather than debating each other, which you are free to do after this.”

“We have discussed Palestinian recognition. You have highlighted the need for the UK to increase aid and to cut military support for Israel. Dr Gershon, you mentioned the fund for peace. I am interested to know from each of the panellists whether you think there is a role for the UK in achieving a long-term settlement b…”

“The UK has been calling for a ceasefire, with little impact. Colonel Eisin, what should the UK be doing to make a valuable contribution to this process?”

“The UK has been calling for a ceasefire, with little impact. Colonel Eisin, what should the UK be doing to make a valuable contribution to this process?”

“Dr Kattan, do you have anything to add that you would like to see the UK do?”

“Ambassador, last week in an evidence session with Alistair Burt, the former Middle East Minister, we pushed him on Palestinian recognition and why the UK had not recognised Palestine when three quarters of the General Assembly has. His point was that there was a right time to do that, which would create some kind of im…”

“He suggested that there was a right time to recognise Palestine, which in some way supported the peace process. I am wondering if you agree that there is a right time and if that is now or in the future.”

“We have discussed Palestinian recognition. You have highlighted the need for the UK to increase aid and to cut military support for Israel. Dr Gershon, you mentioned the fund for peace. I am interested to know from each of the panellists whether you think there is a role for the UK in achieving a long-term settlement b…”

“Sorry, Colonel, I am going to interrupt you for a second. We have a limited amount of time and I am going to ask you to restrain yourselves to answering the question rather than debating each other, which you are free to do after this.”

“It is a pleasure to serve under your chairship, Ms Vaz. I thank my hon. Friend the Member for Henley and Thame (Freddie van Mierlo) for securing this important debate on rural cycling infrastructure. Members present appreciate the unique challenges faced by cyclists in rural areas, and the need to ensure their safety i…”

“The hon. Gentleman rightly points out the need to invest in the NHS. Does he recognise that imposing NICs on primary healthcare providers such as my constituency’s Weldmar Hospicecare, which provides vital end of life care to residents and must raise £26,000 a day to fund its service, will result—”

“Do you recognise that there are two things happening here? One is that we are closely approaching the point at which recognising anything is to recognise a state that cannot exist because Israel has fully annexed it, at which point it has no value whatsoever. The other is the fact that at this point, where we are in a …”

“I was quite interested to link a couple of things that you said together. You mentioned earlier that the Palestinian people need to choose their leaders, but at the same time, Hamas won an election and then there was not an election ever after. Obviously, we have had the same leader of the PA for a number of years, des…”

“You were talking earlier about how a number of Arab states had de-prioritised the Palestinian cause, with a lot of them choosing to emphasise trade with Israel, and Pegasus and all the other things that were available through those relationships. In your view, where are the Arab states now? Is Saudi Arabia the key to t…”

“Foreign Secretary, you started off by saying that you have been on the road, having visited some of our posts overseas. What is your view of our global footprint? Do we have the right people in the right places with the right facilities? If we do not, where are we wanting?”

“You mentioned in your previous answer about securing funding from the Treasury, which is timely. When Sir Philip visited us last week, along with the finance director, we were talking about funding for maintenance of the estate and the overseas footprint and the fact that that has traditionally been serviced by selling…”