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HANSARDUkraine UpdateYes, we are looking at that at pace.09 Mar 2022HANSARDUkraine UpdateOn that last point, included in the increased package is more body armour, alongside what was donated by many countries in the conference in February. I am slightly in danger of…09 Mar 2022HANSARDUkraine UpdateWe have not yet had any request for humanitarian support from neighbouring countries. As soon as they do request support, we will be happy to deploy those troops to help in that…09 Mar 2022HANSARDUkraine UpdateMy right hon. Friend raises an important point. That is why some of these countries must take some of their decisions bilaterally, because they will face the consequences of a…09 Mar 2022HANSARDUkraine UpdateWe will look at every request quickly and genuinely, and do whatever we can to help Ukraine. I thank my hon. Friend for his kind comments, but I think it is what Britain stands…09 Mar 2022HANSARDUkraine UpdateI would be delighted to do that. If the hon. Gentleman would like to give me that information, I will ask after this statement and investigate what more we can do. We have helped…09 Mar 2022HANSARDUkraine UpdateI agree 100% with my hon. Friend. My hon. Friend the Minister for the Armed Forces met the International Committee of the Red Cross only last week to discuss exactly that. It is…09 Mar 2022HANSARDUkraine UpdateI thank my hon. Friend for his kind comments. It is incredibly important that we recognise that this is not just a military response. The scale of the humanitarian crisis, which…09 Mar 2022HANSARDUkraine UpdateWith permission, Mr Speaker, I would like to update the House on the situation in Ukraine and Her Majesty’s Government’s support to the Government in Kyiv. The situation on the…09 Mar 2022HANSARDUkraine UpdateThe hon. Lady makes an important point, because Russia has not given up its false flags and false narratives. In fact, it has shut down nearly every avenue of information for its…09 Mar 2022HANSARDUkraine UpdateMay I write to the hon. Lady, because that will be a Foreign Office lead and I understand the debate will be progressing next month?09 Mar 2022HANSARDUkraine UpdateThat is always kept under review, depending on the actions of President Putin. I winced when the hon. Gentleman said the town was Irpin, because they are under daily artillery and…09 Mar 2022HANSARDUkraine UpdateIt is possible to do both. We can process them very quickly out there, and the key here is to—09 Mar 2022HANSARDUkraine UpdateFirst, the decisions have been made in principle that we will provide them, which is why I came to the House. We have to make sure that we provide people with the training and…09 Mar 2022HANSARDUkraine UpdateI am grateful to the hon. Gentleman for that. It is a difficult balance as to when we tell people. In effect, I have to come to this House to get policy permission from you before…09 Mar 2022HANSARDUkraine UpdateMy hon. Friend will have heard my answer to my Scottish National party colleague the hon. Member for Glasgow South (Stewart Malcolm McDonald), and the Minister for the Armed…09 Mar 2022HANSARDUkraine UpdateIf the hon. Lady gives the details to my Parliamentary Private Secretary, my hon. Friend the Member for Stourbridge (Suzanne Webb), I will be happy to make that representation to…09 Mar 2022HANSARDUkraine UpdateI am afraid that is the $60 million question. We must all be mature about how we work that out, through analysis and through talking to people who understand it. There is no easy…09 Mar 2022HANSARDUkraine UpdateFirst, let me say that Putin has deployed some of his most modern equipment. He has “gone all-in” and played his full hand. Members will have seen only recently an SA-22 or a…09 Mar 2022HANSARDUkraine UpdateI think there have been two major miscalculations by President Putin. The first was that his military was invincible and that the Ukrainian people would welcome him. His other…09 Mar 2022