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HANSARD Alcohol DutyI am grateful to the hon. Lady. To be clear, this is good news for every single part of our alcohol industry and for those who drink in our pubs. Crucially, it gives certainty to…19 Dec 2022HANSARD Alcohol DutyI am grateful to the Father of the House for his question—I do not think that I will ever get another that mentions both elasticity and high-strength cider; it was an interesting…19 Dec 2022HANSARD Alcohol DutyI am glad that the right hon. Gentleman supports the principle of the reform package that will come into place next August. I hope Members across the House can do so. The cost…19 Dec 2022HANSARDRussia: UK CompaniesMy hon. Friend makes an excellent point. As I said, not only have we banned the import of Russian oil and oil products into our markets but, in conjunction with other parties, we…07 Dec 2022HANSARDRussia: UK CompaniesI am grateful to my hon. Friend, who speaks with great expertise on these matters. The key point is that the action in relation to oil was agreed at G7 level with Australia. He…07 Dec 2022HANSARDRussia: UK CompaniesI should say that we have seen a positive attitude and support for Ukraine from across the House. On the specific issue of generators, I will go away and look at it. I will write…07 Dec 2022HANSARDRussia: UK CompaniesMy hon. Friend is right to remind us of the many Ukrainians who have made their home here and, of course, the many UK nationals who have opened their homes to them. It has been an…07 Dec 2022HANSARDRussia: UK CompaniesThe right hon. Gentleman poses a number of very important questions. On a general point, he talks about strengthening the resolve of the people of Ukraine. This country can be…07 Dec 2022HANSARDRussia: UK CompaniesMy right hon. Friend speaks not only with his expertise on the Defence Committee; he also served in His Majesty’s armed forces and, of course, as a Defence Minister. He makes a…07 Dec 2022HANSARDRussia: UK CompaniesI pay tribute to my right hon. Friend for his great expertise on these matters but say to him that we have to differentiate. We have taken explicit and direct action on firms…07 Dec 2022HANSARDRussia: UK CompaniesI am grateful to the right hon. Lady and pay tribute to her for her long-standing record of holding Governments to account on issues such as sanctions and international finance—I…07 Dec 2022HANSARDRussia: UK CompaniesI am grateful to the right hon. Lady for her question. The UK and international partners have moved in lockstep since the invasion to impose the largest and most severe economic…07 Dec 2022HANSARDRussia: UK CompaniesAs ever, Mr Speaker, you have saved the best till last. I am grateful to the hon. Gentleman for his kind words. There is a legal side to protecting our economy—the sanctions…07 Dec 2022HANSARDRussia: UK CompaniesThe hon. Gentleman asks an interesting question, knitting together two points. To be fair to him, I have to say that he has consistently attended all the recent Treasury debates…07 Dec 2022HANSARDRussia: UK CompaniesI always enjoyed working with the hon. Gentleman in my previous position at the Ministry of Justice. He makes an extremely powerful point. The abuses that we have seen have been…07 Dec 2022HANSARDRussia: UK CompaniesAs ever, I am grateful to the hon. Gentleman for his question. All I will say about the company in his constituency—in Marfleet, I think—is that companies divesting their…07 Dec 2022HANSARDRussia: UK CompaniesThat is an interesting point. My colleagues have been clear on the record about where we stand on that. I will not comment on any specific appeals, but our sanctions regime, to…07 Dec 2022HANSARDRussia: UK CompaniesWe always keep our sanctions regime under review. In particular, we are looking with our international partners at what more can be done on illicit finance and so on. […07 Dec 2022HANSARDRussia: UK CompaniesWe have set out precisely that with the commitments that the Prime Minister made in March, when he was Chancellor, on the desire to see businesses divesting from Russia. The hon.…07 Dec 2022HANSARDRussia: UK CompaniesAs I said to the right hon. Member for Barking (Dame Margaret Hodge)—I apologise if this becomes a relatively repetitive point—I am not going to comment on specific individual…07 Dec 2022