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HANSARDUkraineI thank the hon. Lady very much for what she is doing with the OSCE and the monitoring operation. I have met members of the OSCE monitoring unit, and I think they do an amazing…22 Feb 2022HANSARDUkraineYes of course we will, because what is at stake is not just the future of Ukraine but our principles and our values.22 Feb 2022HANSARDUkraineYes, I can certainly make that commitment, and I know that that has the support of the whole House.22 Feb 2022HANSARDUkraineAs the hon. Lady knows, you cannot give money to UK political parties if you are a foreign national.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 2022HANSARDUkraineI thank my right hon. Friend for what he has said. There has been a lot of commentary today about whether we should have gone further and gone with the whole package of sanctions…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 right hon. Gentleman makes a couple of points. The House will have heard me on this issue several times; I have been very clear that we wanted to have the biggest possible…22 Feb 2022HANSARDUkraineWe are hitting them hard now and we will hit them harder in the future. With every day that goes by on which Russia violates the sovereignty and integrity of Ukraine, we will…22 Feb 2022HANSARDUkraineMy right hon. Friend is completely right to say that we have failed to wean ourselves off dependence on Russian hydrocarbons since 2014. That has been a tragic mistake by European…22 Feb 2022HANSARDUkraineMy hon. Friend is completely right. The threat is not just to Europe. The threat from an aggressive and expansionist Russian agenda is everywhere, including in Africa from the…22 Feb 2022HANSARDUkraineThe Government are already implementing a draconian package of sanctions and we will go further. We are bringing forward the economic crime Bill and the register of beneficial…22 Feb 2022HANSARDUkraineThe hon. Member is completely right. The biggest threat is apathy and indifference. That is why what my right hon. Friend the Member for Maidenhead (Mrs May) said was so…22 Feb 2022HANSARDUkraineMy hon. Friend is right to draw attention to the Baltic states and Poland. As he knows, in Poland we have increased our support with another 350 Royal Marines from 45 Commando,…22 Feb 2022HANSARDUkraineMy hon. Friend is completely right, because this action tears up the 1994 Budapest memorandum. It makes an absolute nonsense of the whole Minsk process—the agreement of 2014. That…22 Feb 2022HANSARDUkraineThe answer is that we need to work together to wean ourselves off and end the dependency on Russian gas. The House knows all the things we are doing to support our eastern…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. Again, I am grateful to the right hon. Member and the Liberal Democrats for their support of the position that we are taking. We are indeed cracking down on ill-gotten gains…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 2022HANSARDUkraineWith permission, Mr Speaker, I will make a statement about the situation in Ukraine. Last night, President Putin flagrantly violated the Minsk peace agreements by recognising the…22 Feb 2022