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HANSARDUkraineI join my hon. Friend in thanking Bags of Joy for sending those products to Ukraine, which is good to see. I think the generosity from his Rugby constituents shows that Ukraine…08 Nov 2022HANSARDUkraineThe hon. Member is right to point out the amazing scale of the issue, with more than 140,000 Ukrainians having received visas and living in the UK, but I will take away his…08 Nov 2022HANSARDUkraineI am very pleased to be able to provide an answer. The money is still frozen in a UK bank account. The administrative work is being done and a licence is being applied for, but we…08 Nov 2022HANSARDNATO Parliamentary AssemblyMy right hon. Friend the Member for Aldridge Brownhills (Wendy Morton) has replaced my hon. Friend the Member for Wolverhampton South West (Stuart Anderson) as a member of the…08 Nov 2022HANSARDTopical QuestionsYes.08 Nov 2022HANSARDTopical QuestionsI am happy to write to the hon. Member with a specific breakdown, but I think that it is the majority, because women and children are disproportionately affected. We are proud and…08 Nov 2022HANSARDTopical QuestionsI am aware of this case, and I thank my right hon. Friend for her advocacy on it. I know that she met our ambassador to Warsaw and, of course, I would be very pleased to meet her…08 Nov 2022HANSARDTopical QuestionsOf course, I am happy to meet. We have had some success extracting judges, but if my hon. Friend would like to meet me to furnish me with those specific details, I will try to try…08 Nov 2022HANSARDTopical QuestionsWe bring a huge amount of diplomatic pressure to bear. Clearly, it is difficult countering the deprivations of the Taliban regime, but we have a huge stake in the game because we…08 Nov 2022HANSARDTopical QuestionsThe hon. Gentleman is absolutely right, which is why this year alone we are committing £286 million of humanitarian aid that is being disbursed through international…08 Nov 2022HANSARDPakistan Flooding: Climate ChangeWe are indeed overwhelmingly committed to Pakistan. In 2020, our aid was £200 million and we have committed £55 million specifically for climate resilience. Lord Ahmad saw on his…08 Nov 2022HANSARDChemical Weapons Investigation: Northern IraqAs I have said, we have no direct evidence to support the allegations to which the hon. Gentleman refers, but we are of course committed to upholding the chemical weapons…08 Nov 2022HANSARDChemical Weapons Investigation: Northern IraqThe hon. Lady mentions the PKK. We should be very clear that we regard the PKK to be a terrorist organisation—that is why we have proscribed it—and that we believe Turkey has a…08 Nov 2022HANSARDChemical Weapons Investigation: Northern IraqThe Government are aware of reports that Turkish forces have used white phosphorus in northern Iraq. However, we have no direct evidence to support those claims. Of course, we…08 Nov 2022HANSARDUkraineOn all three fronts—diplomatic, economic and military—I think the whole world has come together. That was made very clear by the Foreign Secretary at the G7 last week. Looking at…08 Nov 2022HANSARDUkraineThe Prime Minister and the Foreign Secretary, after coming into their roles, made their first foreign counterpart calls to President Zelensky and Foreign Minister Kuleba of…08 Nov 2022HANSARDUkraineI join my hon. Friend in thanking Rob Scammell and others who are providing important aid to Ukraine. Although our strong advice is that individuals do not travel to Ukraine and…08 Nov 2022HANSARDGlobal Food SecurityI agree entirely; that co-operation is extremely important. That kind of research and co-operation has shown that the efficiency of things such as photosynthesis in food crops can…26 Oct 2022HANSARDGlobal Food SecurityIt is a pleasure to serve under your chairmanship, Mr Pritchard. I am standing in at short notice after my right hon. Friend the Member for Chelmsford (Vicky Ford) left her…26 Oct 2022HANSARD Persecution of the Rohingya: International ResponseWe certainly hope that the ICC will at some point be a forum for holding these crimes to account. We will continue to use our diplomatic network very energetically to build a…13 Oct 2022