Oral Answers to Questions

Lord McCrea of Magherafelt and Cookstown Excerpts

Tuesday 4th March 2014 Commons Chamber

[Mr Lidington]

I must say that if the Commission is looking for a way to allocate its priorities better, beefing up its excellent team in the Directorate-General for Trade would be a good way of going about it.

[Dr William McCrea (South Antrim) (DUP)]

There has been international condemnation of Putin’s actions as Russian aggression intensifies in Ukraine. However, European leaders seem hampered by the dependence of much of the European Union on Russian oil and gas. What effective action will be taken to stop Putin walking over the will of the people of Ukraine?

[Mr Hague]

I will be making a statement on Ukraine in a moment, as the House knows, and setting out many aspects of that. It is very important that we maintain a clear and united international response.