Speeches by Falconer.
Every Hansard contribution by Hamish Falconer this parliament, most recent first. Back to the MP page for the headline figures and analysed positions.
Showing 601–620 of 1,421 contributions · most-recent first
| Date | Debate & contribution | Words |
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| 15 Jun 2025 | Air India Plane Crash “I thank one of my hon. Friends from Bournemouth—the other MP for Bournemouth is unable to speak as she is a Parliamentary Private Secretary, but I know they have both been very engaged with the tragedy that is being felt across the city. We are doing everything we can to support people both in India and here in the UK,…” transportculture-community | 94 |
| 15 Jun 2025 | Air India Plane Crash “I confirm to my hon. Friend that we will, of course, keep our consular response under review, as events develop. I can also confirm that there remains close co-ordination between the Foreign Office and the Department for Transport. The Foreign Secretary, the Secretary of State for Transport and I were all in the first …” transportculture-community | 76 |
| 15 Jun 2025 | Air India Plane Crash “I have set out some of the detail around our support for the Indian Government. The High Commissioner remains in regular dialogue with the Indian authorities and met Prime Minister Modi to discuss the case in recent days. We will continue to do all that we can so that your constituents—[Interruption.] Apologies, Madam …” transportculture-community | 90 |
| 15 Jun 2025 | Air India Plane Crash “The Air Accidents Investigation Branch will be playing its full role, and we will consider the findings of the Indian and the British and American-supported investigation and take any actions that are required.” transportculture-community | 33 |
| 15 Jun 2025 | Air India Plane Crash “For families who have chosen to remain in the UK, a family liaison officer has been appointed by their relevant police force and should have been in contact over the weekend. I invite any right hon. or hon. Members who think there are gaps in that to get in touch with me, but hopefully every affected family will have n…” transportculture-community | 256 |
| 15 Jun 2025 | Air India Plane Crash “The UK AAIB will be supporting the work of the Indian authorities, and we will do everything we can to ensure that families are kept fully apprised of the conduct of the investigation.” transportculture-community | 33 |
| 15 Jun 2025 | Air India Plane Crash “I understand the force and the emotion behind my hon. Friend’s question. I have spoken to families about the obvious agonies of the process of identification. I will look into the circumstance that he describes. He mentioned the Indian High Commission, to whom I pass on my thanks for its hard work, particularly in rapi…” transportculture-community | 71 |
| 9 Jun 2025 | Israel and the Occupied Palestinian Territories “I thank my hon. Friend for his commitment to these issues. I will not add to the answers on recognition that I have already given, nor will I speculate further on where future sanctions might be targeted.” defenceimmigrationculture-community | 37 |
| 9 Jun 2025 | Israel and the Occupied Palestinian Territories “I thank my hon. Friend for his kind words and his important question. He knows our commitments to a Palestinian state as set out in our manifesto, and I will not rehearse them. It is our job as the British Government to create the conditions in which a Palestinian state can be viable and sovereign and can live in safet…” defenceimmigrationculture-community | 78 |
| 9 Jun 2025 | Israel and the Occupied Palestinian Territories “I will not rehearse the arguments on recognition, but I know that so many hon. Members, myself included, have met hostage families who view the events with terrible dismay. I will not put words in their mouths from the Dispatch Box. Their views are varied, their distress and their anger are palpable, and we have them i…” defenceimmigrationculture-community | 61 |
| 9 Jun 2025 | Israel and the Occupied Palestinian Territories “As ever, I thank the hon. Gentleman for his kind words and his courtesy in this House. I can reaffirm that this Government support the existence of the state of Israel, and we will continue to stand on its defence when required.” defenceimmigrationculture-community | 42 |
| 9 Jun 2025 | Israel and the Occupied Palestinian Territories “That is a vital question. The hon. Lady knows that journalists and most aid workers are not able to operate in Gaza, which provides considerable uncertainty about the events happening there. We are calling both for journalistic access and the access of aid workers and, vitally, for those people to be protected. More ai…” defenceimmigrationculture-community | 91 |
| 9 Jun 2025 | Israel and the Occupied Palestinian Territories “My hon. Friend points to his long record, with which I am familiar, of pressing these points. He is right to say that a two-state solution clearly requires two states. It is vital that nobody, not in Israel or anywhere else, forecloses that possibility.” defenceimmigrationculture-community | 44 |
| 9 Jun 2025 | Israel and the Occupied Palestinian Territories “The hon. Gentleman asks a vital question. That was one of the central focuses of the visit of the Palestinian Prime Minister to the UK and the memorandum of understanding that we agreed with him. We welcome the recent statements of the Palestinian Authority on vital reforms, including on the so-called pay-for-slay prov…” defenceimmigrationculture-community | 73 |
| 9 Jun 2025 | Israel and the Occupied Palestinian Territories “I thank my hon. Friend for her kind words. While I am always glad to come to the House, I reassure her constituents and those of many Labour Members that even were I not glad to do so, they would certainly summon me. I am always glad to answer questions from my hon. Friend, and indeed from hon. Members on both sides of…” defenceimmigrationculture-community | 109 |
| 9 Jun 2025 | Israel and the Occupied Palestinian Territories “My hon. Friend is very committed to these issues. He rightly points to some of the rhetoric and extremist language that has been used by these two men. I will not repeat my answers in relation to the conference next week. We will work with our friends and allies on our approach.” defenceimmigrationculture-community | 52 |
| 9 Jun 2025 | Israel and the Occupied Palestinian Territories “I once again thank my hon. Friend for her kind words and recognise her force of feeling on the question of recognition. As I said earlier, I am sure I will be back in this House and continuing to discuss these issues with her.” defenceimmigrationculture-community | 44 |
| 9 Jun 2025 | Israel and the Occupied Palestinian Territories “I know how strongly my hon. Friend feels about these questions, and how strongly Luton feels about them—as do so many in Lincoln, Burnley and elsewhere. I will take that message.” defenceimmigrationculture-community | 31 |
| 9 Jun 2025 | Israel and the Occupied Palestinian Territories “I thank my hon. Friend for his commitment to these issues and for his important question. As the House will see, the UK has led with 26 of our allies on a statement on humanitarian issues, and with three leaders from the UK, France and Canada, and today with five others in relation to the sanctions on those two men. I …” defenceimmigrationculture-community | 95 |
| 9 Jun 2025 | Israel and the Occupied Palestinian Territories “I am grateful to the right hon. Gentleman for the opportunity to clarify that the British Government are not providing information to enable the bombing campaign in Gaza. The decisions that we took in relation to arms suspension bind the whole Government—they are not just the decisions of the Foreign Office—and represe…” defenceimmigrationculture-community | 114 |