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HANSARDUkraine: Disasters Emergency Committee AppealMy Lords, I join the noble Lord; I am sure I speak for the whole House when I say that we are taken by the horror of what is happening in Ukraine, particularly the targeting of…09 Mar 2022HANSARDUkraine: Disasters Emergency Committee AppealMy Lords, I thank the noble Baroness for flagging that issue. I speak for my noble friend as well as myself, and I know that I speak for the whole of the Front Bench in saying…09 Mar 2022HANSARDUkraine: Disasters Emergency Committee AppealMy Lords, I agree. Again, through this crisis we have seen the best of humanity as people have opened up their doors and given their homes and support to people they do not…09 Mar 2022HANSARDUkraine: Disasters Emergency Committee AppealMy Lords, I join my noble friend in the tribute he paid to my noble friend Lord Tebbit. I remember that one of my first appearances at the Dispatch Box was reflective of an…09 Mar 2022HANSARDRussia (Sanctions) (EU Exit) (Amendment) (No. 2) Regulations 2022That the Regulations laid before the House on 28 February be approved. Relevant documents: 31st Report from the Secondary Legislation Scrutiny Committee. Instrument not yet…03 Mar 2022HANSARDRussia (Sanctions) (EU Exit) (Amendment) (No. 2) Regulations 2022My Lords, these two statutory instruments were laid before the House on Monday 28 February 2022 under the powers provided by the Sanctions and Anti-Money Laundering Act 2018, also…03 Mar 2022HANSARDRussia (Sanctions) (EU Exit) (Amendment) (No. 2) Regulations 2022My Lords, I thank all noble Lords for their strong support for the sanctions more broadly and specifically for the measures that we are debating today. I say from the outset that…03 Mar 2022HANSARDRussia: SanctionsI am sure the Home Office has heard the point which the noble Lord has made quite clearly. This is evident in the steps taken recently by my right honourable friend the Home…03 Mar 2022HANSARDTaiwanMy Lords, I join others in expressing gratitude to the noble Baroness, Lady D’Souza, for securing this important debate on this date. I also recognise the important contribution…03 Mar 2022HANSARDRussia: SanctionsAs I have said, and as the noble and learned Baroness will know, all the actions we are taking, including the sanctions policy, are based on a legal framework to ensure that first…03 Mar 2022HANSARDRussia: SanctionsMy noble friend raises some quite specific points. On his final point about SWIFT and a number of banks, they have already been directly impacted by some of the steps we have…03 Mar 2022HANSARDRussia: SanctionsMy Lords, the impact of our and the allied sanctions is significant. At least $250 billion has been wiped off the Russian stock market since the invasion and the rouble has…03 Mar 2022HANSARDRussia (Sanctions) (EU Exit) (Amendment) (No. 3) Regulations 2022That the Regulations laid before the House on 28 February be approved. Relevant documents: 31st Report from the Secondary Legislation Scrutiny Committee. Instrument not yet…03 Mar 2022HANSARDRussia (Sanctions) (EU Exit) (Amendment) (No. 2) Regulations 2022My Lords, the specifics of shipping—the noble Lord had also raised wider issues such as bullion—are very much part of our thinking. On shipping specifically, the noble Lord will…03 Mar 2022HANSARDRussia: SanctionsI am sure that the noble and gallant Lord will appreciate that I will not go into specifics on what steps we are taking next. I assure the noble and gallant Lord, as my right…03 Mar 2022HANSARDRussia: SanctionsI assure the noble Lord that we are working to ensure that we respond effectively to Ukraine. I know that the noble Lord has been very supportive of the package we announced in…03 Mar 2022HANSARDRussia: SanctionsThe Government have been responding, and expediting legislation. In this regard, as I have said before, I am grateful to the usual channels for accommodating these requests.…03 Mar 2022HANSARDRussia: SanctionsI agree with the noble Lord. There has been unprecedented action to work with our allies in applying sanctions. This underlines the effectiveness of the sanctions: we are able to…03 Mar 2022HANSARDSanctionsI think the House will take the lead of the noble Lord who, as a very distinguished former Permanent Under-Secretary at the Foreign and Commonwealth Office, speaks to what the…01 Mar 2022HANSARDSanctionsMy Lords, my noble friend talks of air power. One thing is very clear: we fulfil our obligations through NATO. As my right honourable friend the Prime Minister said in response to…01 Mar 2022