Mr Hamish Falconer
Mr Hamish Falconer MP
Labour
•House of Commons•ActiveMember since 3 July 2024
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Actions of Iranian Regime: UK Response
06/07/2025 • Commons
As ever, the hon. Gentleman asks an important question focused on those who are vulnerable. We have sustained an embassy in Tehran, and I am pleased t...
I am happy to be clear that that level of enrichment has no obvious civilian purpose. We are told that it was for research and development, but I thin...
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West Bank: Forced Displacement
01/07/2025 • Commons
The UK does not recognise the Occupied Palestinian Territories as part of Israel, so no goods should be sold in the UK as though they were Israeli or ...
My hon. Friend asks an important question, which has been discussed much in the House. The questions of recognition are vexed. We want to do it; we wa...
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Middle East: British Nationals
23/06/2025 • Commons
I am, of course, very happy to meet the hon. Gentleman. The whole House knows that we have advised against all travel to Iran for some time, and we ha...
Travel advice is the best source of advice for British nationals in Israel. There are options for leaving by land, as my hon. Friend’s constituents ar...
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Recognition of the State of Palestine
23/06/2025 • Commons
I think my hon. Friend refers to the two-state solution conference that was due to take place in New York last week. It has been suspended for underst...
The hon. Gentleman makes important points about the situation in the west bank—points that we have discussed in this Chamber before. We have condemned...
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Pious Projects’ Paediatric Hospital: Gaza
23/06/2025 • Commons
I want nothing more than for the attacks on hospitals, medical personnel and aid workers to end. My hon. Friend is right that I have said many times f...
I thank the right hon. Gentleman for his continued engagement on these questions. We have discussed across the Dispatch Box many times the restriction...
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Arms Trade: Israel
23/06/2025 • Commons
The hon. Gentleman will understand why I will not comment on those issues from the Dispatch Box.
It is important to be focused on the facts at issue. We do not support spy flights; we have a limited presence to try and find hostages in Gaza, for r...
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Topical Questions
23/06/2025 • Commons
We are talking to the French and the Saudis about their plans. Obviously events in the middle east are moving quickly, but I recognise the force of wh...
As I have said before, travel advice is the surest and most regularly updated advice for British nationals in the region. We changed the travel advice...
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Gaza: Humanitarian Situation
23/06/2025 • Commons
The hon. Gentleman shares with the House a heartbreaking story. I know that it is one of thousands of such stories about lives lost in Gaza. The situa...
The disagreement that the Israeli Government have is not simply with the British Government; it is with a wide range of their partners. As the right h...
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Political Prisoners
17/06/2025 • Commons
In each case, different things are likely to make progress. I am very conscious of my own experience—I negotiated the release of British nationals wit...
I welcome and commend the hon. Member’s efforts on freedom of religious belief, not just in Hong Kong but across the world. We have raised the circums...
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Genocide Convention: UK Compliance
16/06/2025 • Commons
I am about to hand over to the hon. Member. Our commitment to international law is firm. It applies everywhere without exception, and our record refle...
Ms Jardine has reminded me that I have one minute left, so I will answer the question and then conclude. Goods from illegally occupied settlements com...
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