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HANSARD UkraineThe hon. Lady makes an incredibly important point about the ability to repair infrastructure. I spoke to His Majesty’s ambassador to Kyiv this afternoon about the remarkable speed…31 Oct 2022HANSARD UkraineI regularly speak to my Turkish counterpart on this issue and others. Turkey is very committed to ensuring that the grain exports continue, and I will continue discussing with…31 Oct 2022HANSARD UkraineMy understanding is that we have given letters of comfort to the NLAW supply chain to stimulate future production. We will, of course, always take action to ensure not only that…31 Oct 2022HANSARD UkraineTime prevents me from going into the level of detail that my hon. Friend has asked for, but I can reassure the House that, while the UK is second only to the United States of…31 Oct 2022HANSARD UkraineThe hon. Lady makes an incredibly important point. We have seen the leadership in Russia and Putin bringing pain and harm on Russian people, and we have seen Assad bringing pain…31 Oct 2022HANSARD UkraineThe hon. Gentleman makes an important point about the in-built limitations of the United Nations because of Russia’s abuse of its veto. Across the world, 143 countries have voted…31 Oct 2022HANSARD UkraineMy right hon. Friend makes an important point about the Black sea grain deal, which is helping to feed people who need international support now more than ever. The claims of the…31 Oct 2022HANSARD UkraineThe right hon. Gentleman makes an important point about where the only credible threat to international shipping would come from. If grain ships were attacked or the export of…31 Oct 2022HANSARD UkraineMy right hon. Friend makes an incredibly important point about the significance of grain exports from the Black sea, and I have listened to his proposal. Russia needs to…31 Oct 2022HANSARD UkraineI congratulate President Zelensky on his engagement with partners, both bilaterally and multilaterally, and I would like to put on record my thanks for the work that my hon.…31 Oct 2022HANSARD UkraineI will take note of the point the hon. Gentleman has made, as I am sure my colleagues in the Department for Transport will also have done.31 Oct 2022HANSARD UkraineI thank the right hon. Gentleman, my opposite number, for the points that he has made, and for echoing from the Opposition Front Bench the support for the Ukrainian people in…31 Oct 2022HANSARD UkraineThe hon. Lady raises a number of very important points. On Iran, I can assure her that we constantly review our sanctions designations. We will ensure that we respond to any…31 Oct 2022HANSARD UkraineI put on record my thanks to my right hon. Friend for the work she did in her time at the FCDO and for the huge energy she brought to the role. She is absolutely right that we are…31 Oct 2022HANSARD UkraineAt the beginning of the year, at the UN, I said that the Ukrainians would defend their homeland ferociously, and they have done exactly that. My respect for those people—both the…31 Oct 2022HANSARD UkraineI assure my hon. Friend that we will continue to keep our sanctions package under review. We will respond to any further breaches of the United Nations Security Council…31 Oct 2022HANSARD UkraineMy hon. Friend makes an incredibly important point: this conflict did not start in February. The most recent phase of it started in February, but Ukrainians have been attacked,…31 Oct 2022HANSARD UkraineThe hon. Gentleman has made a good point. We will continue to take action to discourage the supply to Russia of weapons that might be used in Ukraine, and we will keep under…31 Oct 2022HANSARD UkraineI am sure that my hon. Friend will be unsurprised to hear that we do not discuss future sanctions designations, but the House and my Department will have heard the name he has…31 Oct 2022HANSARD UkraineI thank my hon. Friend for those points. She is absolutely right that it is important that we engage with those countries who have thus far abstained in votes at the United…31 Oct 2022