Speeches by Whittingdale.

“Are you saying that immunity is part of international law?”

“How does the International Criminal Court issue an arrest warrant for Vladimir Putin?”

“This is the latest in a succession of interventions by the United States in South America, or in the western hemisphere, if you like: we have had Panama, Cuba, Nicaragua and so on. To what extent does this represent a continuation of the policy that was initially expressed through Monroe and Roosevelt, and is now calle…”

“Members of the Foreign Affairs Committee were told by the Iranian ambassador that 80% of the deaths were the responsibility of ISIS-style terrorists. Will the Minister continue to give every support to journalists, human rights activists, and all those who are seeking to uncover the evidence to demonstrate who in the I…”

“The Prime Minister will be aware that some 80% of the sanctioned dual-use items that Russia needs for the drones and missiles it is firing at civilians and children on a daily basis come from China. He says that he raised that matter. Did he get any assurance that China will stop supplying Russia?”

“It is a pleasure to serve under your chairship, Sir Jeremy. I start by congratulating the hon. Member for Leeds Central and Headingley (Alex Sobel), who has been tireless in raising the issue of our support for Ukraine. I was delighted to hear from him that the hon. Member for Paisley and Renfrewshire South (Johanna Ba…”

“I, too, have been to the Museum of Occupations in Vilnius. It is a remarkable fact that it is in the building that was occupied by the Gestapo, which was then simply taken over by the KGB, who continued to murder people in the basement. That tells us something about the similarity between the atrocities carried out by …”

“I am listening with great interest to my right hon. Friend’s speech. He will remember Operation Orbital, during which the UK provided training and supplies to the Ukrainian armed forces in anticipation of the attack that then followed.”

“That is a whole other inquiry.”

“You have covered a number of the areas that we wanted to ask you about, but could you say a bit more about the north-east and Kurdish region? Are the Syrian Democratic Forces still in control, or have they essentially been repressed? Going back to our topic, what does this mean for Lebanon as well?”

“I want to move on to an issue that is very much related to the one that Fleur has been raising, which is what is happening in Syria. Lina Khatib, you said that you were there in December, and that there is still an awful lot to do. Can you give us your assessment of the current situation, in terms of the stability of t…”

“Do you believe it is the intention of the Government to try to build an Administration that incorporates and includes all the different religious and ethnic populations within Syria? To what extent do you think that is happening?”

“9. What fiscal steps she is taking to support the hospitality sector.”

“I recently visited the Ship Inn in Burnham-on-Crouch, which has a few hotel rooms, as well as Peaberries, a tea shop on the high street. Both are looking at existential threats as a result of business rates. Can the Minister say whether the package that he will announce later will benefit them as well?”

“I welcome the Secretary of State’s confirmation that elections in Essex are going ahead; indeed, they should have taken place a year ago. However, he will be aware that elections have also been proposed for new unitary authorities next year, although we in Essex do not even know what the unitary authorities will be. Wi…”

“I do not want to repeat the excellent points made by my hon. Friend the Member for Ruislip, Northwood and Pinner, but I have listened carefully to the Minister and I have to say that essentially, this measure is a sticking-plaster over a gaping wound. It is of course the case that specific relief was provided during co…”

“Can you set out to what extent the German China strategy set out the threats and negatives? Did you explicitly go into the issue of protection of critical national infrastructure, of the threat from China in terms of cyber-activity and espionage, and also the human rights angle about the Uyghur population, about Tibet …”

“I assume that the Chinese Government are not asking to build a very large embassy in Berlin.”

“Have there been any examples where you have said, “That investment is not permissible”?”

“The Chair and I were just talking about the extent to which the publication of the China strategy has influenced a specific area of German policy or initiative, and whether that has provoked debate publicly about that.”