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Action Against Houthi Maritime Attacks

Ministerial statement on Wednesday, 24 January 2024, in the House of Lords, led by Lord True.
Lords statement on overnight strikes against Houthi military targets in Yemen.
Type
Parliamentary proceeding
Reference
835 cc757-769 
Session
2023-24
Department
Lord Privy Seal
Chamber / Committee
House of Lords chamber
Proceeding contributions
Baroness Smith of Basildon | 835 cc760-1 (Link to this contribution)

My Lords, the principles set out in this Statement are similar if not identical to those in last ...

Lord Newby | 835 cc761-2 (Link to this contribution)

My Lords, I thank the Leader for answering questions on this Statement. It is useful to have this...


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Lord True | 835 cc762-4 (Link to this contribution)

My Lords, I am grateful for the remarks of the noble Baroness and the noble Lord. Following on fr...

Lord Howell of Guildford | 835 cc764-5 (Link to this contribution)

My Lords, it is surely obvious to everyone—at least, I hope it is—that the Iranians are completel...

Lord True | 835 c765 (Link to this contribution)

My Lords, my noble friend quite rightly stresses the importance of the role of the Iranian Govern...

Lord Grocott | 835 c765 (Link to this contribution)

My Lords, the Leader of the House is clearly right when he says that it is often difficult to ass...

Lord True | 835 c765 (Link to this contribution)

My Lords, the efforts that we are making with Prosperity Guardian are to seek to secure, so far a...

Baroness Smith of Newnham | 835 c765 (Link to this contribution)

My Lords, in his Statements this week and last week, the Prime Minister suggested that it is wron...

Lord True | 835 c766 (Link to this contribution)

My Lords, it is a challenge. In the international world, people in different places make their ca...

Lord Robathan | 835 c766 (Link to this contribution)

My Lords, I am glad to hear what the Leader of the House just said, because we must never enter l...

Lord True | 835 c766 (Link to this contribution)

I fully agree with my noble friend. The Houthis should cease their action; Hamas should never hav...

Earl of Courtown | 835 c767 (Link to this contribution)

My Lords, it is the turn of the Cross Benches.

Lord Craig of Radley | 835 c767 (Link to this contribution)

My Lords, the RAF operations have been widely publicised, and they have come from Cyprus. Are the...

Lord True | 835 c767 (Link to this contribution)

My Lords, the noble and gallant Lord is quite right that the strikes were launched in that way by...

Lord West of Spithead | 835 c767 (Link to this contribution)

My Lords, the large-scale attack we made first of all was never going to stop the Houthis making ...

Lord True | 835 c767 (Link to this contribution)

My Lords, I agree with much that the noble Lord said. We are working in a coalition here. The Pro...

Lord Bellingham | 835 c768 (Link to this contribution)

My Lords, I support the Minister and what the Government are doing 100% because this action had t...

Lord True | 835 c768 (Link to this contribution)

My Lords, in these strikes we have been very careful to take those matters into consideration. Th...

Viscount Stansgate | 835 c768 (Link to this contribution)

My Lords, the House understands why the military action has taken place and the Prime Minister re...

Lord True | 835 c768 (Link to this contribution)

My Lords, there is an enormous weight of diplomatic activity going on. It is important to note th...

Lord Purvis of Tweed | 835 c768 (Link to this contribution)

My Lords, the UK is a penholder within the United Nations. In addition, the UK signed a developme...

Lord True | 835 cc768-9 (Link to this contribution)

My Lords, these arrangements are still in place. My noble friend Lord Ahmad on the Front Bench he...

Baroness McIntosh of Pickering | 835 c769 (Link to this contribution)

My Lords, I think that Denmark and Germany have not yet supported the action and that Maersk and ...

Lord True | 835 c769 (Link to this contribution)

My Lords, I do not wish a comment on the postures or action taken by other friendly nations. I ag...

Lord Turnberg | 835 c769 (Link to this contribution)

My Lords, it is difficult to understand what advantage there is to be gained by the Houthis in se...

Lord True | 835 c769 (Link to this contribution)

My Lords, that is a little beyond the scope of the question, and I would not like to comment or s...

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