Speeches by McDougall.

“Can I ask about that idea of showing leadership, Mr Chairman? One of the arguments that we hear when people push back on the transfer of assets is that it has to be done in a way that unites all the G7 countries, and that we do not want to split countries, with some acting and some not. In other areas of defence and su…”

“Thank you again for welcoming us in Kyiv last month. Some €300 billion of frozen foreign exchange reserves are being used to underpin loans, but not being transferred to Ukraine. Could you set out the arguments for why we should transfer them wholesale to Ukraine?”

“The last Tory Government left the British people at the back of the European queue. That was true for exporters, for farmers and for businesses, but most obviously it was true for my constituents who stood and watched other nations skip through the e-gates at airports while they waited for hours. Given that East Renfre…”

“You spoke about the Arab League endorsing the Egyptian peace plan. Can I ask for your views of Donald Trump’s plan for Gaza?”

“One British citizen denied consular access is Jimmy Lai, who faces life in prison for exercising the rights guaranteed to him under the joint declaration between the United Kingdom and China. My hon. Friend will have seen reports that America intended to raise the case of Jimmy Lai during its recent talks with China in…”

“You said that the war cannot end without the hostages being given up. I think we understand that thinking. What I do not understand is, what is the incentive for Hamas? At the moment, hostages are political leverage for them. They know that the next stage is for Hamas no longer to have any political control in Gaza. Th…”

“Just to be clear, I am not talking about international bodies’ funding. I am talking about the funding of grassroots projects—civil society organisations—within Israel and Palestine. Is that law potentially a blockage to the international community’s ability to do that?”

“I was looking really at the funding of NGOs and grassroots organisations that do peacebuilding within Israel and Palestine. Does that law make that job more difficult? You have rightly said that that has to be a priority, given the trauma there.”

“Just to be clear, I am not talking about international bodies’ funding. I am talking about the funding of grassroots projects—civil society organisations—within Israel and Palestine. Is that law potentially a blockage to the international community’s ability to do that?”

“Just to be clear, I am not talking about international bodies’ funding. I am talking about the funding of grassroots projects—civil society organisations—within Israel and Palestine. Is that law potentially a blockage to the international community’s ability to do that?”

“I welcome the fact that you keep coming back to the need to promote peaceful co-existence, and one of the things that we are trying to get to from this inquiry is this: what is Britain’s USP in helping to get to that? One of the things I am concerned about, and I wonder if you share the concern, is the proposed law fro…”

“You said that the war cannot end without the hostages being given up. I think we understand that thinking. What I do not understand is, what is the incentive for Hamas? At the moment, hostages are political leverage for them. They know that the next stage is for Hamas no longer to have any political control in Gaza. Th…”

“We understand how traumatising 7 October was; we heard that from other witnesses and the families of hostages. You talk about the day after the war, but can I ask you about every day leading up to that point? You have been a critical voice in relation to the conduct of the war, and you have said that we need to get to …”

“I was looking really at the funding of NGOs and grassroots organisations that do peacebuilding within Israel and Palestine. Does that law make that job more difficult? You have rightly said that that has to be a priority, given the trauma there.”

“I welcome the fact that you keep coming back to the need to promote peaceful co-existence, and one of the things that we are trying to get to from this inquiry is this: what is Britain’s USP in helping to get to that? One of the things I am concerned about, and I wonder if you share the concern, is the proposed law fro…”

“You said that the war cannot end without the hostages being given up. I think we understand that thinking. What I do not understand is, what is the incentive for Hamas? At the moment, hostages are political leverage for them. They know that the next stage is for Hamas no longer to have any political control in Gaza. Th…”

“We understand how traumatising 7 October was; we heard that from other witnesses and the families of hostages. You talk about the day after the war, but can I ask you about every day leading up to that point? You have been a critical voice in relation to the conduct of the war, and you have said that we need to get to …”

“I was looking really at the funding of NGOs and grassroots organisations that do peacebuilding within Israel and Palestine. Does that law make that job more difficult? You have rightly said that that has to be a priority, given the trauma there.”

“I welcome the fact that you keep coming back to the need to promote peaceful co-existence, and one of the things that we are trying to get to from this inquiry is this: what is Britain’s USP in helping to get to that? One of the things I am concerned about, and I wonder if you share the concern, is the proposed law fro…”

“We understand how traumatising 7 October was; we heard that from other witnesses and the families of hostages. You talk about the day after the war, but can I ask you about every day leading up to that point? You have been a critical voice in relation to the conduct of the war, and you have said that we need to get to …”