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HANSARD Defence Supplementary Estimate 2021-22My right hon. Friend is right, but these measures were not about that. They were about the Treasury making austerity cuts. We now have a situation where the present…09 Mar 2022HANSARD Defence Supplementary Estimate 2021-22It is worse than that. The Department used to hide behind European regulations, but now we are out of the European Union, we should be free to procure in the UK. I challenged the…09 Mar 2022HANSARD Economic Crime (Transparency and Enforcement) BillThe right hon. Lady spoke about unexplained wealth orders. Does she have a commitment from the Treasury to ensure that the National Crime Agency and other agencies that deal with…07 Mar 2022HANSARD Economic Crime (Transparency and Enforcement) BillDoes the hon. Lady agree that full transparency at Companies House of who owns companies is in everyone’s interests? It was only because of the investigation undertaken by…07 Mar 2022HANSARD Economic Crime (Transparency and Enforcement) BillI too welcome the Bill, but it angers and saddens me that it has taken the invasion of a European sovereign nation, and the fact that women and children in Ukraine are being…07 Mar 2022HANSARD Economic Crime (Transparency and Enforcement) BillOn transparency, and I raised this with the Home Secretary when she was here, there is the issue of Companies House. It was only because of Caroline Wheeler from The Sunday Times…07 Mar 2022HANSARDSupport for Ukraine and Countering Threats from RussiaI put on record my thanks to the Defence Secretary and the Minister for their actions over the past few weeks. They have shown proper leadership on this. Will the Minister support…02 Mar 2022HANSARDSupport for Ukraine and Countering Threats from RussiaNo chance of that.02 Mar 2022HANSARDSupport for Ukraine and Countering Threats from RussiaWe stand united in this House with the people of Ukraine. These are dark days, as we see daily on television; it is also a dark time for Europe. We are seeing the invasion of a…02 Mar 2022HANSARD SanctionsLike my right hon. Friend, I am baffled by the Government’s approach. The Foreign Secretary said that she had a list that they were working through, but does my right hon. Friend…01 Mar 2022HANSARD SanctionsDoes the hon. Lady think it strange that the Government are reluctant to name the individuals they are going to sanction? Our European partners are not only sanctioning…01 Mar 2022HANSARD SanctionsI commend the hon. Gentleman for his speech today, his past work in the area and his knowledge of it. Is the issue not also close to home in his party? A co-chair of the…01 Mar 2022HANSARD SanctionsDoes my right hon. Friend agree that, in many cases, it is not as though these assets are very mobile? They are expensive houses and apartments and other fixed assets. They are…01 Mar 2022HANSARDSanctionsI thank the Foreign Secretary for her statement. She talks about a hit list of oligarchs. She knows as well as I do that some of the individuals on that list are well-known and…28 Feb 2022HANSARD UkraineI thank the Prime Minister for his statement and very much welcome the sanctions that he has announced today, but can he give an assurance that the sanctions targeting individuals…24 Feb 2022HANSARD Post Office: Horizon Compensation ArrangementsI congratulate the hon. Member for North West Leicestershire (Andrew Bridgen) on securing this urgent question, and I join him in thanking Lord Arbuthnot for his tenacious efforts…24 Feb 2022HANSARD SanctionsLike others who have spoken, I welcome the regulations that we are discussing tonight, but I am underwhelmed by the announcement today of the Government’s sanctions. I have to say…22 Feb 2022HANSARD SanctionsRight honourable.22 Feb 2022HANSARD SanctionsI have to agree with my right hon. Friend about the limitations of the sanctions on those individuals. However, does he agree that if the regulations’ definition of “involved…22 Feb 2022HANSARDUkraineI thank the Prime Minister for his statement and welcome the sanctions against the three individuals that he has named. However, the regulations that he referred to, which will be…22 Feb 2022