Deputy
Conservative
House of Commons
GB - SW1A OAA - London
United Kingdom
Working language: English
29/09/2023 - Monitoring PACE co-rapporteurs appalled by Turkish Supreme Court’s decision to confirm the aggravated life sentence for Osman Kavala 27/04/2023 - Monitoring PACE Türkiye monitors react to recent police raids in the country 11/04/2023 - Election observation PACE observer delegation makes pre-electoral visit to Türkiye 31/01/2023 - Monitoring Türkiye: information note by the co-rapporteurs following their fact-finding visit 26/01/2023 - Session The Council of Europe should take the lead on preventing environmental damage during armed conflict
11/10/2023 | 16:49:18 Thank you, Mister President. We are all, I cannot imagine otherwise, engulfed in sadness and horror today. Just as our first speaker, Ms Meirav BEN ARI, was. To summarise, 1 200 people are dead. Almost 3 000 injured. There are reports of babies beheaded, and 17 people from my own country have also been killed. Still the terrorists come. They come across the sea onto the Zikim beach where they are killed. The town of Sderot is being evacuated. I mentioned this earlier in the week, because this... 10/10/2023 | 16:50:42 Thank you very much, Madam President. The sort of Europe that I wanted for my children was one without the ideology of the Cold War. How we got trapped into seeing the world as right-wing or left wing is the subject of much discussion and of numerous PhDs. I feel the Europe that I know has got into a world of extremists on all sides, in all countries, almost – in almost all countries, extremist groups are gaining strength. Europe is no less clean than anywhere else. On the one side, within... 09/10/2023 | 16:07:06 Thank you very much Mister President, I would like to thank Mr Aleksander POCIEJ for his report. I'm sure it does not matter which political party we all originated from, but we should all wish him luck in the Polish general elections. I was very pleased to see his use of the Venice Commission as part of that, or of the Polish opposition. I urge all countries to look at that to resolve issues. In the question of Mr Osman Kavala, which he raised, I don't wish to raise false hope, but there is... 21/06/2023 | 16:46:47 Thank you very much. The Committee is in favour of this Amendment? Yes? Thank you. I will now put the oral sub-Amendment to the vote. The vote is now open. The vote is now closed. I call for the result to be displayed. The oral sub-Amendment is agreed to. We will now consider the main Amendment as sub-amended. Does anyone wish to speak against the Amendment as sub-amendment. I don't see anybody. What is the opinion of the Committee? Thank you very much. I shall now put the Amendment 1 to the... 20/06/2023 | 16:28:47 Thank you very much. Let me start by congratulating the rapporteur on a very good report on this area. Let me congratulate too Ms Sviatlana TSIKHANOUSKAYA for what she has said. I fully support those who are seeking a democratic return for Belarus. I too am one of those UK parliamentarians who have adopted a Belarusian political prisoner; we communicate with them to hopefully make them feel better. If you look at the challenges from the point of view of our own three pillars, as far as...
05/01/2023 | Doc. 15674 | Report Environmental impact of armed conflicts 26/09/2022 | Doc. 15618 | Report The honouring of obligations and commitments by Türkiye 21/04/2021 | Doc. 15272 | Report The functioning of democratic institutions in Turkey 19/10/2020 | Doc. 15171 | Report New crackdown on political opposition and civil dissent in Turkey: urgent need to safeguard Council of Europe standards
01/02/2024 | Doc. 15849 | Written declaration Human rights situation in Iran 21/11/2023 | Doc. 15866 | Motion for a resolution Elections in times of crisis 12/10/2023 | Doc. 15849 | Written declaration Human rights situation in Iran 23/06/2023 | Doc. 15813 | Written declaration The need for a stronger Parliamentary Assembly stance against human rights violations by the Cuban regime 23/06/2023 | Doc. 15812 | Motion for a resolution The role of sanctions as a protective measure for human rights and democracy
25/04/2023 | Doc. 15741, vote on the draft text for resolution European Convention on Human Rights and national constitutions 25/01/2023 | Doc. 15674, vote on the draft text for resolution Environmental impact of armed conflicts 25/01/2023 | Doc. 15674, vote on the draft text for recommendation Environmental impact of armed conflicts 13/10/2022 | Doc. 15615, vote on the draft text for resolution The impact of Brexit on human rights on the island of Ireland 12/10/2022 | Doc. 15618, vote on the draft text for resolution The honouring of obligations and commitments by Türkiye