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HANSARD UkraineWe are doing everything we can to ensure that we play our part in persuading our many friends in Congress to support this measure. The right hon. Gentleman will have seen what the…28 Feb 2024HANSARD UkraineI hope that in due course we will have more to say on the specific provision my right hon. Friend asks about. He will recall the Ukraine reconstruction conference that took place…28 Feb 2024HANSARD UkraineIn respect of the first part of what the hon. Gentleman said, he underlines the point that I have repeatedly made today about the importance of the American contribution getting…28 Feb 2024HANSARD UkraineFirst, I thank the hon. and gallant Gentleman for his support. As I have said, it greatly strengthens the British Government’s position that there is that support across the…28 Feb 2024HANSARD UkraineI thank my right hon. Friend for his comments about Vladimir Kara-Murza. He will know that we have sanctioned 11 individuals, including two individuals involved in Mr Kara-Murza’s…28 Feb 2024HANSARD UkraineI thank the right hon. Member and his hon. Friends for their support of the Government’s position. He described my summary of the situation as upbeat. I hope he will accept that…28 Feb 2024HANSARD UkraineI thank my hon. Friend very much for his remarks. He will know that my hon. Friend the Minister for Defence Procurement, who is in his place, launched the drones strategy last…28 Feb 2024HANSARD UkraineOn the hon. Lady’s second point, it is absolutely appalling that large numbers of children have been taken in that way. We are in frequent discussions with the International Red…28 Feb 2024HANSARD UkraineMy hon. Friend is absolutely right, and we will do everything we possibly can. I end by saying that the key steps we will take will be to strengthen Ukraine in its fight, to…28 Feb 2024HANSARDIsrael and GazaMy right hon. and learned Friend is absolutely right: the taking of hostages is an abomination. That is why we are doing everything we can to ensure that the hostages are…27 Feb 2024HANSARDIsrael and GazaThe hon. Gentleman will have seen that the Foreign Secretary has recently been in Israel, as have many other members of the Government, including the Attorney General. We have a…27 Feb 2024HANSARDIsrael and GazaThe earlier part of the hon. Lady’s question underlines the fact that these issues should not be resolved at the whim of Ministers but through the arms export Committee, which is…27 Feb 2024HANSARDIsrael and GazaIn respect of the hon. Gentleman’s latter questions, the position is covered by what I have made clear from the start of this statement: Israel has the right of self-defence under…27 Feb 2024HANSARDIsrael and GazaI can assure the hon. Lady. Her point underlines the degree of agreement rather than disagreement across this House. She said that the Government believe that a pause is all that…27 Feb 2024HANSARDIsrael and GazaI have set out not only the principles by which Britain addresses the issue of arms exports but the practice of what we are doing in this situation. I am afraid I have nothing to…27 Feb 2024HANSARDIsrael and GazaWe are working towards precisely that—a humanitarian pause upon which we can build. On getting extra food and support, the hon. Lady will have seen that we have been working…27 Feb 2024HANSARDIsrael and GazaI do not agree with that analysis. We have to look at the small print of how our arms exports restrictions and operations work in order to see that that is not the case. I have…27 Feb 2024HANSARDIsrael and GazaUNRWA is not unfunded. As I set out, Britain has funded it until the next financial year. I set out how other countries were also producing the necessary funding. The hon.…27 Feb 2024HANSARDIsrael and GazaBritain has been at the heart of building the international rules-based system since 1946. The hon. Gentleman should give credit to that. When it comes to the different conflicts…27 Feb 2024HANSARDIsrael and GazaThe hon. Member is right on the timings of the report by the UN Office of Internal Oversight Services, but we are hoping for an interim report and the report of the former French…27 Feb 2024