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Parliament's record since 1997: debates, questions, statements, votes, bills, committees and members' interests

Where MPs Stand

Sourced briefings on the record of Parliament

Kurdish aspirations and the interests of the UK inquiry

Inquiry by the Foreign Affairs Committee, 20 October 2017 to 20 April 2018. Its page on the Parliament website.

Reports and responses

Evidence sessions

  • 21 November 2017: Dr Nazand Begikhani, Senior Research Fellow, Bristol University, and women’s rights advocate, Professor Mohammed Ihsan, Senior Research Fellow, King’s College London, and a former Minister of the Kurdistan Regional GovernmentDr Zeynep Kaya, Research Fellow, London School of Economics and Political Science, Guney Yildiz, Visiting Fellow, European Council on Foreign Relations
  • 5 December 2017: Karwan Jamal Tahir, Kurdistan Regional Government (KRG) High Representative to the United KingdomAlan Semo, Representative of the Democratic Union Party (PYD) to the United KingdomBill Park, Visiting Research Fellow, King’s College London, Robert Lowe, Deputy Director, Middle East Centre, London School of Economics and Political Science
  • 9 January 2018: Rt Hon Alistair Burt MP, Minister of State for the Middle East, Amy Clemitshaw, Head Eastern Mediterranean Department