HC: Anti-BDS Bill

last monday afternoon (3rd july), 5.17-9.41pm, on bbc parliament tv 

house of commons 3/7/2023 includes …

Economic Activities of Public Bodies (Overseas Matters) Bill, Second Reading

speeches by … Michael Gove (C) Lisa Nandy (Lab) Alicia Kearns (C) Chris Stephens (SNP) Andrew Percy (C) Margaret Hodge (Lab) Simon Clarke (C) Julie Elliott (Lab) Kit Malthouse (C) Andy Slaughter (Lab) Flick Drummond (C) Kim Johnson (Lab) Theresa Villiers (C) Steve McCabe (Lab) Richard Graham (C) Helen Morgan (Lab) Stephen Crabb (C) Paul Blomfield (Lab) Crispin Blunt (C) Tommy Sheppard (SNP) Bob Blackman (C) Andy McDonald (Lab) David Simmonds (C) Jeremy Corbyn (Lab) Richard Burgon (Lab) ohn McDonnell (Lab) Imran Hussain (Lab) Beth Winter (Lab) Jim Shannon (DUP) Alex Norris (Lab) Felicity Buchan (C)

and interventions by … Desmond Swayne (C) Stephen Crabb (C) Joanna Cherry (SNP) Simon Clarke (C) Crispin Blunt (C) Jim Shannon (DUP) Alicia Kearns (C) Tanmanjeet Singh Dhesi (Lab) Stella Creasey (Lab) Philippa Whitford (SNP) Robert Buckland (C) Brandon Lewis (C) Richard Graham (C) Tim Loughton (C) William Wragg (C) Dawn Butler (Lab) Matthew Offord (C) Seema Malhotra (Lab) Barry Gardiner (Lab) Kit Malthouse (C) Lloyd Russell-Moyle (Lab) Andrew Percy (C) Hywel Williams (PC) Nadia Whittome (Lab) Brendan Clarke-Smith (C) Sam Tarry (Lab)

(transcript at https://hansard.parliament.uk/commons/2023-07-03/debates/CF82F174-BC12-452A-B9B0-F67B7940CCCC/EconomicActivityOfPublicBodies(OverseasMatters)Bill)

(if you missed it, available from 0:01:53 to 4:26:00 at https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m001nm5h)

HC: Jenin violence

yesterday afternoon (tuesday 4th), 12.30-1.23pm, on bbc parliament tv 

house of commons 4/07/2023 includes …

Violence in the West Bank Urgent Question

speeches by … Ann-Marie Trevelyan (C) Beth Winter (Lab) Alicia Kearns (C) Wayne David (Lab) Crispin Blunt (C) Drew Hendry (SNP) Bob Blackman (C) Afzal Khan (Lab) Nicola Richards (C) Alistair Carmichael (LD) Desmond Swayne (C) Steve McCabe (Lab) Julie Elliott (Lab) Joanna Cherry (SNP) John McDonnell (Lab) Philippa Whitford (SNP) Andy McDonald (Lab)

Andy Slaughter (Lab) Liz Saville Roberts (PC) Rachael Maskell (Lab) Ruth Cadbury (Lab) Anum Qaisar (SNP) Seema Malhotra (Lab) Mohammad Yasin (Lab) Grahame Morris (Lab) Mary Kelly Foy (Lab) Christian Wakeford (Lab) Alan Brown (SNP) Rachel Hopkins (Lab) Jonathan Edwards (Ind) Ian Byrne (Lab) Stephen Farry (Alliance) Jim Shannon (DUP) Kim Johnson (Lab) Richard Burgon (Lab)

(transcript at https://hansard.parliament.uk/commons/2023-07-04/debates/19C6FFB2-A29E-494D-BEAD-9B51A6EC474A/ViolenceInTheWestBank)

(if you missed it, available at https://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/m001nwq0/house-of-commons-violence-in-the-west-bank-urgent-question)

HC: Recognition 2022

Parliamentary bias: This debate was mostly a criticism-fest against Israel, but no speaker mentioned anything good that the Palestinians had achieved that merited recognition.

this afternoon (thursday 24th), 3.11-5.01pm, on bbc parliament tv 

house of commons 24/02/2022 includes …

“General Debate on the matter of the UK Government recognition of the State of Palestine alongside the State of Israel”

speeches by … Julie Elliott(Lab) Matthew Offord (C) Andy McDonald (Lab) Stephen Crabb (C) Philippa Whitford (SNP) John Howell (C) Jeremy Corbyn (Ind) Scott Benson (C) Khalid Mahmood (Lab) Steve Baker (C) Wayne David (Lab) Imran Hussain (Lab) Kim Leadbeater (Lab)

Liam Byrne (Lab) Tahir Ali (Lab) Patrick Grady (SNP) Afzal Khan (Lab) Hilary Benn (Lab) Andrew Slaughter (Lab) Naz Shah (Lab) Bell Ribeiro-Addy (Lab) Christian Wakeford (Lab) Margaret Ferrier (Ind) Alyn Smith (SNP) Bambos Charalambous (Lab) Amanda Milling (C)

