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HANSARD UkraineI thank the hon. Lady very much for drawing the case to my attention. If she sends me the details, I would be happy to ensure it is properly taken up by the Home Office.24 Feb 2022HANSARD UkraineI think it is pretty clear to the House that we are trying to keep all our options open on this front. Some of them, frankly, may be more practicable that others. We must also…24 Feb 2022HANSARD UkraineYes, of course. The third sector plays an invaluable role.24 Feb 2022HANSARD UkraineI thank my right hon. Friend particularly for his important testimonial to the City of London, whose work should not be sullied by association with ill-gotten Russian money. The…24 Feb 2022HANSARD UkraineI know that my right hon. Friend is a great military expert, and I understand the attractions of the no-fly zone. I remember the no-fly zone that was created in 1991, as I recall,…24 Feb 2022HANSARD UkraineMy hon. Friend is spot on—actually, the biggest thing would be if everybody stopped taking Russian hydrocarbons, but SWIFT is extremely important. It is a Belgian company, as I am…24 Feb 2022HANSARD UkraineAll political donations are properly registered and monitored. I can tell the hon. Lady that we are putting forward progressively over the last few days and weeks and today the…24 Feb 2022HANSARD UkraineThe hon. Member makes an important point, for which I am grateful, because the humanitarian impact threatens to be enormous. That is why I said what I did about supporting…24 Feb 2022HANSARD UkraineObviously I do not want to go into detail, because it is a sensitive and difficult business, but, yes, we have done so and continue to do so. I believe that I have the support of…24 Feb 2022HANSARDMachinery of Government: UK-EU RelationshipResponsibility for the United Kingdom’s relationship with the European Union, including oversight of the implementation of the trade and co-operation agreement and the withdrawal…24 Feb 2022HANSARD UkraineThe hon. Gentleman makes a series of extremely important observations. Yes, it is vital that we get the message across to the whole of Russia about what is really going on. They…24 Feb 2022HANSARD UkraineEloquently put, and my right hon. Friend is dead right. I think my hon. Friend the Member for Henley (John Howell), who is on the Council of Europe, made that point the other day,…24 Feb 2022HANSARD UkraineI will of course immediately investigate what is happening with the Sovcomflot oil tanker. The result of the measures that the House passed the other day is that we can now target…24 Feb 2022HANSARD UkraineAs so often, my right hon. Friend is precisely right. That is why, together with my right hon. Friends the Secretary of State for Defence and the Foreign Secretary, we have been…24 Feb 2022HANSARD UkraineAs I said in an answer a couple of days ago, we have no evidence of disruption of UK elections or electoral events as a result of Russian activity, but the online harms Bill is…24 Feb 2022HANSARD UkraineMy hon. Friend is absolutely right. There is a threat to communications already. We are observing it in the contacts we are having with people in Ukraine. Satellite phones are…24 Feb 2022HANSARD UkraineI thank the hon. Lady very much for her support and her resolve. I want to assure her that we are of course working with our international friends to prepare for a humanitarian…24 Feb 2022HANSARD UkraineYes.24 Feb 2022HANSARD UkraineThat is clearly the will of the House and it is the will of the Government, which is why we will be bringing forward those important measures on Monday.24 Feb 2022HANSARD UkraineOn the hon. Gentleman’s last point, the answer is certainly yes. For instance, the other day I was looking at two British minesweepers that are being refitted in Rosyth, as I am…24 Feb 2022