Extracts from Commons proceedings - Mar 15
Tuesday, 16 March 2021 07:58
Extract from Topical Defence Questions Mary Robinson (Cheadle)
(Con) [V]: The International Criminal Court’s announcement that it
is opening an investigation into Israel sets a precedent,
potentially opening the door for non-state actors in Afghanistan or
Iraq to initiate proceedings against our armed forces. What steps
is my right hon. Friend taking to support Israel against this probe
and to ensure that democratic states will not be prevented from
combating terrorist threats? The...Request free trial
Extract from Topical
Defence Questions
Mary Robinson (Cheadle) (Con) [V]: The International Criminal
Court’s announcement that it is opening an investigation into
Israel sets a precedent, potentially
opening the door for non-state actors in Afghanistan or Iraq to
initiate proceedings against our armed forces. What steps is my
right hon. Friend taking to support Israel against this probe and to ensure
that democratic states will not be prevented from combating
terrorist threats?
The Minister for the Armed Forces (): My
hon. Friend is right to ask about the actions of the ICC. We of
course respect the independence of the ICC, but we expect it to
exercise due prosecutorial and judicial discipline. We continue to
engage with the ICC and international partners to make those
points.
Extracts from Westminster
Hall debate on Vaccine Passports
(Linlithgow and East Falkirk) (SNP)
[V]:...Israel has developed the Green Pass
mobile app to show that a person has received a covid vaccine. It
can be used to access indoor seating and restaurants and to attend
events in stadiums, among other things...
(Putney) (Lab):...Vaccine passports,
certificates or any other name they might be given are one of
several possible responses to vaccine hesitancy. They may well play
an important role in reopening the economy and society and keeping
residents of care homes safe, for example, but they may be
unnecessary and impossible to implement fairly. This is a highly
complex area and there are no easy answers to this issue, so we
will need to have a national conversation about this, and the
Labour party will play its part. Our principle is that the
Government must not abdicate their responsibility and simply leave
this to the private sector to do any way and haphazardly, which
will only lead to confusion and unfairness. Any decisions on
vaccine passports must be based on firm evidence, such as the
effect of vaccinations on transmission and international best
practice from countries that have implemented vaccine certification
schemes. There are currently several country-based examples for us
to observe, such as Israel ...
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