(transcript at https://hansard.parliament.uk/commons/2022-02-24/debates/6514F660-56BE-4975-82FF-4785AFA7E131/RecognitionOfTheStateOfPalestine)

(see also https://www.jewishnews.co.uk/mps-advised-to-read-amnestys-apartheid-report-for-palestine-recognition-debate/)

(see also https://www.jewishnews.co.uk/labour-mp-historically-factually-morally-wrong-to-make-russia-israel-comparison/ and https://www.jewishnews.co.uk/middle-east-minister-well-recognise-palestine-when-it-serves-objective-of-peace/)

(if you missed it, available from 1:56:37 to 3:46:45 at https://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/m0014w6p/house-of-commons-24022022)

HC: Hamas banned

this afternoon (wednesday 24th), 3.23-4.50pm, on bbc parliament tv 

house of commons 24/11/2021 includes …

Prevention and Suppression of Terrorism

“That the draft Terrorism Act 2000 (Proscribed Organisations) (Amendment) (No. 3) Order 2021, which was laid before this House on 19 November, be approved.“

speeches by … Damian Hinds (C) Nick Thomas-Symonds (Lab) Robert Jenrick (C) Alyn Smith(SNP) Crispin Blunt (C) Wayne David (Lab) Andrew Percy (C) Hilary Benn (Lab) Sarah Olney (LD) Jim Shannon (DUP)

interventions by … Steve McCabe (Lab) Tom Hunt (C) Mark Harper (C) Jonathan Edwards (Ind) Seema Malhotra (Lab) Philippa Whitford (SNP) Stephen Hammond (C)

(transcript at https://hansard.parliament.uk/commons/2021-11-24/debates/575EBB10-93BA-4D8C-8806-7504B5200AF2/PreventionAndSuppressionOfTerrorism)

(for transcript of House of Lords debate the following day, 6.16-6.42pm, see https://hansard.parliament.uk/lords/2021-11-25/debates/BAEE761D-B6F5-42D1-8085-1AADA8C7B0F7/TerrorismAct2000(ProscribedOrganisations)(Amendment)(No3)Order2021)

(see also https://jewishnews.timesofisrael.com/proposals-to-outlaw-support-for-hamas-receives-backing-from-mps/ and https://jewishnews.timesofisrael.com/watch-tory-mp-says-hamas-ban-will-have-terrible-chilling-effect-on-gaza/)

(if you missed it, available from 1:20:23 to 2:47:00 at https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m00120gl)

HC: Israel & Gaza

last wednesday afternoon (19th may), 12.35-1.33pm, on bbc parliament tv 

house of commons urgent question 19/5/2021 

Israel and Gaza

speeches by … James Cleverly (C) Wayne David (Lab) Theresa VIlliers (C) Chris Law (SNP) Robert Halfon (C) Layla Moran (LD) Felicity Buchan (C) Rupa Huq (Lab) Stephen Crabb (C) Richard Burgon (Lab) Tobias Ellwood (C) Jim Shannon (DUP) Suzanne Webb (C) Jeremy Corbyn Alexander Stafford (C) Diane Abbott (Lab) Andrew Murrison (C) Philippa Whitford (SNP) Mary Robinson (C)

Chris Bryant (Lab) Andy Slaughter (Lab) Jacob Young (C) Munira WIlson (LD) Greg Smith (C) Liam Byrne (Lab) Mark Harper (C) Tanmanjee Singh Dhesi (Lab) Bob Blackman (C) Hywel Williams (PC) Christian Wakeford (C) Caroline Lucas (G) Andrew Percy (C) Bell Ribero-Addy (Lab) Matthew Offord (C) James Murray (Lab) Stephen Timms (Lab) Jerome Mayhew (C) Dave Doogan (SNP) Antony Higginbotham (C)

(transcript at https://hansard.parliament.uk/commons/2021-05-19/debates/B3F55477-09D3-42A0-A2E8-27B9BB6014B4/IsraelAndGazaCeasefire)

(if you missed it, available from 0:00:00 to 0:57:45 at https://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/m000wmqp/house-of-commons-live-israel-and-gaza-urgent-question)

AQ: Gaza deaths

this afternoon (saturday 15th), 2.15-2.28pm (repeated from 8.16pm yesterday), on bbc radio 4 

any questions (chaired by chris mason, with • philippa whitford mp, • historian niall ferguson, • stephen kinnock mp, and • mims davies mp) includes …

“Are Palestinian lives as valuable as Israeli lives?”

