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HANSARD Jonathan Taylor: SBM OffshoreI assure my hon. Friend that we have already given a lot of consular support to Mr Taylor and we will continue to do so.09 Nov 2020HANSARD Jonathan Taylor: SBM OffshoreI shall endeavour to answer my right hon. Friend’s questions as best I can, but I think it is important to recognise that it is a requirement of the Vienna convention on consular…09 Nov 2020HANSARD Jonathan Taylor: SBM OffshoreI will certainly pass on the hon. Lady’s good wishes to the Foreign Secretary. On the case of Mr Taylor, I absolutely do not accept the charge that we were abdicating…09 Nov 2020HANSARD Jonathan Taylor: SBM OffshoreUnder EU law, before deciding the Monégasque extradition request, Croatian courts should ask the UK law enforcement authorities if they wish to extradite Mr Taylor to the UK. It…09 Nov 2020HANSARD Jonathan Taylor: SBM OffshoreI assure the hon. Gentleman that we have approached the Monégasque prosecutor’s office to obtain more information. I cannot be certain about when we will get a response, but we…09 Nov 2020HANSARD Jonathan Taylor: SBM OffshoreAs I am sure you will understand, Mr Speaker, for the purposes of this UQ, I am very much focusing on the case of Mr Taylor and the support we are giving to him and the…09 Nov 2020HANSARD Jonathan Taylor: SBM OffshoreI thank my hon. Friend very much; alas, due to covid restrictions, I cannot share my cake with anyone, so I will eat it all myself. On his more serious point, my hon. Friend…09 Nov 2020HANSARD Jonathan Taylor: SBM OffshoreI do not accept that we have done nothing. As I have repeatedly set out, we have made it clear that if we receive evidence that Mr Taylor’s arrest is linked to his whistleblowing…09 Nov 2020HANSARD Jonathan Taylor: SBM OffshoreAs I have set out, we continue to support Mr Taylor. If any evidence comes forward that he has been charged because of his whistleblowing, we will urgently consider it, and if…09 Nov 2020HANSARD Jonathan Taylor: SBM OffshoreMy hon. Friend raises some other cases of whistleblowing, but it is really important that we recognise the need to examine each individual case carefully. As I have said, if there…09 Nov 2020HANSARD Jonathan Taylor: SBM OffshoreI have been very clear about our response to the case of Mr Taylor, and I think it is really important that I remain focused on that. We are continuing to give him consular…09 Nov 2020HANSARD Jonathan Taylor: SBM OffshoreI am well aware and appreciate that the right hon. Lady takes a close interest in the case. As I said in my opening remarks, I met her and her fellow co-chair of the all-party…09 Nov 2020HANSARD Jonathan Taylor: SBM OffshoreI would of course always be concerned about stories relating to corruption, as the hon. Gentleman would expect, but I have to reiterate that in the case of Mr Taylor we have no…09 Nov 2020HANSARD Jonathan Taylor: SBM OffshoreThe UK has seconded a senior lawyer to the Interpol taskforce, working to prevent the abuse of Interpol’s systems.09 Nov 2020HANSARD Jonathan Taylor: SBM OffshoreMy hon. Friend makes an important point. We are providing consular support, and we are in regular contact with Mr Taylor and his family. We have spoken to Mr Taylor’s UK lawyer…09 Nov 2020HANSARD Jonathan Taylor: SBM OffshoreI have made it very clear that we are supporting Mr Taylor and his family with consular support, and we are in contact with his lawyer.09 Nov 2020HANSARD Jonathan Taylor: SBM OffshoreWhat I do not accept is that this Government are not acting. I have repeatedly explained what we are doing in terms of support for Mr Taylor, particularly in relation to the…09 Nov 2020HANSARD Jonathan Taylor: SBM OffshoreI am very aware that my right hon. Friend has been taking a very keen interest in this issue. Mr Taylor exposed corruption at the Monaco-based Dutch multinational SBM Offshore in…09 Nov 2020HANSARD Jonathan Taylor: SBM OffshoreThe hon. Lady is trying to draw me into a debate about EU negotiations. It would be wrong of me to get drawn into that today, but we have left the EU, and the end of the…09 Nov 2020HANSARD Jonathan Taylor: SBM OffshoreI do not accept the hon. Member’s assertion about saying boo to a goose at all. I have been very clear about the support that we are giving to Mr Taylor, and that at this time we…09 Nov 2020