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HANSARDUK-Ukraine 100-year PartnershipI simply say to the hon. Gentleman that this is the most sensitive of times. We all recognise that this is a critical year for Ukraine, and further funds will need to be found. I…20 Jan 2025HANSARDUK-Ukraine 100-year PartnershipThis is incredibly dangerous, as we see the Euro-Atlantic theatre and the Indo-Pacific theatre coalesce. It is important to emphasise that our assessment is that those troops are…20 Jan 2025HANSARDUK-Ukraine 100-year PartnershipI encourage the hon. Gentleman to actually read the words of President Zelensky, who said that he welcomed Donald Trump and his approach of “peace through strength”. I encourage…20 Jan 2025HANSARDUK-Ukraine 100-year PartnershipOne of the issues is how third countries, some of them significant countries, are still facilitating the Russian shadow fleet because of the illicit oil that finds its way into…20 Jan 2025HANSARDUK-Ukraine 100-year PartnershipThe right hon. Gentleman will be pleased to know that the Minister for Europe, my hon. Friend the Member for Cardiff South and Penarth (Stephen Doughty), met officials from…20 Jan 2025HANSARDUK-Ukraine 100-year PartnershipNone of us knows when the war will complete, but across our constituencies we all recognise communities that continue to be here, coming out of other conflicts. I am thinking of…20 Jan 2025HANSARDUK-Ukraine 100-year PartnershipI reassure Ukrainians in the strongest terms—I hope that they might see the 100-year partnership as a signal of this—that the UK will stand with them long after none of us are in…20 Jan 2025HANSARDUK-Ukraine 100-year PartnershipUnusually, the hon. Gentleman is jumping ahead of himself somewhat. We continue to support Ukraine with every military effort. That is going on now, and in a sense that is the…20 Jan 2025HANSARDUK-Ukraine 100-year PartnershipThis is a very live issue. As I said in my statement, we do not see Putin ready to halt his aggression and come to the table for serious negotiations, but just as this country has…20 Jan 2025HANSARDUK-Ukraine 100-year PartnershipThat was a very good question. I reassure my hon. Friend that the subject remains under active discussion with our colleagues, particularly in Europe. We have made progress in…20 Jan 2025HANSARDUK-Ukraine 100-year PartnershipI am grateful to the right hon. Gentleman. As he knows, friendships can exist across the House, and I have greatly valued his over the years. I put on record my thanks for the…20 Jan 2025HANSARDUK-Ukraine 100-year PartnershipI am grateful to take my hon. Friend’s question and to see her back in her place. She is right to commend the work of her constituents in offering their homes to Ukrainian…20 Jan 2025HANSARDUK-Ukraine 100-year PartnershipI am very grateful to the hon. Member for Bicester and Woodstock (Calum Miller) for his questions and their bipartisan spirit. We welcome the bipartisan support that we eventually…20 Jan 2025HANSARDUK-Ukraine 100-year PartnershipI am grateful to the right hon. Lady for her words, which underline the bipartisan support in this House. It was very useful for me to be in Washington DC with the Defence…20 Jan 2025HANSARDUK-Ukraine 100-year PartnershipI have been very proud of the work I have led on sanctions since coming to office. It is now the strongest sanctions package against Russia anywhere in the world, with more to…20 Jan 2025HANSARDUK-Ukraine 100-year PartnershipI recognise why hon. Members have raised this issue, but that must rightly be a determination for the Home Secretary at the appropriate time. However, I want to strongly indicate…20 Jan 2025HANSARDUK-Ukraine 100-year PartnershipOur commitment is for that £3 billion for as long as it takes. It is a solemn and important commitment to Ukraine, and it underlines the cross-party support in the House and the…20 Jan 2025HANSARDUK-Ukraine 100-year PartnershipI say to the hon. Gentleman—in whose question is a seriousness about the cost of war and what it takes to negotiate—that when I met Donald Trump, my sense was that he did…20 Jan 2025HANSARDUK-Ukraine 100-year PartnershipMy hon. Friend will be pleased to know that the partnership between schools under pillar 9 is fundamental. It is what gives us the bedrock on which to build both the English…20 Jan 2025HANSARDUK-Ukraine 100-year PartnershipI know that the hon. Gentleman understands history. He will know that after the second world war, we were in quite a lot of debt to the United States as a result of lend-lease,…20 Jan 2025