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HANSARDBelarus: Interception of AircraftTo mount a case of that nature, we would need quite specific and clear evidence; of course, that is for the Crown Prosecution Service and other law enforcement authorities to…24 May 2021HANSARDBelarus: Interception of AircraftI agree with my right hon. Friend’s instincts. I was in Estonia and then Oslo recently, precisely because of the importance among our Nordic and Baltic partners—key NATO allies—of…24 May 2021HANSARDBelarus: Interception of AircraftThe hon. Gentleman is absolutely right, which is why we have taken the actions we need to take in relation to flights to and from the UK, and why we have called for an urgent…24 May 2021HANSARDBelarus: Interception of AircraftMy hon. Friend is absolutely right; I agree with that list. Ultimately, it is difficult to see how Belarus, under the Lukashenko regime, can take any steps out of its pariah…24 May 2021HANSARDBelarus: Interception of AircraftThe right hon. Lady is absolutely right that sanctions are a part of the strategic approach, but not the only aspect that we need to look at. We will, of course, look carefully at…24 May 2021HANSARDBelarus: Interception of AircraftI can give my right hon. Friend exactly that assurance. The fact is that Lukashenko is already ensconced in the embrace of Moscow. The question is how we can prise the leadership…24 May 2021HANSARDBelarus: Interception of AircraftThe hon. Lady asks a timely question. In reality, we have a number of levers, but let us not pretend that they are a silver bullet. We have provided and are continuing to provide…24 May 2021HANSARDBelarus: Interception of AircraftI thank my hon. Friend for his question. Yesterday afternoon, a Ryanair flight from Athens to Vilnius was forced to land in Minsk. There were more than 100 passengers on board,…24 May 2021HANSARDInternational Residual Mechanism for Criminal Tribunals: Radovan KaradžicPromoting and enforcing international justice is central to global Britain’s role as a force for good in the western Balkans and in the world. The conviction of Radovan Karadžić…13 May 2021HANSARDGlobal Anti-Corruption SanctionsThe hon. Gentleman is absolutely right. We very much led the way in relation to Belarus and the human rights sanctions regime—the Magnitsky sanctions—and instituted human rights…26 Apr 2021HANSARDGlobal Anti-Corruption SanctionsMy hon. Friend is right: we need some international co-ordination. It works better as co-ordination rather than supranational institutions, because we want to retain some…26 Apr 2021HANSARDGlobal Anti-Corruption SanctionsI have today laid before Parliament, under the powers of the Sanctions and Anti-Money Laundering Act 2018, the Global Anti-Corruption Sanctions Regulations 2021. The sanctions…26 Apr 2021HANSARDGlobal Anti-Corruption SanctionsLet me start by welcoming the hon. Lady’s support for both the legal regime and the designations we have made today. I agree with much of her analysis on the damage wrought by…26 Apr 2021HANSARDGlobal Anti-Corruption SanctionsWith permission, Madam Deputy Speaker, I should like to make a statement on our new global anti-corruption sanctions regulations. Corruption has an immensely corrosive effect on…26 Apr 2021HANSARDGlobal Anti-Corruption SanctionsI thank the hon. Gentleman. I share his determination to tackle this in relation to some of the groups he refers to. He will know that we have taken action, in particular in…26 Apr 2021HANSARDGlobal Anti-Corruption SanctionsThank you, Madam Deputy Speaker. The fact is that the hon. Lady, who agrees with us on this policy point, resorts to the mudslinging because she does not have too much more to say…26 Apr 2021HANSARDGlobal Anti-Corruption SanctionsI pay tribute to my hon. Friend and his Committee. He has not only campaigned passionately for this but provided, bit by bit, some of the evidence both for the regime and for the…26 Apr 2021HANSARDGlobal Anti-Corruption SanctionsI thank the hon. Gentleman for his support for this initiative. He makes a range of points. It is a fair question as to how our aid and development policy is used to reinforce our…26 Apr 2021HANSARDGlobal Anti-Corruption SanctionsI join my hon. Friend in paying tribute to Bill Browder, who was Sergei Magnitsky’s employer, because he has campaigned for this not just on the human rights front but on the…26 Apr 2021HANSARDGlobal Anti-Corruption SanctionsLike many across the House, I share the hon. Lady’s concern about what we saw with the recent football episode. Given the strong lead taken by the Prime Minister and the Culture…26 Apr 2021