G7 and NATO Summits Debate

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Department: Cabinet Office

G7 and NATO Summits

Joanna Cherry Excerpts
Wednesday 16th June 2021

(3 years, 4 months ago)

Commons Chamber
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Boris Johnson Portrait The Prime Minister
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My right hon. Friend is completely right. It was the EU that shocked people in Northern Ireland by invoking article 16 of the protocol in January and trying to put a barrier on the movement of vaccines between the EU and the UK. We would never have dreamed of doing something like that, but it was that action that undermined people’s faith in the protocol.

Joanna Cherry Portrait Joanna Cherry (Edinburgh South West) (SNP) [V]
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The recent violence and the loss of innocent life in Gaza and Israel underline the importance of restarting the middle east peace process. Britain has historical and continuing responsibilities in this region, so can the Prime Minister tell us what steps he took at the weekend to raise and progress the restarting of the important peace process in the middle east?

Boris Johnson Portrait The Prime Minister
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As I raise continuously with friends and partners around the world, we remain committed, as do our friends in the EU and in Washington, to a two-state solution for the middle east.