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HANSARDUkraine: SupportI can certainly update the House on both those issues. I have been perhaps one of the most enthusiastic about using the frozen Russian assets; you know that Russia will have to…16 Apr 2024HANSARDUkraine: SupportInterestingly, I had lunch with the Swedish Foreign Minister yesterday to celebrate Sweden’s accession to NATO. It is an incredibly capable country. As it is financially robust…16 Apr 2024HANSARDUkraine: SupportI certainly agree that we should look at this. We have been effective at taking Russian gas and oil out of our system and it is pretty remarkable what steps have been taken across…16 Apr 2024HANSARDFrance: SecurityI thank the noble Lord for his question; he clearly has huge experience in this area. The Lancaster House agreement that I signed with President Sarkozy in 2010 expressly sets out…16 Apr 2024HANSARDFrance: SecurityAgain, the noble Lord has huge experience of this. This is a great year for Britain and France to be talking about these things. It is the 120th anniversary of the entente…16 Apr 2024HANSARDFrance: SecurityMy Lords, last week, the Prime Minister and President Macron spoke on illegal migration and European security. On Thursday, I will speak to Foreign Minister Séjourné at the G7. I…16 Apr 2024HANSARDUkraine: SupportThe noble Baroness makes a very good point. We do not look at these things in isolation; in the contacts I have had with the Iranian Foreign Minister, we repeatedly make the point…16 Apr 2024HANSARDFrance: SecurityI certainly will raise that with my European counterpart, Stéphane Séjourné. The first of these summits happened at the London Olympics in 2012, partly because it was a very…16 Apr 2024HANSARDFrance: SecurityMy noble friend makes a very good point. In our case, the Americans asked us to backfill their operations, in our joint Operation Shader, where we have been running a…16 Apr 2024HANSARDFrance: SecurityThat is a very important question. The way that the UK has worked with other European powers in response to Ukraine has shown that, although we are outside the European Union, we…16 Apr 2024HANSARDCouncil of Europe: 75th AnniversaryI say to the noble Baroness that the Council of Europe is so much more than the European Court of Human Rights; it has over 200 conventions that make practical contributions, such…16 Apr 2024HANSARDCouncil of Europe: 75th AnniversaryI am worried already. We value the role of the Council of Europe and we are a major contributor to the organisation. The Council of Europe’s commitment to peace, freedom and…16 Apr 2024HANSARDFrance: SecurityFirst of all, I am delighted that the meeting of the EPC, the European Political Community, is going ahead. I am also delighted that it is at Blenheim, because that is in my old…16 Apr 2024HANSARDUkraine: SupportAt the NATO Foreign Ministers’ meeting last week, there was a very clear request from the Ukrainian Foreign Minister for two things: first, the artillery shells to make sure that…16 Apr 2024HANSARDCouncil of Europe: 75th AnniversaryMy interpretation of recent political movements in Poland is that it has rather moved back to the centre, having elected Donald Tusk and my counterpart, Radek Sikorski. I will…16 Apr 2024HANSARDCouncil of Europe: 75th AnniversaryLet me be clear: the Government see no inconsistency between their policies and our membership of the Council of Europe. We do not have any plans to act in the way that my noble…16 Apr 2024HANSARDCouncil of Europe: 75th AnniversaryI take the view that the United Nations has many problems and issues. The frustrations of dealing with the Security Council at the moment, when there is a Russian veto and a…16 Apr 2024HANSARDCouncil of Europe: 75th AnniversaryWhat we should be doing is dealing with the problem of very visible illegal migration, which is a problem not just in this country but all over the world. To do that, every…16 Apr 2024HANSARDCouncil of Europe: 75th AnniversaryI did look at the dissenting judgment, and I thought it was pretty frank and clear. We have made reforms to the European Court of Human Rights. The noble Lord, Lord Clarke,…16 Apr 2024HANSARDUkraine: SupportI thank the noble Baroness for her question. One of the strengths of Britain’s position in this regard is the huge cross-party support for our backing for Ukraine. One can argue…16 Apr 2024