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HANSARDUkraineYes, we certainly will. It was very good to talk to Prime Minister Kallas of Estonia the other day about Operation Cabrit and the UK troops at Tapa. She warmly welcomes them and…22 Feb 2022HANSARDUkraineYes, and in every conversation I have had in the last few weeks and months about Ukraine, we have focused on this issue of supporting the Ukrainian economy. One of the reasons…22 Feb 2022HANSARDUkraineAs the hon. Lady knows, you cannot give money to UK political parties if you are a foreign national.22 Feb 2022HANSARDUkraineYes, I can certainly make that commitment, and I know that that has the support of the whole House.22 Feb 2022HANSARDUkraineOf course. I want to be clear that the reason we are doing it in this way is because I think that the unity of the west is the priority.22 Feb 2022HANSARDUkraineMy right hon. Friend is right: one of the risks of Putin’s venture is that there could be a spike in gas and oil prices. We in the Government will do everything we can to mitigate…22 Feb 2022HANSARDUkraineThe hon. Gentleman is right: it is up to the people of Ukraine to decide what alliance they aspire to join. NATO’s open-door policy should remain absolutely inviolate.22 Feb 2022HANSARDUkraineMy hon. Friend is so right. I think that everyone who knows people in the Ukrainian community in Britain, which is so large and so active and makes such a fantastic contribution…22 Feb 2022HANSARDUkraineI think that the hon. Gentleman’s view will be widely shared, although perhaps not by everybody on the Opposition Benches, but we have an independent regulator of the media. We do…22 Feb 2022HANSARDUkraineI thank my hon. Friend for everything that he does in the Council of Europe and for the robust positions that he takes in that body. I wholeheartedly support what he has just said.22 Feb 2022HANSARDUkraineI am proud of the very substantial uplift that we have been able to provide in our defence spending. We are the fastest-growing economy in the G7 as a result of the measures that…22 Feb 2022HANSARDUkraineYes. We will target any individual or company of strategic importance to Russia.22 Feb 2022HANSARDUkraineMy hon. Friend is completely right. The British Government are continually exhorting our European friends to exceed the 2% threshold. It would be a great thing if we could get…22 Feb 2022HANSARDUkraineI thank the hon. Lady very much for her question. We are helping the countries that are directly vulnerable to an exodus of refugees from Ukraine. We have put another 1,000 troops…22 Feb 2022HANSARDUkraineYes; my right hon. and learned Friend is completely right. There should be an immediate withdrawal by Russia. I wish I could be confident that that will happen, but I am afraid…22 Feb 2022HANSARDUkraineI thank my hon. Friend very much. The Russian service of the BBC has done an invaluable job and it is important that it continues to be financed. I will look at the details of its…22 Feb 2022HANSARDUkraineI understand the right hon. Lady’s concern but believe she is in error in what she says, because we can certainly target members of the Duma, Abramovich is already facing…22 Feb 2022HANSARDUkraineMy right hon. Friend is absolutely right to place the emphasis he does on NATO, which has proved its value in the last 70 years. It is the pre-eminent, most successful alliance in…22 Feb 2022HANSARDUkraineWe have seen a 10% increase in defence spending in this country, and we will sustain that increase in defence spending. My right hon. Friend is absolutely right about the…22 Feb 2022HANSARDUkraineThe best way to avoid a refugee crisis is for President Putin to de-escalate, and the best way to get him to de-escalate is for the west to be united. That is why we are…22 Feb 2022