Oral Answers to Questions

Luke Akehurst Excerpts

Tuesday 22nd October 2024 Commons Chamber

[Alex Baker (Aldershot) (Lab)]

2. What steps he is taking to help support Ukraine.

[Luke Akehurst (North Durham) (Lab)]

21. What steps he is taking to help support Ukraine.

[The Minister of State, Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office (Stephen Doughty)]

I can confirm that, alongside our G7 allies, UK support for Ukraine is iron clad. We have already made it clear that we will provide £3 billion a year of military support for Ukraine for as long as that is needed. We are investing in Ukraine’s defence industrial base and we are ratcheting up the pressure on Putin’s war machine and on third-country supplies. I am delighted that the Chancellor has today announced that we will provide £2.26 billion in additional support to Ukraine as part of the G7 extraordinary revenue acceleration loans to Ukraine scheme.

[Stephen Doughty]

I agree with my hon. Friend: Putin’s shocking and barbarous attacks on Ukrainian energy infrastructure have increased the vulnerability of millions of Ukrainians before this winter. That is why I have announced and signed off £20 million in additional support for Ukraine’s energy system. We are working with partners across Europe and in the G7 to support Ukrainians in this area.

[Luke Akehurst]

Does my hon. Friend agree that Ukraine’s rightful place is with other European democracies in the NATO alliance?

[Stephen Doughty]

My hon. Friend will know that the NATO Secretary-General was in London recently alongside President Zelensky, where the Prime Minister and the Foreign Secretary welcomed them. Our allies have made it clear that Ukraine’s future is in NATO and, indeed, in Washington they confirmed that Ukraine is on an irreversible path to NATO membership. We will play a leading role in supporting Ukraine’s pathway to membership.