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HANSARD SanctionsI welcome the Government’s plans for sanctions and increased action to try to clean up the mess in which we find ourselves here in the UK. This is certainly a welcome step in the…22 Feb 2022HANSARDUkraineI welcome my right hon. Friend’s statement today and the actions of him and his Government over recent weeks. I pay particular tribute to the Defence Secretary, whose unfailing…22 Feb 2022HANSARD SanctionsMy right hon. Friend will know from his career in the Army that the principle of “clout, don’t dribble” is an important one to ensure that the opposition understands that we are…22 Feb 2022HANSARDUK-Taiwan Friendship and Co-operationI am very lucky to follow my hon. Friend the Member for Rutland and Melton (Alicia Kearns) and my hon. Friend the Member for Ealing, Southall (Mr Sharma)—I do call him my hon.…10 Feb 2022HANSARDUK-Taiwan Friendship and Co-operationTonbridge and Malling.10 Feb 2022HANSARDUK-Taiwan Friendship and Co-operationI agree entirely with my hon. Friend and I will come back to that point, because she will not be surprised to hear that I wish to build on it. Those of us who have some experience…10 Feb 2022HANSARDUK-Taiwan Friendship and Co-operationI entirely respect my hon. Friend’s position. As he knows, we have had many discussions on a similar basis and on a similar note outside this place. He is right that we have to…10 Feb 2022HANSARDUK-Taiwan Friendship and Co-operationMy hon. Friend is absolutely right, which is why I repeat my statement: it is not for me to change the name of the representative of the island here, but it is for me to recognise…10 Feb 2022HANSARDUK-Taiwan Friendship and Co-operationMy hon. Friend is making a powerful case for Taiwan’s place in the international community and its role in international bodies. Does she agree that this is not just about Taiwan,…10 Feb 2022HANSARDUK-Taiwan Friendship and Co-operationThe hon. Gentleman will know very well that this country recognises that peoples in our community have the right to self-determination. In China, sadly, that has been taken away…10 Feb 2022HANSARDRussia: SanctionsIt is a pleasure to hear from my right hon. Friend the Foreign Secretary about the tightening of the sanctions regime. She knows that the Foreign Affairs Committee has called for…31 Jan 2022HANSARDUkraineMy right hon. Friend will recall that when he was Foreign Secretary the Foreign Affairs Committee published a report entitled “Moscow’s Gold”, which was about dirty Russian money…25 Jan 2022HANSARDUkraine: Diplomatic EffortsI very much welcome my right hon. Friend’s comments. She will know that the Foreign Affairs Committee was in Ukraine last week. I would like to place on record my thanks to…25 Jan 2022HANSARD UK Government Recognition of SomalilandI am delighted that my right hon. Friend has secured this important debate. Many of us have been supporting Somaliland as an independent state, and we very much welcome the fact…18 Jan 2022HANSARD UkraineI very much welcome my right hon. Friend’s statement and the support across the House for the Ukrainian people. It is quite true that a free people choose freedom, and the…17 Jan 2022HANSARDForeign Interference: Intelligence and SecurityIt is a great pleasure to hear my right hon. Friend’s statement today. The work she has done on defending this country from foreign interference, and on protecting British…17 Jan 2022HANSARD Afghanistan: Humanitarian CrisisI very much welcome my hon. Friend’s comments about co-operation with international organisations, particularly the Nobel prize-winning World Food Programme, which has done so…12 Jan 2022HANSARDRussia’s Grand StrategyIt is a privilege to be called in this debate. I pay tribute to my hon. Friend the Member for Harwich and North Essex (Sir Bernard Jenkin) for having secured it, and indeed to the…06 Jan 2022HANSARD RussiaI very much welcome my right hon. Friend’s statement—her clear statement that this country and this Government stand against the Russian aggression that we see not just in Ukraine…06 Jan 2022HANSARDRussia’s Grand StrategyMy right hon. Friend is making a reasonable point about whether something may or may not happen, but does he at least accept the point that free countries can choose to associate…06 Jan 2022