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HANSARD G7I am very grateful to the hon. Gentleman for continuing the cross-party unity. He is usually pretty on top of the details, but I just say to him that it is not the United States…17 Mar 2025HANSARD G7I am grateful to my right hon. Friend for her question and, of course, for her leadership of the Foreign Affairs Committee. I reassure her that we continue to work closely with…17 Mar 2025HANSARD G7As right across Europe we see a cost of living crisis, it is right and proper that we pool our efforts, and that respective Treasury Departments and Finance Ministers are…17 Mar 2025HANSARD G7I am grateful to my hon. Friend for her question. I want to reassure her that the UK continues to track Russia’s deportation of Ukrainian children, which is a clear violation of…17 Mar 2025HANSARD G7I am sure the whole House is hugely grateful for the humanity that the hon. Gentleman has shown once again on the issue of children on both sides of this conflict. It is…17 Mar 2025HANSARD G7The United Kingdom was involved to the extent of supporting US efforts on refuelling. I do not think that it would be right for me to comment on the detail of any military…17 Mar 2025HANSARD G7My hon. Friend put his remarks incredibly well. May I associate myself with his remarks about that appalling atrocity? I make it crystal clear that it is hugely important that the…17 Mar 2025HANSARDPalestinians in Gaza: US PolicyThis House has watched with horror the loss of life in the Gaza strip particularly and the plight of the hostages held in bunkers under Gaza. The US played a pivotal role, and all…25 Feb 2025HANSARDPalestinians in Gaza: US PolicyMy hon. Friend raises a serious issue. As I have said repeatedly from the Dispatch Box, I condemn the expansion and the violence that we have seen over the last period, and I…25 Feb 2025HANSARDTopical QuestionsThe hon. Lady raises an important issue. It is not something on which any Government can act alone; we must act with European allies. It was a topic of conversation at the G7 and…25 Feb 2025HANSARDTopical QuestionsI am grateful to the right hon. Lady for raising the issue of justice and accountability. As she knows, this work was begun under the previous Government, when we led the world in…25 Feb 2025HANSARDBritish Virgin Islands: Illicit FinanceThe overseas territories, including the British Virgin Islands, work to uphold international standards on tax transparency and illicit finance and enforce UK sanctions. The…25 Feb 2025HANSARDBritish Virgin Islands: Illicit FinanceThe BVI committed at the Joint Ministerial Council to improving access to its corporate register by June. I met BVI representatives just after that time at the end of last year,…25 Feb 2025HANSARDTopical QuestionsWhy did the right hon. Gentleman not decide to do that? The Conservatives left it to this Government to get back to 2.5%, which we last had under a Labour Government. The right…25 Feb 2025HANSARDPalestinians in Gaza: US PolicyWe do not support forced displacement of Palestinians or any reduction in the territory of the Gaza strip. Palestinians must be able to live and prosper in the Occupied…25 Feb 2025HANSARDTopical QuestionsI am proud of the work that the UK has done over many decades in relation to development: the work that I have seen in Ukraine, in Gaza and in Sudan. All of that work will, of…25 Feb 2025HANSARDTopical QuestionsI was very pleased yesterday to announce one of this country’s biggest ever sanctions packages, which will bear down further on Russia’s shadow fleet. I remind my hon. Friend that…25 Feb 2025HANSARDTopical QuestionsAgain, the right hon. Lady raises an important issue. We inherited a process that was not quite working; she knows of the issues. We will come forward shortly with our plans for…25 Feb 2025HANSARDTopical QuestionsAs I set out in the House yesterday, securing a lasting peace that safeguards Ukraine’s sovereignty for the long term is essential. To achieve this, Europe and the United States…25 Feb 2025HANSARDConflict in SudanThe hon. Gentleman is right to ask that question. I went to the Adré crossing not just to spend time with the overwhelming number of women and children who are fleeing the…25 Feb 2025