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HANSARD Afghanistan: Humanitarian CrisisDuring Operation Pitting, we worked at great speed. Our armed forces on the ground worked at great speed and in great danger to evacuate around 15,000 people to the UK. That was…12 Jan 2022HANSARD Afghanistan: Humanitarian CrisisThe Afghan citizens resettlement scheme was announced by the Minister responsible, my hon. Friend the Member for Louth and Horncastle (Victoria Atkins), just last week. She…12 Jan 2022HANSARD Afghanistan: Humanitarian CrisisBetween April and December 2021 we disbursed over £145 million, including £135 million of lifesaving humanitarian support inside the country and £10 million to neighbouring…12 Jan 2022HANSARD Afghanistan: Humanitarian CrisisAs I said in my opening remarks, the situation is enormously serious. Indeed, it is now the world’s most severe food security crisis. On the issues relating to supporting Afghan…12 Jan 2022HANSARD Afghanistan: Humanitarian CrisisI thank the Chair of the Select Committee on Foreign Affairs for his close interest in the subject and for mentioning the plight of children. We are deeply concerned by the forced…12 Jan 2022HANSARDDeforestation in the AmazonThe importance of private sector investment and the transparency of the supply chains, which I will come to, are key to unlocking those trillions in investment that will come…05 Jan 2022HANSARDDeforestation in the AmazonI will come on to comments about Brazil, but let me say that, absolutely, from the perspective of the Brazilian people and the future of Brazil, being able to tap into those…05 Jan 2022HANSARDDeforestation in the AmazonIt is a pleasure to serve under your chairmanship, Mr Hollobone. I add my words of thanks and gratefulness to my right hon. Friend the Member for Epsom and Ewell (Chris Grayling)…05 Jan 2022HANSARD Human Rights DayI am very grateful to the hon. Member for Oldham East and Saddleworth (Debbie Abrahams) for securing this debate and pay tribute to her outstanding work to tackle violence against…14 Dec 2021HANSARDUkraineI thank the right hon. Gentleman for demonstrating the united front in this country in supporting the people of Ukraine—we are absolutely united in standing by Ukraine at this…07 Dec 2021HANSARDUkraineWe stand with our NATO allies in steadfastly supporting the sovereignty of Ukraine, and I take this opportunity to wish them a very happy Christmas—lucky you, getting two…07 Dec 2021HANSARDUkraineMy right hon. Friend is absolutely right: any Russian incursion into Ukraine would be a strategic mistake, and the costs of such an incursion would be catastrophically high. This…07 Dec 2021HANSARDUkraineWe stand firm in our support for Ukraine’s NATO membership aspirations, in line with the 2008 Bucharest summit declaration, in which NATO allies agreed that Ukraine will become a…07 Dec 2021HANSARDUkraineI thank the hon. Gentleman for his support for the UK Government. He raises a number of issues. On disinformation, we have seen time and again from the Russians transparent…07 Dec 2021HANSARDUkraineRussia is very clearly in breach of the commitments it signed up to under the Budapest memorandum through its failure to respect Ukraine’s sovereignty and territorial integrity…07 Dec 2021HANSARDUkraineIt is very important that we speak with one voice with our allies. That is why the Prime Minister spoke to President Biden and the leaders of France, Germany and Italy yesterday.…07 Dec 2021HANSARDUkraineWe have no doubt that there is Russian action in Ukraine and in other countries that attempts to destabilise Europe, NATO and our allies. We are absolutely clear in our integrated…07 Dec 2021HANSARDUkraineI am obviously not able to comment on particular projects from the Dispatch Box today, but as I have said, we stand by the people of Ukraine. We are already providing a range of…07 Dec 2021HANSARDUkraineI cannot comment on hypotheticals. Let me just say again that any military excursion would be a terrible miscalculation and the Russian Government should expect massive strategic…07 Dec 2021HANSARDUkraineThe Russians should stop supporting those who are trying to destabilise Ukraine in the Donbass region.07 Dec 2021