Speeches by Ballinger.

“What are these peaceful activities? Seyed Ali Mousavi: You can ask this question of different experts and technical people.”

“I am asking you. Seyed Ali Mousavi: I am telling you. I learn these matters from them. According to their explanation, all of these matters have been monitored by the IAEA. There are some ambiguities, and we declared to the IAEA that we are ready to remove any ambiguities. There is no intention on our side to enrich to…”

“The belief of many of us in here is that there is no civilian justification for the enrichment of uranium up to the point that you have suggested. It does give credence to the fact that Iran is developing a nuclear weapon and is almost a threshold state. You can understand why a country such as Israel, which has been t…”

“Ambassador, you talked at the start of your statement about Israel attacking civilian nuclear facilities across Iran. I understand from wide reporting that Iran has been enriching uranium up to 60% in a large quantity, and now up to 80 or 90%. In both cases, there is no civilian purpose for this uranium. It can only be…”

“I want to ask about the new humanitarian mechanism—the Gaza Humanitarian Foundation—that has been set up in Gaza after the blockade. We have heard numerous criticisms of the situation, not least of the long distances that Gazans are required to walk to reach the place, and there are the many incidents we have seen in r…”

“Can I come back to the advantages and disadvantages of Parliament having a greater role in sanctions policymaking? The Committee was in Washington last week for a delegation visit. We met lots of Congressmen, and they were often talking to us about Lindsey Graham’s secondary sanctions Bill that is going through Congres…”

“Can I come back to the advantages and disadvantages of Parliament having a greater role in sanctions policymaking? The Committee was in Washington last week for a delegation visit. We met lots of Congressmen, and they were often talking to us about Lindsey Graham’s secondary sanctions Bill that is going through Congres…”

“I welcome the sanctions against extremist Ministers Ben-Gvir and Smotrich, whose dehumanising rhetoric has contributed to the land grabbing on the west bank and the destructive situation we see in Gaza. I thank the Minister and the Foreign Secretary for co-ordinating internationally on this, because together our action…”

“The hon. Gentleman has talked a lot about European young people wanting to come to the UK, but what about the many British young people who want to go to Europe—to Berlin, Paris or Milan? What does he say to people from Boston and Skegness who would like to study overseas?”

“The Conservatives started negotiations on handing over the Chagos islands because they understood the national security implications of not doing a deal. Indeed, they did 11 rounds of negotiations on this deal. Now, with our closest security partners—the Americans, the Canadians, the Australians and the New Zealanders—…”

“If the hon. Member wants to intervene, he may do so. As a former military man myself, I should also talk about the benefits to defence, including access to £150 billion of defence contracts. Many defence contractors in Halesowen have been cut out from European contracts since Brexit. They are very keen to be involved i…”

“We have been talking in this debate about some of the advantages to British agriculture and the British fishing industry of access to the European market. Of course, it will be fantastic for the people who have been welcoming this deal, and the deal will also be very much welcomed by the many consumers in Halesowen who…”

“It is a pleasure to serve under your chairmanship, Mr Vickers. I thank the hon. Member for Boston and Skegness (Richard Tice) and my hon. Friend the Member for Walthamstow (Ms Creasy) for arranging this debate. Maybe it will be the start of cross-party working on the EU. The people of Halesowen voted to leave at the Br…”

“Will the hon. Member give way?”

“Will the hon. Gentleman give way?”

“The hon. Gentleman has not mentioned the many businesses and confederations of businesses that have welcomed the deal. He is talking about energy. One energy company, Octopus Energy, has said that it will bring down people’s energy bills, rather than increasing them. What would he say to consumers who would prefer thei…”

“Thank you, Chair. I, too, was incredibly impressed by the resilience of the Ukrainian people and parliamentarians over these three years. In the short time that we were in Kyiv, there were a number of air raid sirens. A couple of days ago, we saw Russians again attacking civilian targets—destroying the minibus where ni…”

“I’m Alex Ballinger, the Labour MP for Halesowen.”

“I thank the Foreign Secretary for his statement and for these essential actions: the sanctions on extremist settlers and the suspension of our trade negotiations with Israel. It is important that Israel sees that its allies will not stand by while it continues to forcibly displace Palestinians and block aid. Can the Fo…”

“21. What assessment he has made of the potential impact of a security and defence partnership with the EU on NATO.”