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Lord Purvis of Tweed (LD)

Speaking in the House of Lords on 15 June 2026

Debate

Middle East: Iran Conflict

Contribution

My Lords, it is a long way before we will know whether this will be a sustainable end to the conflict, as the Question asks, but if there is a welcome opening of the strait, will the Government work with other Governments to ensure that a priority for shipping will be those that have humanitarian cargo, especially food supplies for the World Food Programme, which is so desperately needed to be distributed but has been held up? If there is to be UK involvement, does the Minister agree that it should be underpinned by the United Nations? This should be multilateral, international law of the seas and should not be pegged to what could well be a fragile and transactional bilateral agreement between America and Iran?

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