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HANSARDUkraine Sponsorship SchemeCan I ask my right hon. Friend whether any consideration has been given to establishing an advance office on the Ukraine-Polish border? People could go to such an office to get…14 Mar 2022HANSARD Defence Supplementary Estimate 2021-22I thank my very good friend the Minister for allowing me to intervene on him. The point is that the IR is broken. We clearly need more people in our armed forces, particularly in…09 Mar 2022HANSARD Defence Supplementary Estimate 2021-22I thank my right hon. Friend—who is a good friend and is gallant, because he was a midshipman once—for allowing me to intervene. One thing that the Russians are showing is that to…09 Mar 2022HANSARD Defence Supplementary Estimate 2021-22When I joined my battalion in Bahrain in 1969, it was 750 strong. When I commanded it in 1991, it was 525. It is now less than that, but it is still called a battalion.09 Mar 2022HANSARD Defence Supplementary Estimate 2021-22indicated assent .09 Mar 2022HANSARD Defence Supplementary Estimate 2021-22I thank the right hon. Member, my friend, for giving way. Surely one of the lessons of what we have seen in Ukraine is that a small group of utterly determined trained, or indeed…09 Mar 2022HANSARD Defence Supplementary Estimate 2021-22indicated dissent .09 Mar 2022HANSARD Defence Supplementary Estimate 2021-22My hon. Friend, who is my very good friend, has cast aspersions on how good I am with a light anti-tank weapon and, of course, he was correct: useless. The point is that this…09 Mar 2022HANSARD Economic Crime (Transparency and Enforcement) BillI thank my very good friend for allowing me to intervene. I hope and presume that this Bill will freeze assets; will the second part of the legislation, when it comes, allow their…07 Mar 2022HANSARDSupport for Ukraine and Countering Threats from RussiaA famous American journalist said that democracies are too pacific in peace and too belligerent in war. Mr Putin has watched us be too pacific. Now war has come, he may be…02 Mar 2022HANSARDSupport for Ukraine and Countering Threats from RussiaLess than an hour ago, I spoke to my hon. Friend the Member for Gravesham (Adam Holloway), who is in western Ukraine. He is a military officer and has been talking to the military…02 Mar 2022HANSARDSupport for Ukraine and Countering Threats from RussiaI totally take my hon. Friend’s point, but may I re-emphasise the point made by my hon. Friends the Members for Devizes (Danny Kruger) and for Rutland and Melton (Alicia Kearns)?…02 Mar 2022HANSARD UkraineI have given evidence at four war crimes trials. It was with genocide and crimes against humanity that those people had been charged. May I ask my right hon. Friend and the House…24 Feb 2022HANSARDCountering Russian Aggression and Tackling Illicit FinanceI thank the right hon. Member, my friend, for allowing me to intervene. The real worry is that Putin’s forces have now gone into the area where his proxy forces have operated:…23 Feb 2022HANSARD SanctionsMy real worry is that Putin has actually been very clever: he has advanced into an area that his forces effectively control already and he will stop there. That would divide our…22 Feb 2022HANSARD SanctionsI thank the hon. Gentleman, my good friend. As I know, having spent a lot of time working in NATO, the problem is that NATO requires unanimity for any action. There are 30…22 Feb 2022HANSARD SanctionsMr Putin may well have won, because we have not reacted hard enough. Small banks have been sanctioned, but we have not put in place real sanctions. So he will be sitting in Moscow…22 Feb 2022HANSARD Murder of WPC Yvonne FletcherI have studied the matter at length and must say that the bravery of that lady after she was wounded was astonishing. I understand that all she was concerned about was the safety…22 Feb 2022HANSARDUkraineI understand that the Duma has passed a resolution saying that Donbas and the Crimea should be incorporated into Russia. That in some way would give Putin’s plans some sort of…21 Feb 2022HANSARDDementia Research in the UKIt is nice to see you in the Chair, Mr Deputy Speaker. A friend of mine tells me that his wife suffers from dementia. She sometimes turns round to him and says, “Why are you…10 Feb 2022