Nigeria: Armed Violence (Rural Communities)
I beg to move,
That this House has considered the matter of armed violence against farming ...
I congratulate my hon. Friend on securing this debate. Does he agree that the scale of the diffic...
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My hon. Friend must have read the next sentence of my contribution, which says that we have barel...
Order. I will not impose a formal time limit, but as a guideline there are about nine minutes for...
I commend the hon. Member for Strangford (Jim Shannon) for his excellent speech and his devotion ...
In the light of Baroness Cox’s report, does the hon. Lady agree that the people of Nigeria—indeed...
I could not have expressed that better myself. Indeed, to warn of the risks of this escalating in...
Order. When I give a guideline for speaking, I hope that hon. Members will adhere to it. If some ...
Thank you, Mr Betts; I am delighted to serve under your chairmanship. I acknowledge your guidance...
It is a pleasure to serve under your chairmanship, Mr Betts. It is also a pleasure to be in Westm...
Order. We can now go back to nine minutes as a guideline. Hon. Members have been very helpful.
It is a pleasure to serve under your chairmanship, Mr Betts. I, too, congratulate my hon. Friend ...
Given his knowledge of Nigeria, can the hon. Gentleman see any reason why the Nigerian Government...
That is an interesting question. There is an ethnicity element to it. President Buhari comes from...
It is a pleasure to serve under your chairmanship, Mr Betts. I thank and commend the hon. Member ...
One thing to come out of our recent trip to Pakistan were three words that were used by those of ...
I am grateful to the hon. Gentleman for that intervention.
The situation in Nigeria is rive...
I thank hon. Members for their co-operation. We will now move on to the winding-up speeches, for ...
It is a pleasure to serve under your chairmanship, Mr Betts, and I thank the hon. Member for Stra...
I am reminded of the abduction of schoolgirls and young women, probably into forced marriages and...
I thank the hon. Gentleman for his comments. I share his concerns and look forward to what the Mi...
It is a pleasure to serve under your Chairmanship, Mr Betts and to follow the hon. Member for Dun...
The hon. Lady reminds me that some 300,000 men, women and children have been displaced. I do not ...
I thank the hon. Gentleman for that important point, which I think has also been made by several ...
I am sure it will be possible to give the hon. Member who moved the motion a couple of minutes to...
It is a pleasure to serve under your chairmanship this morning, Mr Betts. I congratulate the hon....
May I ask the Minister, as I asked the hon. Member for Dundee West (Chris Law) when I intervened ...
I thank the hon. Gentleman for raising that case, which, in relation to the conflict in the north...
I asked the Minister in my contribution, as have others, whether it is possible to have an indepe...
I welcome the inquiry that the hon. Gentleman’s committee is undertaking, but in terms of an inqu...
I thank the UK Government for the support they give in Nigeria through DFID. The Minister has lis...
I would like to reassure the hon. Gentleman that, as he will know, the focus on this important ar...
Will the Minister give way?
It is almost like a conversation. I give way to the hon. Gentleman once more.
It is always a pleasure to be in a conversation with the Minister. One of the things that I and o...
We are exploring options for how we could support that dialogue and those peacebuilding efforts. ...
I thank right hon. and hon. Members for their significant, heartfelt, sincere and conscientious c...