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HANSARDCommittee on Standards: Members’ Code of Conduct ReviewI am grateful to my hon. Friend for that intervention. The problem is that, when we sit in the Tea Room, we talk about rules; we do not talk about values and principles. People…03 Feb 2022HANSARDCommittee on Standards: Members’ Code of Conduct ReviewOn a point of order, Madam Deputy Speaker. Is there a means by which you could draw to the attention of the SNP spokesman, the hon. Member for Perth and North Perthshire (Pete…03 Feb 2022HANSARDSue Gray ReportWill my right hon. Friend first of all remind the Leader of the Opposition and the Labour party that the Back Benchers of the Conservative party need no reminders about how to…31 Jan 2022HANSARDUkraineI thank my right hon. Friend for his statement, which puts the United Kingdom at the forefront of the response to President Putin’s monstrous military intimidation. Will my right…25 Jan 2022HANSARD Committee on StandardsI hope the House will forgive me if I detain the House for a few moments while I explain a bit about this report, because it is the first time that a case of this nature has come…19 Jan 2022HANSARD UkraineI thank the Secretary of State for his statement. It is hard to fathom the seriousness of the situation as it is developing. Can he shed any light on unconfirmed reports that…17 Jan 2022HANSARDRussia’s Grand StrategyI have already given way to my hon. Friend, so I hope he will forgive me if I do not take up more time. The constantly high level of Russian military activity in and around…06 Jan 2022HANSARDRussia’s Grand StrategyOne thing I did not have time to mention is that the intermediate-range nuclear forces treaty, which was concluded by Presidents Reagan and Gorbachev, has fallen into disrepair…06 Jan 2022HANSARDRussia’s Grand StrategyThe correct way for this to have proceeded is for Crimea to have held a referendum about its status in or out of Russia before the transfer of a territory back to Russia, but that…06 Jan 2022HANSARDRussia’s Grand StrategyMay I briefly remind my right hon. Friend of what happened with the invasion of South Ossetia and Abkhazia in 2008? President Bush moved the sixth fleet into the Black sea, ready…06 Jan 2022HANSARDRussia’s Grand StrategyI thank the Minister for his reply to this debate; was a privilege for me to open it. I have been humbled by the quality of the contributions and struck by the 100% unanimity of…06 Jan 2022HANSARDRussia’s Grand StrategyGiven my right hon. Friend’s experience of working in both Departments, what meetings does he think are taking place daily in Government on a cross-departmental basis in response…06 Jan 2022HANSARDRussia’s Grand StrategyI want very briefly to relay two conversations that I have had about strategic thinking in Government. One was with a person who is now the former Prime Minister, who said, “Oh,…06 Jan 2022HANSARDRussia’s Grand StrategyI have no doubt that Russia and China are not allies, but they know how to help each other, and I think my right hon. Friend’s warning is very timely. As I said earlier, how we…06 Jan 2022HANSARDRussia’s Grand StrategyAll I can say is, do not start me on the lamentable incoherence of 20 years of UK energy policy, because it is a disgrace, and something that we could have done so much better and…06 Jan 2022HANSARDRussia’s Grand StrategyIndeed, and I will be explaining how these apparently disparate events are integrated in Russia’s grand strategy. Beneath the cloak of this military noise and aggressive…06 Jan 2022HANSARDRussia’s Grand StrategyI will not comment on that particular suggestion, but I will be coming to the question of gas. This ultimatum is, in fact, Russian blackmail, directed at both the Americans and…06 Jan 2022HANSARDRussia’s Grand StrategyI beg to move, That this House has considered Russia’s grand strategy. Thank you, Madam Deputy Speaker, for safeguarding a touch more than the three hours that we were promised…06 Jan 2022HANSARD RussiaI thank the Foreign Secretary for her statement, which will inform the debate that we are having later about Russia’s grand strategy. We keep saying that Russia’s aggression must…06 Jan 2022HANSARDRussia’s Grand StrategyMy right hon. Friend is completely right. They are ruthless about pursuing what they regard as their own interests and disregard any other risk. Indeed, they are very far from…06 Jan 2022