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HANSARD UkraineMy right hon. Friend speaks with knowledge and authority on this matter. He will know that the imposition of sanctions is a complex matter, that we have to continually ensure that…20 May 2024HANSARD UkraineI refer the right hon. Gentleman to my answer to my right hon. Friend the Member for New Forest East (Sir Julian Lewis). This is a highly complex area and it must always be…20 May 2024HANSARDIsrael and GazaBritain was able, through some skilful and deft diplomacy, to get everyone onside on the United Nations resolution that was recently passed, which talked about a sustainable…20 May 2024HANSARD UkraineI say to the hon. Gentleman, for whom I have a very high regard, that when I have finished my speech I hope he will be reassured specifically on that point.20 May 2024HANSARD UkraineI hope the hon. Lady will forgive me if I do not give those details across the Floor of the House, but at such point as it would be helpful and we are able to do so, I will…20 May 2024HANSARDIsrael and GazaI am grateful for the hon. Gentleman’s condemnation, over many years, of Hamas. He has repeated what I have said to other Members of the House this afternoon and, if I have…20 May 2024HANSARD UkraineThe hon. Lady is right to say that we need to do both, and we are doing both. Sometimes it is frustrating that we are not able to talk directly to this point in the House, but she…20 May 2024HANSARD UkraineOn the hon. Gentleman’s second point, I very much hope that progress will be made at the G7 meeting later this week. Things are moving in the right direction, and we must hope for…20 May 2024HANSARD UkraineMy hon. Friend makes an important point, and he may rest assured that British military advice in that respect, and on much else, is not lacking. I was saying that, in regard to…20 May 2024HANSARD UkraineMy hon. Friend is absolutely right to underline the importance of that. I think the position is a little better than he suggests, but he may rest assured that we are pressing…20 May 2024HANSARD UkraineYes, and I am extremely grateful to my hon. Friend’s constituents for the work that he described. Again, if he bears with me, I will be able to come directly to the point that he…20 May 2024HANSARDIsrael and GazaI simply do not recognise the hon. Gentleman’s description of what the British Government are doing. The British Government are absolutely consistent: we always act in accordance…20 May 2024HANSARDIsrael and GazaTo respond to the hon. Gentleman’s last point, that is absolutely not the case: Ministers take legal advice, including on international humanitarian law, and act within it. We…20 May 2024HANSARDIsrael and GazaThe point we have always made is that we do not think it is helpful for the Court to intervene in that way at this point, because the main purpose is to get the hostages out and…20 May 2024HANSARD UkraineI thank the shadow Foreign Secretary for making a speech that shows the unity of the House. Quite rightly, he is pressing the Government on a number of issues. When the Opposition…20 May 2024HANSARDIsrael and GazaOf course. We are appalled by the scale of the death and destruction that has taken place, and what we say about protecting journalists—which this House has always championed,…20 May 2024HANSARDIsrael and GazaThe hon. and learned Lady is an immensely distinguished advocate and lawyer. She will have read the letter signed by no fewer than 600 lawyers that broadly agrees with what she…20 May 2024HANSARD UkraineMy hon. Friend is entirely right to make that point. The contribution of the Ukrainian community in Britain—those who have come here—has been immense in raising awareness. I…20 May 2024HANSARD UkraineI beg to move, That this House has considered the situation in Ukraine. All across the House condemned Putin’s invasion in 2022. The whole House has supported Britain’s actions to…20 May 2024HANSARDIsrael and GazaThe hon. Gentleman will have noticed that today I have been careful to be very clear about our support for the ICC, but equally to urge the House not to rush to judgment in a…20 May 2024