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HANSARDBusiness of the HouseThat, in the event that the Supply and Appropriation (Anticipation and Adjustments) Bill has been brought from the Commons, Standing Order 44 ( No two stages of a Bill to be taken…09 Mar 2022HANSARDBusiness of the HouseThat Standing Order 44 ( No two stages of a Bill to be taken on one day ) be dispensed with on Monday 14 March to allow the Economic Crime (Transparency and Enforcement) Bill to…09 Mar 2022HANSARDBusiness of the HouseThat Standing Order 73 (Affirmative Instruments) be dispensed with on Thursday 3 March to enable motions to approve the Russia (Sanctions) (EU Exit) (Amendment) (No. 2)…03 Mar 2022HANSARDUkraineAs I said on Tuesday, I think, British nationals were being encouraged to leave Ukraine. What we have also said now is that any who are still in Ukraine should register their…24 Feb 2022HANSARDUkraineI very much thank the noble Baroness and the noble Lord for their comments and support. The incredibly constructive and sombre tone which all noble Lords have taken in their…24 Feb 2022HANSARDUkraineMy Lords, with the leave of the House, I will now repeat a Statement made by my right honourable friend the Prime Minister in another place. The Statement is as follows: “Mr…24 Feb 2022HANSARDUkraineI thank the noble Baroness. Before I answer her points, I should say that I was a bit out of touch. It looks as if the football tournament has already been moved. I was not aware…24 Feb 2022HANSARDUkraineI thank the noble Lord. He has huge expertise in this area and speaks with great authority. He is absolutely right. Russia’s assault on Ukraine is an unprovoked, premeditated…24 Feb 2022HANSARDUkraineAs I say, I cannot go any further than what was said in the Statement, I am afraid. As I said, sanctions and action is a rolling programme, but I cannot say anything more…24 Feb 2022HANSARDUkraineI thank the noble Baroness for her question. I do not think I can stand here today and set out exactly that. What I can say is that we will be working with our NATO partners, as…24 Feb 2022HANSARDUkraineAs I mentioned in answer to an earlier question, discussions are ongoing around the issues the noble Lord talked about. On the BBC and Russia, this was a question the Prime…24 Feb 2022HANSARDUkraineI thank my noble friend, particularly for the opportunity once again to state that we have no quarrel with the Russian people; our quarrel is with the Russian leadership and…24 Feb 2022HANSARDUkraineI am grateful to the right reverend Prelate and all the faith leaders he mentioned for the action they are taking. We stand united in the face of this Russian aggression and, once…24 Feb 2022HANSARDUkraineThe noble Lord invites me to get into the mind of Vladimir Putin and I am afraid that that is not something I am at all qualified to do, I am pleased to say. I am sorry; I forgot…24 Feb 2022HANSARDUkraineThe noble Baroness will be delighted to know that my noble friend hotfooted it back from the UN this morning and will no doubt be able to give more information on that in the…24 Feb 2022HANSARDUkraineYes. In the Statement, it was quite clear that the sanctions will also be applied to Belarus for its role.24 Feb 2022HANSARDUkraineAs I have said, there will be some SIs next week in relation to some of the sanctions. Through the debate we had earlier today, we already have some of the powers we need. There…24 Feb 2022HANSARDUkraineThe noble Lord is right; that is certainly an area we are looking at. He will know that we have put a UK cyber sanctions regime into force to ensure that the consequences of…24 Feb 2022HANSARDUkraineYes, we have said that we will provide further support to Ukraine in terms of both lethal aid in the form of defensive weapons and non-lethal aid, such as body armour and helmets.…24 Feb 2022HANSARDUkraineAs I have set out in our general discussion—obviously, there was also the G7 call today—we are working with our global partners on a range of issues. I am sure that discussions…24 Feb 2022