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HANSARDUkraineYes, the UK has been at this for a long time now. It was an important signal, which I hope my hon. Friend will take back to his constituents, that we stuck up for Ukrainian rights…25 Jan 2022HANSARDUkraineYes, my hon. Friend is so right, because that is the misconception, whether witting or otherwise. Russia persists in the fiction that NATO is somehow an aggressive alliance and a…25 Jan 2022HANSARDUkraineIf we look at what is happening, the conversation I had last night was with European partners comprising the vast bulk of defence spending in the west; we work very closely with…25 Jan 2022HANSARDUkraineMy hon. Friend is completely right. As so many colleagues have said, this is not just about Ukraine. This is about the ambition of the Kremlin to seize this moment to try to…25 Jan 2022HANSARDUkraineOf course we will do what we can to provide economic support in the event of a disaster, but the most important thing we can do now is to try to prevent that disaster from…25 Jan 2022HANSARDUkraineMy right hon. Friend is completely right. I want to say a word or two in praise of Olaf Scholz, because it was clear from our conversation last night—as I have said to the…25 Jan 2022HANSARDUkraineYes, I am very happy to give that reassurance. As I said just now, the embassy continues to function. At least 30 staff are there to look after British interests in Kyiv and…25 Jan 2022HANSARDUkraineMy right hon. Friend is completely right that we have the potential—the potential—to do very serious economic damage to Russia. What we have to make sure of, as everybody said on…25 Jan 2022HANSARDUkraineI thank my hon. Friend very much, and I go back to the answer I gave to my right hon. Friend the Member for Bournemouth East (Mr Ellwood). I know that, emotionally, many people…25 Jan 2022HANSARDUkraineLet me repeat what I said earlier. The right hon. Gentleman is right to suggest that it is vital to guard against Russian dirty moneys flowing through the world, and he is right…25 Jan 2022HANSARDUkraineMy right hon. Friend is right: Germany is absolutely critical to our success in this matter. We have just got to keep the pressure up together.25 Jan 2022HANSARDUkraineI thank the right hon. and learned Gentleman and I am glad that he supports the sovereignty and territorial integrity of Ukraine. He is right to ask about the assurances that this…25 Jan 2022HANSARDUkraineI do not think that is fair. The Government have been absolutely ruthless in applying Magnitsky sanctions, which the right hon. Member for Ross, Skye and Lochaber (Ian Blackford)…25 Jan 2022HANSARDUkraineNo, we do not accept foreign donations, as the hon. Lady knows very well. What we will do is bring forward targeted sanctions, which I think are the most effective way of doing…25 Jan 2022HANSARDUkraineMy hon. Friend and I have discussed these types of issues over many years. Actually, given the extreme delicacy of the matter in Germany—given the dependence on Russian…25 Jan 2022HANSARDUkraineThe right hon. Gentleman makes an excellent point. It is very important that people in Ukraine and around the world should be able to trust the information that we are giving out.…25 Jan 2022HANSARDUkraineYes, indeed. I am familiar with the statue of St Volodymyr in my hon. Friend’s constituency and I know the amazing contribution of the Ukrainian community to our great capital. I…25 Jan 2022HANSARDUkraineThe hon. Gentleman makes an important point but, as he knows and as I have told the House, given the NLAWs, or next-generation light anti-tank weapons, that we have sent in…25 Jan 2022HANSARDUkraineThe hon. Lady is right to draw attention to the price spike in energy around the world. Actually, Russian gas comprises only 3% of the UK’s gas supplies, but we have to mitigate…25 Jan 2022HANSARDUkraineI thank my right hon. Friend very much and I know that, emotionally, many people will share his view. He knows a great deal about Ukraine and the issues that that country faces.…25 Jan 2022