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HANSARD Easter Recess: Government UpdateI thank the hon. Lady very much for her kind invitation. I do not know whether Margot herself wants to extend the invitation, but I am afraid I will be busy doing what we are…19 Apr 2022HANSARD Easter Recess: Government UpdateI thank my right hon. Friend, and I repeat my apology and my contrition, but I want to say that the war in Ukraine is at a very perilous stage, and it is vital that we do not…19 Apr 2022HANSARD Easter Recess: Government UpdateYes, of course. Those 200 contractors for the British Council should, I believe, automatically be eligible and certainly should be able to come under the scheme we have put in…19 Apr 2022HANSARD Easter Recess: Government UpdateAs the right hon. Gentleman knows, the UK is in continual discussion with the Ukrainians about what we can do to help them to defend themselves. A lot has gone there, a lot more…19 Apr 2022HANSARD Easter Recess: Government UpdateIf the hon. Lady will forgive me, I must respectfully direct her to what I have already said.19 Apr 2022HANSARD Easter Recess: Government UpdateI thank my hon. Friend for his clarity of thought and his own leadership on Ukraine. I am afraid he is entirely right to say that it is all too possible that Putin will acquire…19 Apr 2022HANSARD Easter Recess: Government UpdateMay I thank my hon. Friend very much for what she has been doing to help refugees in Poland? We talked about it the other day. I know that many other Members across the House are…19 Apr 2022HANSARD Easter Recess: Government UpdateHe sounds like a remarkable man, and I am very sorry for the hon. Lady’s loss, and the loss of all the pupils she mentions.19 Apr 2022HANSARD Easter Recess: Government UpdateI have explained that I believed that the event was in conformity with the rules. That has turned out not to be true. I humbly and sincerely accept that.19 Apr 2022HANSARD Easter Recess: Government UpdateYes, indeed. Can I congratulate my hon. Friend on his recent marriage, by the way? We certainly see nuclear energy as of vital importance, as well of course as investing in our…19 Apr 2022HANSARD Easter Recess: Government UpdateI completely accept that the police are right, and that is why I have paid the fine.19 Apr 2022HANSARD Easter Recess: Government UpdateI thank my right hon. Friend very much for what he has said. I just want to say one important thing: it is very important in this Ukrainian crisis that we do not make it an…19 Apr 2022HANSARD Easter Recess: Government UpdateI thank the hon. Gentleman very much. I will study his proposal on mercenaries. He has been right for a long time on Russia, and he has been vindicated.19 Apr 2022HANSARD Easter Recess: Government UpdateI have spoken in good faith and, of course, continue to raise the case of his constituent.19 Apr 2022HANSARD Easter Recess: Government UpdateI apologise sincerely to—I think the hon. Gentleman said the name of his constituent was Steven—Steven and his family for what we got wrong and what I got wrong during the…19 Apr 2022HANSARD Easter Recess: Government UpdateI have apologised for what I have got wrong and I take full responsibility for everything that happened in No.10. For the rest of his question, the hon. Gentleman must wait for…19 Apr 2022HANSARD Easter Recess: Government UpdateI thank the hon. Gentleman very much. I repeat what I said in my statement earlier, which is that I fully respect the decision of the police.19 Apr 2022HANSARD Easter Recess: Government UpdateI thank my right hon. Friend for his excellent suggestion, which is one that the UK Government are already pursuing. In my conversations with President Zelensky, we discussed…19 Apr 2022HANSARD Easter Recess: Government UpdateI apologise once again, profusely, to John Robinson, to all of those who lost loved ones, and particularly to those who suffered during the pandemic. In my statement, I have tried…19 Apr 2022HANSARD Easter Recess: Government UpdateI thank the hon. Lady very much, and all donations are registered in the normal way.19 Apr 2022