HC: Gaza violence

this afternoon (tuesday 15th), 12.43-2.20pm, on bbc parliament tv
house of commons 15/5/2018 includes …

”Urgent question: violence at the Gaza border”

questions to Alistair Burt by … Emily Thornberry (Lab) Nicholas Soames (C) Stephen Gethins (SNP) Hugo Swire (C) Louise Ellman (Lab) Robert Halfon (C) Hilary Benn (Lab) Stephen Crabb (C) Layla Moran (LD) Desmond Swayne (C) Richard Burden (Lab) Theresa Villiers (C) Yvette Cooper (Lab) Crispin Blunt (C) Joan Ryan (Lab) Mark Harper (C) Mike Gapes (Lab) Chris Green (C) Philippa Whitford (SNP) Bob Blackman (C)

Ann Clwyd (Lab) Michael Fabricant (C) Pat McFadden (Lab) Paul Masterton (C) Rosena Allin-Khan (Lab) Andrew Percy (C) Caroline Lucas (Green) Alec Shelbrooke (C) Stephen Doughty (Lab) James Morris (C) Jess Phillips (Lab) Huw Merriman (C) Stella Creasy (Lab) Ross Thomson (C) Wes Streeting (Lab) Rehman Chishti (C) Naz Shah (Lab) Andrew Bowie (C) Angus MacNeil (SNP) Richard Drax (C) Shabana Mahmood (Lab)

Joanna Cherry (SNP) Karen Buck (Lab) Christine Jardine (LD) Ivan Lewis (Ind) Rushanara Ali (Lab) Fiona Onasanya (Lab) Dan Carden (Lab) Marsha de Cordova (Lab) Stephen Kinnock (Lab) Jonathan Edwards (PC) Lisa Nandy (Lab) Tommy Sheppard (SNP) Angela Smith (Lab) Gavin Newlands (SNP) Tanmanjeet Singh Deshi (Lab) Debbie Abrahams (Lab) Sarah Champion (Lab) Chris Williamson (Lab)

Chris Matheson (Lab) Toby Perkins (Lab) Neil Gray (SNP) Louise Haigh (Lab) Afzal Khan (Lab) Jack Dromey (Lab) Ian Murray (Lab) Peter Grant (SNP) Christopher Elmore (Lab) Alex Cunningham (Lab) Alan Brown (SNP) Rupa Huq (Lab) Jim McMahon (Lab) Andrew Slaughter (Lab) Imran Hussain (Lab) Paula Sherriff (Lab) Julie Cooper (Lab) Liam Byrne (Lab) Catherine West (Lab) Gavin Shuker (Lab)

(transcript at https://hansard.parliament.uk/commons/2018-05-15/debates/D6170F50-D03A-40D8-B257-5C2A55493561/GazaBorderViolence, see also earlier notice question at https://hansard.parliament.uk/Commons/2018-05-15/debates/4C0F8C59-D313-464C-B591-570AEEC4C8D7/Israel-PalestinePeaceProcess)
(if you missed it, available from 0:03:30 to 1:40:50 at https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b0b3jpmj)

HC: Balfour 100

monday 30th october, 5.18-6.12pm, on bbc parliament tv
house of commons 30/10/2017 includes …

“Balfour Declaration Statement“

speeches by … Boris Johnson (C) Emily Thornberry (Lab) Hugo Swire (C) Chris Law (SNP) Crispin Blunt (C) Louise Ellman (Lab) Jonathan Djanogly (C) Ian Austin (Lab) Desmond Swayne (C)

Tom Brake (LD) Andrew Murrison (C) Luciana Berger (Lab) Jack Lopresti (C) Oliver Dowden (C) Jim Cunningham (Lab) Philip Hollobone (C) Sharon Hodgson (Lab) Andrew Percy (C)

Philippa Whitford (SNP) Michael Tomlinson (C) Julie Elliott (Lab) Colin Clark (C) Andy Slaughter (Lab) Alex Chalk (C) Layla Moran (LD) Kevin Foster (C) Jim Shannon (DUP)

(for transcript, see https://hansard.parliament.uk/Commons/2017-10-30/debates/CB36ACC3-D2D7-441A-836B-736B8C869A13/BalfourDeclaration)

Parliament: child detainees

tomorrow morning (sunday 10th), 5.55-7.25am, on bbc parliament tv
child prisoners and detainees: occupied palestinian territories (a westminster hall debate, recorded 9.30-11.00am wednesday 6th january 2016)
(transcript available at http://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm201516/cmhansrd/cm160106/hall…)
(see also an israeli reply at http://blogs.timesofisrael.com/how-not-to-help-palestinian-children/)

(if you miss it, available at http://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/b04yg6z6/westminster-hall-10012015)
includes speeches and questions from …

against israel • sarah champion • andy slaughter • bob stewart • lisa cameron • david jones • naz shah • tania mathias • philippa whitford • diana johnson • paula sherriff • caroline lucas • jo cox • louise haigh • jim cunningham • peter dowd • paul monaghan • cat smith • richard burden • andy mcdonald

for israel • john howell • tobias ellwood • louise ellman • guto bebb • andrew percy • ian austsin • gregory campbell