Debates between Kemi Badenoch and Stephen Crabb during the 2019-2024 Parliament

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Debate between Kemi Badenoch and Stephen Crabb
Thursday 15th December 2022

(1 year, 11 months ago)

Commons Chamber
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Kemi Badenoch Portrait Kemi Badenoch
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I congratulate my hon. Friend on being a doughty champion of Indonesia and on being such a good trade envoy. He is right that we want to have a JETCO early next year. The Department is liaising closely with its counterparts in Indonesia, and I would be delighted to invite him to assist us in all our engagements to make sure we see all the good things that he wants to happen.

Stephen Crabb Portrait Stephen Crabb (Preseli Pembrokeshire) (Con)
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I start by thanking you, Mr Speaker, for leading us in the one-minute silence commemorating 80 years since this House recognised that the holocaust was taking place in Nazi-occupied Europe. It was a powerful moment for the House, and thank you, too, for the welcome you gave to the incredible holocaust survivors who are with us this morning.

Following the Minister’s meeting with the French Trade Minister Olivier Becht yesterday, does he agree that there is a new mood of optimism around the Franco-British bilateral relationship, and that the planned summit in the new year provides a really good moment to think about deepening our ties of co-operation, especially on trade and energy security, and increasing people-to-people contact?