Speeches by McDougall.

“I congratulate the hon. Member for Tunbridge Wells (Mike Martin) on securing the debate. There is a bit of a disease in British politics of reaching back to the second world war to make a point, but when we walk into this Chamber, we walk through an archway of bomb damage, and when we hear the echoes of history, we sho…”

“I warmly welcome the measures that the Home Secretary has set out to pursue perpetrators and to challenge the culture of cover-up, and I also welcome her strong statement that nobody should resist the urge to report child rape for fear of being labelled a racist. Does she share my contempt for those who weaponise the s…”

“Absolutely. As well as listening to the echoes of deeper history, we have to learn lessons from our more recent failures. I met a soldier called Dimitri in a ward for wounded soldiers in Kyiv. He was strengthening his stumps for the day when he could have prosthetics fitted to both his now-missing legs. I asked what hi…”

“You are talking about how states do not want to give up sovereignty to have more effective enforcement. Is your feeling that we are moving in the wrong direction as an international community on that? We hear Putin talking about a multipolar world. We have a more, arguably, sovereigntist American President at the momen…”

“Given the widespread revulsion at the violent crackdown on peaceful protesters in Georgia, will the Leader of the House make time for a debate on that matter? Imedi TV, the main propaganda arm of that brutal Government, operates and is directed from the UK through a company called Hunnewell Partners, so in such a debat…”

“Thank you for your answers so far. As has been touched upon throughout this, a lot of these issues are deeply contested as to whether a breach of IHL has taken place. Could you talk us through the mechanisms for monitoring whether breaches have taken place, and perhaps give us a commentary as to whether those mechanism…”

“Professor Sassoli, you started to touch on my next question. My last question was about the monitoring of international humanitarian law. I wonder whether you could talk me through the mechanisms for the enforcement of international humanitarian law and tell me what you think the strengths and weaknesses have been in t…”

“I do not think it is problematic. I am asking you to outline what it means in practice.”

“I do not think it is problematic. I am asking you to outline what it means in practice.”

“Thank you, Ambassador. Can I also acknowledge and offer my condolences for your family’s suffering over the last 14 months? In your mission statement, you call for a just and equitable solution to the issue of Palestinian refugees. Could you expand on what that means in practice and whether there is room for negotiatio…”

“I am conscious that we are running short of time, so I will ask one question. We are talking about really big issues and quite long-term issues today, but there is obviously a humanitarian crisis at the moment in Gaza. Even the day after the ceasefire, that will be true. After the 2014 Gaza War, there were a lot of int…”

“I am conscious that we are running short of time, so I will ask one question. We are talking about really big issues and quite long-term issues today, but there is obviously a humanitarian crisis at the moment in Gaza. Even the day after the ceasefire, that will be true. After the 2014 Gaza War, there were a lot of int…”

“Thank you, Ambassador. Can I also acknowledge and offer my condolences for your family’s suffering over the last 14 months? In your mission statement, you call for a just and equitable solution to the issue of Palestinian refugees. Could you expand on what that means in practice and whether there is room for negotiatio…”

“I know I would not find the grace that you have in the situation that you find yourself in, so thank you so much for being with us today. Adam mentioned the suggestion of setting up a special envoy around people who are arbitrarily detained or who are hostages. Much of the conversation about that that we have had in th…”

“I know I would not find the grace that you have in the situation that you find yourself in, so thank you so much for being with us today. Adam mentioned the suggestion of setting up a special envoy around people who are arbitrarily detained or who are hostages. Much of the conversation about that that we have had in th…”

“I do not think it is problematic. I am asking you to outline what it means in practice.”

“Thank you, Ambassador. Can I also acknowledge and offer my condolences for your family’s suffering over the last 14 months? In your mission statement, you call for a just and equitable solution to the issue of Palestinian refugees. Could you expand on what that means in practice and whether there is room for negotiatio…”

“I am conscious that we are running short of time, so I will ask one question. We are talking about really big issues and quite long-term issues today, but there is obviously a humanitarian crisis at the moment in Gaza. Even the day after the ceasefire, that will be true. After the 2014 Gaza War, there were a lot of int…”

“I know I would not find the grace that you have in the situation that you find yourself in, so thank you so much for being with us today. Adam mentioned the suggestion of setting up a special envoy around people who are arbitrarily detained or who are hostages. Much of the conversation about that that we have had in th…”

“I congratulate the right hon. Member for Chingford and Woodford Green (Sir Iain Duncan Smith) on securing this debate, and on continuing to be a discomfort in the derrière for successive Governments on these issues. The right hon. Member for New Forest East (Sir Julian Lewis) talked about the brightest and the best goi…”